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Dan Witz for Nuart 2011 Video
One of our favorite people we got to hang out with in Norway this past Fall was NYC-based Dan Witz, a street and fine artist who has been creating this great interventions for decades, little suprises for those who pay attention to the minute details of the urban experience. Here is a video of Witz getting up and moving along across Stavanger.
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David Shrigley "Brain Activity" @ Hayward Gallery, London
Glasgow's David Shrigley, whose work we featured on the site late last year, just opened a new exhibition, Brain Activity, and the always-strong Hayward Gallery in London. Shrigley is known for his witty works, both in drawings and mini-installations and public pieces, this is his first major British survey, and includes photography, taxidermy, sculpture, animation, painting, and music based on human shortcomings.
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Opening: Brisk Bodega x Stars Wars Episode I in Los Angeles
Last night in Los Angeles, we attended the Brisk Bodega, and 24-hour pop-up gallery and art experience in conunction with Brisk's celebration of the 3D theatrical release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. The pop-up space will be open to the public today, Friday, February 3 in Los Angeles. More information after the jump . . .
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Friday Spotlight: Hert
Every Friday we feature someone old or new, traditional or unconventional, active or not, and so on. This week’s spotlight is on Hert.
Dissecting Nature at Quint Gallery, San Diego
Dissecting Nature is a group show at Quint Gallery featuring a variety of works from the likes of Anya Gallacio, Roman De Salvo, Andy Goldsworthy, James Turrell, and several others. The work opens up a dialogue with our relationship to the natural environment through a variety of objects and images that play with the formal manipulation of nature using a combination of industrial and organic materials.
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Photography and Performance by Hans Breder
A three time exhibiting artist at the Whitney Biennial, German-born Hans Breder has made a career of creating great performance and photography works, including these fantastic pieces with use of mirrors and the human body. Born in 1935 in Herford, Germany, trained early on in his career in Hamburg but moved to New York City in his late 20s and found increasing success.
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Back to the Future, Hill Valley, 2015 AD, in LEGOS
Yes, you know, we are obsessed with LEGO art, and we are also obsessed with all things Back to the Future. Combining this love is Alex Schranz, a LEGO builder who has created a model set of Hill Valley circa 2015 AD from Back to the Future II, complete with flying cars, hover boards, and bunch of other details the year 2015 will not offer us.
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Pink Noise @ Parlor Gallery, New Jersey
Parlor Gallery will open a new group show this weekend, “Pink Noise," exploring the overlap of visual art and music on Saturday, February 4. Parlor will showcase some of the best artists inspired by music to create their artwork. Many of the “Pink Noise” artists have made their living in the music industry, with highlights include Mark Mothersbaugh, Thom Lessner and Asbury Park’s Mike McLaughlin’s photographs of chaotic mosh pits.
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The Work of Android Jones
'In his art and in his life, Android Jones seeks to expand the infinite boundaries of reality. He is a techno-mystic visual pioneer of digital art. He draws on a classical background of academic and traditional skills to interface with the machine, communicate to the mind and connect to the heart.'
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Roger Ballen for Die Antwoord: "I Fink You Freeky"
From the unconventional and slightly deranged South African hip-hop trio Die Antwoord, comes this incredibly awesome/creepy video for "I Fink You Freeky," directed by contemporary photographer Roger Ballen. Phallic imagery abounds, grime and deformity are glorified, and the totality of the weirdness is nothing less than mesmerizing.
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