INTERVIEW W/ TARA DAVIS {JEAN MICHELLE BASQUIAT: A RADIANT CHILD}
Posted by lyle | Filed under Art + Design
Story by Julianne Escobodo Sheppard
“Tamra Davis was working in a Los Angeles gallery in 1986 when she filmed an interview with her friend, Jean-Michel Basquiat, by then the glimmering star of the art world. When he died in 1988 of a heroin overdose, she hid away the tapes in a drawer, devastated and unwilling to profit from his memory.
Twenty years later, after building a career directing brilliant cult comedies (including CB4, Half Baked and Crossroads), along with countless music videos, Davis was compelled to return to her past. Prompted by some inquisitive gallerists at MoCA in 2008, she began sifting through her old Basquiat footage, set about interviewing luminaries from the years he ruled downtown, and pieced together a beautiful documentary that comes off like a sweet paean to her friend. She named it The Radiant Child, after a career-defining piece in ArtForum that accurately named the luminous nature of his spirit. One of only a handful of on-camera interviews with Basquiat, Davis’ is the most intimate—and not just because it’s a close-up conversation between friends. In The Radiant Child, it’s all about the eyes: maybe because of Davis’ emotional proximity to her subject, she reveals the vulnerability of a legend through his delicate, sweet, sad and beautiful gaze.
Tags: Art, Interview, Jean-Michel Basquiat, painting
EXHIBITION: PICTURES by WOMEN at {MOMA}
Posted by Aeric | Filed under Art + Design, Photography
Ilse Bing. Self-Portrait in Mirrors. 1931
“Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems.”
Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography
through March 21, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-9400
Tags: Art, Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Modern Photography, Nan Goldin, Pictures by Women, The Museum of Modern Art, Tina Modootti
THE DAMON DASH GALLERY {A CALL FOR ENTRIES}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Lifestyle, News + Events
xoxo Karin
Tags: Art, Call of entries, The Damon Dash Gallery
ART by {MARTIN EDER}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Art + Design
Martin’s Eder’s, Born in Augsburg, Germany 1968. Martin’s work has been is quite alluring, dark and sensual. There is definitely an element that seduces the mind…
Tags: AGS Art Galleries, Art, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London, Martin Eder, Sexy Art work, Zürich
EVENT: GOOD UNITS AT THE HUDSON TERRACE PRESENTS {SKRAPPER}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Art + Design, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, News + Events
William Quigley, Katherine Theofilos, and Alex Claster invite you to celebrate FASHION & ART with the creation of Skrapper Inc.
DATE: Tuesday April 20th, 2010
LOCATION: Good Units @ the Hudson Hotel / 356 West 58th Street
TIME: 8:30PM – late
NO Name Dropping Bullshit – MUST RSVP: RSVP@skrapper.com
I would love for you to join us and Skrapper Tuesday 4.20.2010 for a very quirky trip to celebrate art, photography, fashion and Skrappers New LIne of T-shirts!!!
Style.com, Page Six, NY Post, Metro Mix, Thrillist, NYCool.com, Maxim and Antenna Magazine plus Stylist and Photographers will be in attendance.
Btw, buy 3 SHIRTS ONLINE: SKRAPPER … AND WITH YOUR RECEIPT GET INTO THE SEXIEST NYC EVENT THIS APRIL AT THE SKRAPPER 4/20 PARTY if you haven’t yet RSVP!
xoxo Karin
Tags: Alex Claster, Art, Fashion, Katherine Theofilos, NY Post, page six, Peter Wiess, Skrapper, Style, Thrillist, William Quigley
JIMI HENDRIX: “GHOST IN THE MACHINE” by {iRI5}
Posted by Raoul | Filed under Art + Design
iRI5 Ghost In The Machine: Jimi Hendrix, 2009
iRI5 is an imaginative painter and sculptor who is driven by an incredible passion for self-expression through art. Her works are often noted for their unique and innovative style that focuses on recycling found materials, such as old cassettes and used books. iRI5′s art is worth checking out.
Tags: Art, iRI5, Jimi Hendrix
