What do tree branches, horsehair, glass, light and tumbling mats bought on Craigslist have in common? Personally, they are all items that I’ve found next to my bed after nights of heavy drinking. Coincidentally they are also key elements of an installation called boo boo by New York artist Anne Hall, which opened at Capricious Space [...]
Author Archives: Luke Blanch
Dear Barack Hussein Obama. We love you forever. Love, Dossier.
November 5, 2008 – 3:09 pm
Our future is your future. Thank you. xo
The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
October 17, 2008 – 4:08 pm
A couple of weeks ago, when murals began springing up on the sides of buildings in downtown New York (see here, here, here and here), not only were we seeing rats, we were smelling one too. Banksy was in town. Our interest was further piqued with the opening of The Village Pet Store and Charcoal [...]
Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea
October 15, 2008 – 4:17 pm
They say that one person’s trash is another’s floating artwork. The latest project by Brooklyn-based artist Swoon, Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, is one-part portraits made of urban flotsam and jetsam on view at Deitch Studios, one-part fleet of seven boats constructed from reclaimed materials and powered by alternative energy. Now docked on the East [...]
Amelia Bauer’s Environs at Capricious Space
September 30, 2008 – 11:20 am
Last Friday night — before rushing home to watch the first Presidential Debate — your friends at Dossier attended the opening of Amelia Bauer’s Environs exhibition at Capricious Space in Brooklyn. Capricious Space is a relatively new, invitingly cozy addition to Williamsburg’s art scene and was a fitting venue for Bauer’s refined collection of drawings, [...]
Kai Kühne @ NY Fashion Week
September 12, 2008 – 9:18 pm
There’s not a lot that hasn’t been said or written about New York-based German model-cum-designer Kai Kühne: the story of his torrid membership in design collective As Four; the kooky and sometimes violent behavior that ultimately led to his departure from the group; and now that he is now flying solo, the New York Times asked of [...]
Y-3 @ NY Fashion Week
September 10, 2008 – 3:30 pm
Sunday brought clear skies and mild temperatures to New York City — the perfect weather for a game of soccer or the next best thing: a show from the Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas “active lifestyle” collaboration Y-3. Instead of the elaborate settings of previous shows (see monolithic walls of ice and models on traveling runways), [...]
Band of Outsiders @ NY Fashion Week
September 7, 2008 – 6:40 pm
Meteorologically, it was a bleak start to Fashion Week in NYC, with torrential rain falling across the city on Saturday. Fortunately, this did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the fashion set as I checked out the Spring 2009 collection from Band of Outsiders (and their women’s line, Boy.,) at the Penthouse of Milk Studios in the [...]
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?
August 29, 2008 – 4:48 pm
Is it wrong to want to sleep with a pair of jeans? What if they’re French? What if they’ve been hugging your legs all day? I recently picked up a couple of pairs of April 77 Records jeans at the Barney’s Warehouse Sale here in NYC, and I can’t help but spend every minute of [...]
All Points West Music & Arts Festival
August 11, 2008 – 12:59 am
Photo by Bao Nguyen I’ve always approached music festivals with mixed emotions. Almost invariably, sacrifices must be made – set times are usually short, sound quality can be sketchy and timetable clashes often mean that you will miss portions of your favorite acts. With these considerations in mind, I attended the first day of the [...]
