Archive | January, 2010

One Not To Miss: Joe Holbrook’s Tender ‘N Tasty Tonight at Sid Lee Collective



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“These are the top six most commonly seen chicken boxes in East London. I wanted to capture them because they are like history for me. To me they represent a piece of London in this decade.”… Joe Holbrook

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“I wanted to create something which was had quite a mythical feeling to it in a traditional manor, but bring it up to date at the same. I’ve decided to paint this amazing stallion, and put it in the streets of London. The paining is on a large scale to give it the impact and overwhelm the person looking at it.”.. Joe

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“This painting is set in Hackney’s ‘London Fields’. This image was stuck in my head for a while and really loved creating the piece.”.. Joe

Tonight at:

Tender ‘N Tasty
29 January 2010
18.00 – 22.00
(The exhibition is on view until the 31st of March)
www.joeholbrook.co.uk

Location:
Sid Lee Collective
Gerard Dou straat 74
1072 VW Amsterdam

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The definitive book to date…



Here a book I’ve really been meaning to post about for a long time. Published by PA Press, Michael Fox and Miles Kemp have put together as they call it “a processes-oriented guide to creating dynamic spaces and objects capable of performing a range of pragmatic and humanistic functions. These complex physical interactions are made [...]

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The state of the arts is … blah



President Obama in his address last night studiously avoided the phrase, “the State of the Union is strong.” If there were a State of the Union for the arts, the speaker—Who would it be?—would likely have made the same choice. For all is not well on the cultural ramparts. Just …

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Fresh Stuff From Also starring in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

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More from Also starring here.

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Doze Green Shows Us How It’s Done in Las Vegas

Doze Green painting his recent mural project in Las Vegas, filmed and edited by Orlando Reyes.

New work by Doze Green is now on view until February 13th at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York

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OFF THE WALL: Friends We Love Visits Doze Green

OFF THE WALL :: Doze Green – Studio Visit from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.

New work by Doze Green is now on view until February 13th at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York

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Specter Takes On The Gentrification of Brooklyn for MoCADA

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Specter’s latest project, a series of hand painted billboards to coincide with the Gentrification of Brooklyn show at MoCADA, took two months to create and can be seen throughout Brooklyn.

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Restoring broken Art

Was just at the Met a few days ago – but I had no idea as I passed by the Picasso’s that one of the Metropolitan’s  Picasso paintings was damaged last week by accident – appearently, this happens more often than one would have thought – and there is an article I linked to from [...]

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New York Art when Sea Levels rise

Based on all the information we’re hearing about Ice Glaciers melting in this century it’s a no brainer that eventually most of New York City will be underwater – perhaps, by the year 2100, if not before. A four-foot rise in sea levels would cover more than 80 percent of the Northwest Palisade Bay/Hudson River [...]

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Witness the Fitness, RGB Gym in Utrecht, NL

Witness the Fitness, RGB Gym from Department of Development on Vimeo.

Twenty sports enthusiasts practicing their regular cardio routines, in an infinitive (24/7) video loop.

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