kwangho lee

Kwangho Lee's new collection at the very cool Johnson Trading Gallery in New York. His knitted wire lamps (one wire), and knitted water hose chairs made me get in the gallery, very playful and unique.

I discovered his earlier work on his website, love all of the below

all images from the Johnson Trading Gallery and Kwangho Lee's website

jef aerosol

More and more good street art in my neighborhood in Paris: my favorite? Jef Areosol!

check out the organization Lezarts de la bievre

tracy rocca at winston wachter

Yesterday was the opening of Tracy Rocca's exhibition at the Winston Wachter Gallery in NYC.
It's a new kind of impressionism, makes everything around look so real and sharp! I love the artist's statement:
"The goal of my work is to create a place where the mind can rest.
The imagery I use arises from, first, consistent observation and, second, a conscious effort to slow down. [...]" read the whole statement here.

Lake Washington (2009)
oil on polyester over panel 36"x36"

Lilly 2009
oil on polyester over panel 48"x48"

Gilroy Garden 2009
oil on polyester over panel 20"x20"

all images from Tracy Rocca and Winston Wachter websites

slow car crash

SLOW INEVITABLE DEATH OF AMERICAN MUSCLE - SLOW MOTION CAR CRASH "This sculpture is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating a head on automobile collision. Each car moves about three feet into the other. The movement is so slow as to be invisible." see movies here.

found on today and tomorrow who found it on jeriko (thank you!)

shopdropping

We all know about shoplifting, but do you know about shopdropping? This artist group in Canada invented it. You drop your art in supermarket so people can enjoy it at home!! See ShopDropping Montreal for more images, movies and info. Pretty generous!

posted on notcot.org by keenon design

Scott Peterman

Another great discovery at the Danzigerprojects gallery: Scott Peterman the first 2 photos are shown in the Chelsea gallery, and I found the others on his website. Enjoy!

all photographs: Scott Peterman

Christophe Maout

I just discovered Parisian photographer Christophe Maout thanks to the 2 first photos below shown at the Danzigerprojects gallery {534 W24th st (212) 629 6778}. Then of course, I looked him up and discovered much more. I love when that happens!

All the flower photographs are from his "Printemps" serie

a few from the "atmospheric" serie

homelux serie

Fashion week Paris March 09

All images are from Christophe Maout's portfolio many more to see there!

ethan murrow

Ethan Murrow's first solo exhibition "Zero Sum Pilot" at the New York Winston Wachter Gallery.
He explains: "The still imagery we [refering to himself and his wife] collect forms the source material for large-scale graphite drawings that are obsessive documents of infatuated characters. [...] "Zero Sum Pilot" follows one man's rigorous and suspect training for unknown aerial goals."
He also explains that the characters he portrays "mostly male, are doomed to failure and prone to dysfunction". We all agree, perfection is boring, but this probably the extreme form of wabi-sabi*!

Above: images from the Winston Wachter website:
Composure increasing time aloft, panic unhelpful
Deep water recovery training an asset at splash down
New helmet worthy of further use despite neck injuries
Release point adjusted down to 165th rotation
Below: photos taken at the gallery

* Wabi-sabi: Japanese art of the fault: I'll definitely will be blogging about it soon!

sand painting in chelsea

I was walking around Chelsea today with my friend Michale when we saw Wayne Coe on 22nd st, across the street from the Chelsea Museum, sand painting on the sidewalk. It was sort of windy but the sand he's using is a heavy sort (the one they spray on buildings) so it wasn't flying away, but it's obviously ephemeral, it will probably be completely gone by tomorrow. What he was reproducing (see in his hand) was an old gay porn movie flyer. Chelsea was the heart of the gay porn industry before it turned into the art gallery and exclusive fashion store neighbourhood it is now (Balenciaga and comme des garcons are on that block). That's why the sand: a little wind makes one community go away... yes... gone with the wind, I had to say it.
It was 4pm when we met him and he'd been working on this since 10am, I loved his white shirt and tie, and he was extremmely nice and happy to talk about his art. Very nice encouter.
If you want to know more, go see his website www.waynecoe.com or contact Robyn Perry at (518) 392 2469

jan feliks kallwejt

Amazing, absolutely love it!
I discovered Jan Felitz Kallwejt on notcot.com (where else??). He's a young graphic designer/illustrator, officially my favorite!!

much more on his website

euro condoms

I just learnt about the new rule to ban the light bulbs in the EU, starting with the frosted ones in Sept 2009. Find out more in this article of LEDs magazine.
Well, this Ingo Maurer's answer to it: the euro condom! He revealed it during design week in Milan. I found it on designboom.
What do you think?

Tangled Alphabets

If you haven't already, go see Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel's Tangled Alphabets at Moma. Very inspiring.

Above: detail of Cuadro Escrito (written painting) by Leon Ferrari
Below: Leon Ferrari (left) Mira Schendel (right)

painting Veuve Clicquot

The iconic champagne brand gets painted by Florence Deygas for their new add campaign. The year's seasons and events illustrated with her stylish line drawings - uh I mean line paintings - to remind us that Veuve Clicquot is the best accessory for any occasion.

Florence Deygas was born in France in 1965, she studied film animation in the reknown Ecole des Gobelins in Paris. She's famous for the now iconic dog duo for Colette (Paris), and Winney the animated cow.
Florence Deygas had already collaborated with Veuve Clicquot earlier, she did a charity auction organised by the brand in Japan and a calligraphic installation for Veuve Clicquot's Starlight Yellow event in NYC.
Here are a few photos taken in her studio while she was working on the Veuve Clicquot project. See her work on her websites addadog.com and kuntzeldeygas.com.

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Illustration in advertising is definitely a new trend (which is also as old as advertising itself), probably because we're saturating with all these photos of "perfect" people telling us what to buy... it's so refreshing to go back to art.
Hermes made the same choice:

...and also (more modestly) I did it for the Cupcakes & Cartwheels catalogs.
It actually wasn't planned at all: I had received the items early and we had to shoot them right away, as I didn't have any props, I decided to draw them all. It went so well that it became the identity of the brand. The cheapest set I have ever created!