Fly 16x9. Martin Margiela

I GOT DEVIL. Director:Alex Antitch. Designer: Maison Martin Margiela. Stylist: Annett Monheim. MakeUp: Noda @ Management + Artists. Hair: Marco Santini @Joe Management.
Production Assistants: Cat Christensen, Tarun Shanker. Editor: Raafi Rivero. Sound Mix:Raphael Laski. Featuring: Mey Bun @,New York Models,Cheng Cheng, Jessica Cook, Tara de Long, Hawa Diawara @ Trump, Casey Farnum, Kim Ann Foxman, Hartje @ Ford, Laura Selfridge @ Ford, Chenta Yu, Music: Some say.

Here is my advices for the weekend:

1. do what you want and only what you want
2. but do it in style
3. ne soyez pas sage
4. and smile, smile
5. smile
6. and kiss, kiss
7. kiss

Oh, the video is from Fashion 16x9* for MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA!
*if you don't know what the f*** is FASHION 16x9, stay on WFW and click here

Fukt 7 1/2

FUKT 7 1/2

If you don't know what to read this weekend, I suggest you FUKT 7 1/2* a really good magazine for contemporary drawing based in Berlin since 2001.

*The graphic design of this edition has been made by ARIANE SPANIER.

Artists:
Ante Timmermans,Charmaine Wheatley,Per Dybvig, Gert-Jan Akerboom, Heidi Linck, Jenny Mörtsell, Louise Hopkins, P. Nicolas Ledoux, Oskar Korsar, Stephen Marshall, Katja Eckert, Tina Jonsbu, William Powhida , Björn Hegardt

ISBN: 978-3-86895-051-9
Publisher + webshop: Revolver by VVV, Berlin
Editor: BJÖRN HEGARDT

Ran Hwang

Dreaming of Joy (installation view). buttons, pins on wooden panel, stainless steel. 2008





Two Loves Trees. buttons, pins, panel . 120 x 170 cm. 2009



Dreaming of Joy. 180 x 240 cm. 2009

If you are in Zurich (Switzerland) until the 5th December 2009, you can't miss RAN HWANG @ Gallery Kashya Hildebrand. RAN HWANG creates striking art works from common, mass-produced materials and objects, such as buttons, crystals, pins and threads. The defamiliarization and recontextualization of these everyday objects ask the viewer to engage in a new tactile visuality.

Inspired by Buddhist concepts, Her works invite the viewer to engage in multiple readings of emptiness and existence, of attempting to reach the state of enlightenment and fulfilment through the conscious emptying of one’s mind and spirit. Hwang hopes that the contemplation of her works evoke a feeling of meditative calm and introspection in the viewer, meditative experiences she herself had during the creation process.

RAN HWANG was born in 1960 in the Republic of Korea. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York, she attended the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Chung Ang University in Seoul, Korea. The artist lives and works in New York.

+ Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, Talstrasse 58, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland

See you there!

found via http://acidolatte.blogspot.com/

Rinko Kawauchi

Untitled. 2001.C-print on aludibond. 20 x 19.7 cm


Untitled (from the series "Aila"). 2003. c-print, on Aludibond, ed. 6. 101 x 101 cm


Untitled (from the series "Aila"). 2003. c-print, on Forex, ed. 6. 30,5 x 25,4 cm


Untitled (from the series "Aila"). 2003. c-print, on Forex, ed. 6. 30,5 x 25,4 cm


Untitled (from the series "Cui Cui"). 2005. c-print, on Forex, ed. 6.30,5 x 25,4 cm


Untitled (from the series "Utatane"). 2001. c-print, on Forex, ed. 6. 30,5 x 25,4 cm


Untitled (from the series "Cui Cui"). 2005. c-print, on Forex, ed. 6. 30,5 x 25,4 cm

RINKO KAWAUCHI's delicate and profound images of natural life and human drama have made her one of Japan's most famous young photographers.

Cast in her signature pastel chromatics, KAWAUCHI's shots emerge from her beloved Rolleiflex camera.

Born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, she became interested in photography while studying at Seian University of Art and Design. She first gained success with the simultaneous publication of three books in 2001: Hanako, Utatane, and Hanabi. Awards given to KAWAUCHI include the Grand Prix Prize at the Guardian Garden's 9th Hitotsubo Exhibition in 1997 and the 27th Kimura Ihei Award in 2002.

Max Dworkin

"My work focuses on several different but closely related subjects and situations which all revolve around my fascination with the world around me. My work also touches on different aspects of my surroundings and experiences ranging from people involved in my life to events and strange scenarios I have encountered.

The process of photographing allows me to try and capture some of the feelings, interests and emotions that life leaves me with. I am interested in combining two very different elements in my images; very controlled technical skill (lighting, composition and focus) with uncontrolled elements (action, animals, strangers, danger, ect.) and I take an active role in my work.

Because my work revolves around my life it is constantly shifting and seems to spill over into different areas of photography; portraiture, documentary, action, still life, landscape and biographic. In some of my work I am interested in creating a narrative with my images giving the viewer a single image from a larger scenario leaving them with questions and forcing them to fill in the blanks about who, what, why, and how. " - MAX DWORKING

MAX DWORKING lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Sidney Pink

Cleaning. 11 x 15 inches, 27.94 x 38.1 cm. Pencil and watercolor on paper


Me and You. 11 x 15 inches, 27.94 x 38.1 cm. Pencil and watercolor on paper


There's A Reason. 2008.pencil and watercolor on paper. 28 x 38

Antiquated Dream . 11 x 15 inches, 27.94 x 38.1 cm .Pencil and watercolor on paper

Unarmed and Unagitated. 2008.pencil and watercolor on paper. 38 x 28 cm


SIDNEY PINK is an American artist that creates small pencil and watercolor drawings. PINK lived and worked in Japan for four years where he found inspiration for his art. Japanzine magazine described PINK as, "one of Japan's most inspirational gaijin [foreign] artists."


SIDNEY PINK He now lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.

+ good news: you can purchase print of PINK via www.tokyomade.com or via www.littlepaperplanes.com

Frederik Heyman

FERNANDO PESSOA. LITERARTE

VICUNA

WE ARE NOT SAINTS. SLOBODAN MIHAJLOVIC.TSHIRT PRINT


WE ARE NOT SAINTS. SLOBODAN MIHAJLOVIC.TSHIRT PRINT

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WE ARE NOT SAINTS. SLOBODAN MIHAJLOVIC.TSHIRT PRINT


RETAIL THERAPY. FAITH HEALING AT THE TEMPLE OF CONSUMPTION. illustrations, Zoo Magazine No 22, 2009


FREDERIK HEYMAN is an Antwerper born and bred, who has been artistically active since the tender age of 7. With not one but two master degrees, one in graphic and illustration design and one in photography, HEYMAN already worked with BRUNO PIETERS, CHRISTIAN WIJNANTS and HENRIK VIBSKOV.

What? you are still here? Don't lose one minute, his website is just around the corner!

Gregori Saavedra

Creation". 100 x 80 cm. 2009



Punished 140 x 100 cm. Photoshop (Giclee Print)

GREGORI SAAVEDRA was born in 1968 and currently resides in Barcelona, Spain. Once an Advertising Creative Director, he is now a multimedia artist, creating animations, wonderfully detailed illustration collages, and video.

Don't hesitate to visit his website, it's worth the trip!

Self Burning

+ Sound design ALEXEY DEVYANIN

Field is the brand new video of SELF BURNING, a duo from Russia who create indie-animation and experimental motion.

View more on their website, here!

Jan Adriaans

Lange Voorhout 74, Den Haag

Lange Voorhout 74, Den Haag

Lange Voorhout 35, Den Haag

Cream, Buenos Aires ’07

Lick, Buenos Aires ’08

I, Rotterdam ’07

II Tlaxcalancingo, Mexico ’02

JAN ADRIAANS is intrigued by loca­tions with extra­or­di­nary and strange solu­tions in their design, and recalls ques­tions about the use of materials. This is how the artist presents his work: «I make photos of interiors, I film them, construct them, explore them in their materiality". He concentrates on looking for equity of time, value and sense of representation.

JAN ADRIAANS lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

found via http://butdoesitfloat.com/

Jan Kath

erased classic

Okay I know: carpets are boring...but wait a minute and let me present you the work of german designer JAN KATH! When I saw these pictures on todayandtomorrow this morning, I had immediately thought: so cool, a concrete's rug ;-) but it's not!

This collection entitled Erased Classic is based on classic patterns from Italian wall coverings and Indian saris. The carpets are produced by weavers at manufacturing sites in Kathmandu. But their final look is caused by acid, which makes the patterns fade and disappear. The customer cannot only define the color, materials, size, knot density, and design, but also the degree of erosion.

Are carpets still boring?

found via todayandtomorrow.net

Esque Studio

+ Produced by MIKE CALL, BOONE SPEED and RUSS LOWE. Cameras: MIKE CALL and BOONE SPEED. Post Production: MIKE CALL. Score: DAVE MADDEN (Nonnon)


I love, love, love this video presenting the process of Portland glassblowers JUSTIN PARKER and ANDI KOVEL aka ESQUE who were most recently honored by Time magazine as one of the "Design 100," recognized as leaders in their production of hand-blown, modern glass products.

With a neat visual effect that makes the glass look hand-colored in an otherwise primarily black-and-white scene, filmmakers MIKE CALL and BOONE SPEED show the playfulness and intensity that goes into making their work.


Enjoy!

found via coolhunting.com

Wilhelm Sasnal

Girl Smoking (Anka).2001, Oil on Canvas 45 x 50cm



Gym lesson. 2000. oil on canvas. 150 x 150cm



Girl smoking (Peaches). 2001. oil on canvas. 33 x 33 cm



Pixies.2001-2004. Oil on canvas. 120 x 140 cm
Car. 2000.Oil on canvas. 150 x 170 cm



Spanner x. 2009.Oil on canvas.70.5 x 55.5 x 2 cm
Untitled. 2009. Oil on canvas.70.5 x 55 x 2 cm



Soil. 2009. Oil on canvas. 120 x 160 x 2 cm
Memphis. 2007. Oil on canvas. 55 x 70 cm

"Art should have an emotional-intellectual dimension. Art involves a game with the viewer, with conventions and with yourself."- by WILHELM SASNAL

Hauser & Wirth Zürich is presenting an exhibition of paintings on canvas and works on paper by Polish artist WILHELM SASNAL.

He often borrows subjects from art history, 20th century propaganda, and photojournalism to developp through painting his own interpretation and understanding of imagery.

"I am a realist painter", he says, because everything he paints has its roots in particular situations, events, images and views, or is taken from books, the Internet, newspapers or the street. These images - physically "oil on canvas" - really take place in the deepest recesses of consciousness, between the visible and the visual memory.

+ WILHELM SASNAL: 19 December 2009@ Hauser & Wirth Zürich until 19 December 2009