Art
The Armory Show 2010: SBS Faves
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Armory Arts Week 2010: March 4-7, 2010
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The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
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The Armory Show – Modern is a section dedicated to international dealers specializing in historically significant Modern and contemporary art.
Scene B Seen Faves:
Gottfried Helnwein
The Murmur of the Innocents 10
2009
Mixed media (oil and acrylic on canvas)
http://michaelrosenfeldart.com
Benny Andrews
Down the Road, 1971
oil with fabric collage on canvas
55" x 48"
Jonathan Delachaux
Somewhere With Jean-Louis Costes, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
Diptych, each 240 x 100 cm
http://www.contessagallery.com
David Drebin
Girl in Red Dress, 2004
Digital C Print
30 x 37 1/2 inches
http://www.marlboroughgallery.com
Juan Genovés
Girostato, 2008
Acrylic on canvas board
70 7/8 x 59 inches
I Love New York Exhibition
Visit Franco Soffiantono Gallery to watch video
Kate Gilmore
Come Around, 2009
Mixed-media sculpture with video, color, sound, dimensions variable
Header Image: Still from Standing Here, 2010. Mixed-media sculpture with video, color, sound, dimensions variable
Video:
Pilar Albarracín
La ponedora / Laying hen, 2006
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KiptonART Kick-off of Armory Arts Week: Party at The Box
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March 3, 2010 - Tuesday night, KiptonART kicked off Armory Arts Week 2010 downtown-style at The Box with featured headliner Paula Valstein.
A packed house of Upper East Siders, downtown hipsters and heavy weight art patrons like; William T. Hillman, SFMoMA's David Ross, Terrence Meck, Marlborough Chelsea's Melyora Kramer, Christopher Canizares, PS1's Tim Goossens and artists David LaChapelle, Nir Hod and Izhar Patkin, filled the intimate performance club to capacity.
Upon arrival, guests witnessed warm-up performances by drag-comedian Brandon Olson and male stand-up Kim Smith.
At midnight, Paula Valstein rocketed to the stage performing four of her own songs including favorites "My My" and "Do You Know", leaving the packed house teary-eyed and screaming for more.
Born in Tel Aviv, Valstein started playing the piano at age 4 and has been obsessed with writing songs ever since. "New York was always a dream of mine, and so, one day I just bought a ticket and came," says an exuberant Valstein. This positive attitude resonates well with KiptonART who has built a cult following since 2005 and held over 40 events supporting emerging artists and musicians. "Our kick-off party for Armory Arts Week featuring Paula celebrated a milestone for our organization and deepened our commitment to raise funds through the 501©3 KiptonART Foundation founded last year," states Founder, Kipton Cronkite.
SEEN: Real Estate scion Michael Shvo, designer Rafael Cennamo, OUT's Aaron Hicklin, Elisabeth Saint-Amand, Whitewall's Michael Klug, Greg Calejo, Dalia Oberlander, Sarah Basile, Bianca Kawecki, Anastasia Rogers, Diane Pernet, Scott Buccheit and Quest's Daniel Cappello joined event hosts Patrick Duffy, Thomas Rom, Paper Mag's Peter Davis, Gregory Dufner, Affirmation Art's Marla Goldwasser, Brian Gorman, Francesca Hammerstein, Daniel Heighes Wismer, Jack Kirkland, Marcia Levine, Karline Moeller and James Salomo.
VIPs received a KiptonART Sampler CD containing three singles; featuring headliner one single by Paula Valstein, one track by 22-year-old jazz sensation, Eldar, and the third by Edwin Vazquez (who mixes a fusion of rumba, flamenco, bolero and bassanova).
To read KiptonART insider scoop on Paula Valstein, please click HERE
MR. BRAINWASH: ICONS EXHIBIT 2.11
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When I think about pop art, I think Andy Warhol—most people do in fact, as he still stands to remain the king-of-pop… art. Last night in New York’s Meatpacking District, however, a new Warhol may have been born.
A select crowd was chosen to bare witness to the New York solo debut of the controversial and renowned Pop Street Artist, MR. BRAINWASH. This private preview of BRAINWASH’s latest exhibition, titled ICONS, was held last night inside the artist’s 15,000 square-foot warehouse-style studio, located at 415 W 13th Street. With retro-fabulous, afro-chic cocktail waitresses running glasses of bubbly, and large-scale sculptural installations accompanied by vibrantly colorful paintings, BRAINWASH makes a statement about the pop art we know and love, and its transition into the future. Loud and clear might I add, across every square-inch of last night’s bustling studio.
With subjects of all eras and disciplines, such as President Obama, the Beatles, Madonna, Muhammad Ali, Kate Moss, Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson, Karl Lagerfeld, and many more; MR. BRAINWASH’s ICON exhibit gets its name. The manner in which these subjects—and icons—result into art forms, however, is what might make MR. BRAINWASH an ICON himself.
Through use of fragmented records and color-soaked screen prints, MR. BRAINWASH’s renditions of the many unmistakable cultural figures emulate the work of Andy Warhol, it’s almost as if they bring the legend back to life right before your very eyes. It’s uncanny—Campbell’s-soup-uncanny!
Right down to the warehouse itself, which possesses this magically fascinating feel of transporting through time, as if becoming a fly on the wall in the Factor— Warhol breathes through BRAINWASH. From larger-than-life spray-paint-can statues adorned in Tootsie Roll wrappers and Campbell’s Soup labels, to an actual NYC taxi encased in a gigantic Hot Wheels box; BRAINWASH breathes through Warhol.
But dare I say he does it better? And by it, I mean Warhol, and by he, I mean BRAINWASH.
Does BRAINWASH do Warhol better than Warhol did Warhol?
I guess you’ll just have to see for yourself and decide.
MR. BRAINWASH’s ICON exhibit will be open to the public on February 14th at 3:00P.M. The first 300 people to attend the opening will receive a hand-finished, limited-edition screen print, signed by the artist.
Photo Credit: Mr. Brainwash
Tom Patti: 2010 Rowena Reed Kostellow Award
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Thursday, January 28th: scholars, Pratt students and alumni, friends and family gathered at the Knoll Showroom to celebrate Tom Patti being presented with the 2010 Rowena Reed Kostellow Award. Patti, who graduated from Pratt with a BFA in industrial design '67 and his MFA in '69, is a designer and artist "who advances and extends the principals of design" that Kostellow helped develop.
Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund at Pratt Institute was organized 21 years ago to help continue Rowena's groundbreaking teachings to new generations of designers by supporting scholarships, publishing, programs, and by providing thousands of dollars in awards to accomplished Pratt industrial design students. She dedicated 50 years of her life to teaching; the fund and the Pratt 3-D faculty work to keep her ideas and principles alive.
Patti, referred to as "one of Pratt's favorite sons" by President Dr. Thomas Schutte, attended Pratt on full scholarship. As a student, Patti began to examine the relationships between art, engineering, and architecture. In the 70's, Patti explored the sculptural potential of glass, for which he is now famous. Patti’s early glasswork is in the form of small-scale sculptures that can be held in one’s hand that incorporate glorious color and technical achievement in straw blowing to create bubbles frozen in molten glass cubes.
Patti's work is in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and many private holders. His large-scale architectural pieces were commissioned by General Electric in 1982, where he created the first large, laminated and thermo-formed plastic sculpture for the company’s Plastics Division headquartered in Massachusetts. Patti collaborated with architect Cesar Pelli on various parts of the Owens-Corning headquarters building in Toledo, Ohio. Patti was also commissioned by collectors in Santa Fe as part of home construction, for public buildings in Chapel Hill, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, at the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, and as part of the Roosevelt Island Tram station in New York City.
After Patti's extensive collaboration with engineers, developing experimental building systems that incorporated new technologies, and an unparalleled commitment to creative evolution, Patti continued to explore and push the limits with the properties of formable transparent materials for architectural work. They evolved into his original use of fusing and laminating commercial glass and plastics, and to his current collection- Spatial Plateau: a limited edition of sculptural furniture.
The sculptural tables incorporate Patti's minimalist design ideology into innovative technologies and new manufacturing methods to "create a functional composition and defines interior space." Patti contributed Rotated Rectangle (in memory of Rowena Reed), as part of the silent auction Thursday evening. All of the proceeds from the sale of the table (with an opening bid of $20,000) went to support the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund.
For more information or to make a donation to the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund, please visit: Rowenafund.org
For more information on Tom Patti, please visit: Tompatti.com or Hellergallery.com
*Photo 1: Tom Patti with current Pratt students
*Photo 2: Starphire Echo with Bronze 1994 glass- courtesy of Heller Gallery
*Photo 3: Rotated Rectangle (in memory of Rowena Reed)
Tower Records Re-Opening: NLE Presents- Never Can Say Goodbye
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The NYC art scene is alive and well. Spearheading the underground scene- Antagonist Movement. For over 10 years, The Antagonists have championed groundbreaking artists in film, fashion, fine art, live music, and creative writing, and fashioned innovative venues to make the scene accessible to everyone.
On January 15, 2010, No Longer Empty (NLE) will re-open the legendary Tower Records store on Broadway and 4th Street with a trans-media art exhibition: Never Can Say Goodbye.
Spotlighting more than twenty artists working with sound, light, image and installation, Never Can Say Goodbye recreates a fantasy version of the now defunct Tower Records with Never Records- complete with record bins, album covers, cash registers, music posters and a performance stage.
Interactive installations by artists and musicians celebrate the store's historic role as the locus of the community- the old way to meet people face to face and share music and information.
Curated by: Manon Slome, NLE; Steven Evans, Dia Art Foundation; Asher Remy-Toledo, NLE
Panel Discussion:
Continuing the Public Art / Alternative Spaces panel discussion series, hosted by No Longer Empty
Discs to Downloads: New Directions in the Music Industry on January 26th 7 pm
Various panelists have been invited to discuss how technology has transformed art, addressing how contemporary gadgets and the internet have shaped twenty-first century music production, listening and consumption, and the affect of this shift on contemporary art. Celebrity attorney Elliot Groffman (represents Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, and other music bands), Ted Reiderer (featured NLE artist), Kevin Patrick (manager of Matt & Kim) and others have been confirmed.
Performance Schedule: (more to come and schedule is subject to change)
January 22nd- Cleopatra
January 29th- ((audience))
January 30th- The Antagonist Movement
February 1st- The Metropolis Ensemble
February 5th- Azita and Animal Hospital
February 6th- Sacred Bones Records Showcase
Press Preview
: January 15 10am – Noon
VIP Preview:
January 15 5pm – 7pm
General Opening
: January 15 7pm – 10pm
Click to read more about The Antagonist Movement and Ethan H. Minsker.
Click No Longer Empty, to view the full lists of artists featured in Never Can Say Goodbye at Tower Records
All about the films of Ethan H. Minsker from Ethan H. Minsker on Vimeo.
Everything you wanted to know about the independent films of Ethan H. Minsker, founder of Antagonist Movement.
KiptonART: 2009 Favorites in Art, Style, Music and Film
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What has 2009 brought us? KiptonART explored not only the business of emerging artists, but the entire creative market encompassing art, music, fashion, film and soirées. 2009 -- the year of change -- has prepared art mavens for the coming decade. Reflecting on the seasons past here are influential events that are sure to impact the coming year(s) ahead. Let the countdown begin!
#10. Let us get the dreaded term out of the way: recession. The weed that spewed from our credit fertilizer haunted the globe thereby weakening an already challenged art arena. As third quarter trudged around the market gradually rallied amidst the buzz surrounding the early November Sotheby’s New York auction of an Andy Warhol painting, sold at $43.8 million.
However, morale was low due to a failed auction held at New York’s Christie’s the same week. This may have left a dark cloud brooding over art auctions had it not been for $48 million dollar sale of a drawing by the old master Raphael at Christie’s London in early December.
#9. Early December opened with Art Basel in Miami. The lack of sun and party funds left the majority of attendees interested in only one thing, the fairs which fared far better than last year. High sales made gallery representatives giddy, while on-lookers enjoyed works by international talents. Much on displayed felt familiar and sellers were fixated on those that they knew would bring in cash flow. In this economy, why not? Though events were at a minimum, KiptonART hosted an event with Whitewall Magazine and attended parties and events over the four day fair including a highlight of the Lanvin boutique opening. In November, Art Dubai drew significant crowds and attention.
#8. Parties elsewhere seemed to have been doing just fine this year (though there was a definite lack of food trays circulating). KiptonART threw several with partners such as Longchamp and Saks Fifth Avenue and even debuted on MTV. The Coalition for the Homeless held their annual ArtWalk Benefit raising $650,000, their most successful event to date. Patrons attended all the major museum galas from the Metropolitan Costume Institute to the Frick Young Fellows. However, the Whitney Studio Party was said to have been the best of them all, where A-list New York supporters wore sponsored Versace gowns to the nines.
#7. Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Week set the standards for a new era: digital prints, nude hues, and underwear-as-outwear. Chado Ralph Rucci gave the show of New York’s season with a flawless presentation. Finally be rid of the dirty indie look and step into fantastic crab claw Alexander McQueen heels, as Mrs. Gaga did in her epic video “Bad Romance.”
#6. Undoubtedly, Lady Gaga is this year top musician, bringing glam rock gender bending aesthetic backs from the trendy 80’s grave of on stage Madonna masturbation and Freddy Mercury. Opposite, of Gaga is the baby-face Taylor Swift who swiftly swept up the awards at every ceremony she attended (and didn’t for that matter as she won several AMA’s while preparing for an upcoming tour in London). KiptonART continued to collaborate with emerging musicians Joyce DiDonato, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, Eldar and Orba Squara. Most heartbreaking was the loss of music legend and pop king Michael Jackson.
To Read The Top 5, please visit KiptonART Online Magazine
Photo 1: Kipton Cronkite attends the 2009 Whitney Museum Gala at The Whitney Museum of American Art on October 19, 2009 in New York City. (October 18, 2009- Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images North America)
Photo 2: Aqua Art Miami Basel entrance
Photo 3: Chado Ralph Rucci's incredible Spring/Summer 2010 collection
Miami's Independent Thinkers: Special Guest G. Love
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A Converse Event at Art Basel: Art is for Everyone
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On December 5th, Converse celebrated the creative spirit and artist in everyone with an evening of free music and art, open to all, (which is questionable considering the ridonkulous line around the block to gain entrance…) in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
The evening featured live performances by renowned artists from Mexico and Spain, Kinky and La Mala Rodriguez, plus DJ's Lolo and Aramis Lorie.
German street-artist collective, Mentalgassi, showcased their first-ever US installation, which is also their largest installation ever… 95 feet wide. Guests participated in the original paint-by-numbers creation.
