Still lifes are, perhaps, not the first things that come to mind when hearing the name Roy Lichtenstein, but after viewing last Saturday’s opening at Gagosian gallery, there’s no question that the pop artist could paint fruit bowls and vases with the best of them. The first exhibition ever to be fully dedicated to Lichtenstein’s [...]
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Richard Prince’s Tiffany Paintings
May 12, 2010 – 1:09 pm
Gagosian’s uptown gallery was quite a motley scene last Friday evening, as an unorthodox assortment of art enthusiasts gathered to toast and, of course, view Richard Prince’s latest exhibition, The Tiffany Paintings. A veritable social experiment: well-to-do Park Avenue types not-so-subtly investigated downtown fixtures like Max Snow while sipping wine in the back courtyard. Marc [...]
Alexa Wilding’s Black Diamond Day
March 17, 2010 – 2:05 pm
Spellbinding songstress Alexa Wilding has released her very first music video: a completely mesmerizing three-minute 16mm film. Shot by frequent collaborator, fashion designer and Love Contemporary editor Paola Suhonen, the film features a simultaneously naïve and all-knowing Wilding as she sings Black Diamond Day, in a black-and-white world of pop-esque polka dots. The film is a dark, sweet and [...]
Only in New York…
December 14, 2009 – 2:42 pm
If there’s one thing New York City and Phillips de Pury have in common, it’s a knack for reinvention. Perhaps this is why the avant-garde auction house’s Manhattan division chose New York, New York as the subject for its latest unconventional approach to art auctions: themed sales. Featuring a diverse selection of over 350 works [...]
Boarding House: An Interview with Roger Ballen
November 17, 2009 – 5:51 am
Spending a night in Roger Ballen’s Boarding House is not for the faint of heart. Since the 1970s, Ballen has built his artistic career upon twisted, soul-wrenching photographs that depict South Africa’s pain and poverty through a distorted, dream-like lens and through his new book, named for an abandoned Johannesburg warehouse-turned-impoverished residence he dubs “the [...]
Serge Strosberg’s ‘Les Demoiselles de New York’
May 14, 2009 – 8:46 am
When you imagine the work of a classically trained painter, portraits of transvestites in bedazzled bikini tops and garter belts don’t usually come to mind. But somehow, in a marriage of high art and cultural taboos, Serge Strosberg’s latest work, “Les Demoiselles de New York,” seamlessly unites these two unexpected components.
Born in Belgium and educated [...]
Rodrigo Lima at EVA
May 7, 2009 – 3:35 pm
EVA just got a little sexier. Last week, the Bowery Street store (and sometimes gallery) hosted an opening reception for its latest art instillation. Across from Vivienne Westwood digs and Bliss Lau’s draped chain jewelry, hung the provocative prints of Brazilian artist Rodrigo Lima in an exhibition curated by Hikari Yokoyama called “Perverse Package Size.”
Combining [...]
Songs of Bobby Long
April 27, 2009 – 2:41 pm
Bobby Long is the real deal. At the ripe old age of 22, this London-based singer/songwriter has already contributed to the soundtrack of a blockbuster film, released a chart-climbing single and amassed an adoring international fan-base. Until recently, his career revolved around bedroom-recording sessions and open mic nights, but all that changed after a chance [...]
