12.21.2010
12.20.2010
12.14.2010
just arrived
greetings from Guillaume Henry, creative director of CARVEN
ad campaign by Marton Perlaki
12.03.2010
Other Edition - Editorial of the Month
The unique qualities and connotations of concrete are the starting point for photographer Benoit Pailley and fashion editor Inès Fendri in the current issue of top Hungarian magazine The Room. In their story ‘Concrete Project No.1’ in issue 12, they take the quintessential building material and come up with what is effectively a very clever accessory and jewellery story.
The Room - issue 12 Photo: Benoit Pailley Styling: Inès Fendri
Drawing on the full range of associations with the material, such as its historical connection with famous modernist architects, eastern bloc public architecture or its use as an iconic sculptural material by minimalist sculptors, in their hands it becomes the basis for a series of tableaux that are themselves not unlike sculptures. In the case of ‘Concrete Project No.1’ however, each incorporates a luxurious object of desire; a Christian Laboutin shoe, a bag by Sonia Rykiel or even a tiara by John Galliano.
Quite aside from the clever games -the visual puns that operate very much in the way that many contemporary art objects do- one of the most notable things about the story is just how good this humble material makes the items in question look. Perhaps it’s the contrast, but each of these tempting goodies looks somehow, brighter, shinier and even more sumptuous. Perhaps more cautious creatives would have shied away from the idea, worrying that the combination might not provide a sufficiently rich context for the luxury items. No such fear at The Room though, a title that has repeatedly shown that it is able to navigate simplicity and luxury.
Another rewarding aspect of the shoot is that one realises that this is a situation in which fashion creatives have had to work outside of the safety of the traditional discipline, literally working more like artists in constructing the sculptural concrete structures in a makeshift studio in southern France. So it’s something of a story about handmade craft in more ways than one.
You can buy the magazine online for 4 euro.
The Room - issue 12 Photo: Benoit Pailley Styling: Inès Fendri
Drawing on the full range of associations with the material, such as its historical connection with famous modernist architects, eastern bloc public architecture or its use as an iconic sculptural material by minimalist sculptors, in their hands it becomes the basis for a series of tableaux that are themselves not unlike sculptures. In the case of ‘Concrete Project No.1’ however, each incorporates a luxurious object of desire; a Christian Laboutin shoe, a bag by Sonia Rykiel or even a tiara by John Galliano.
Quite aside from the clever games -the visual puns that operate very much in the way that many contemporary art objects do- one of the most notable things about the story is just how good this humble material makes the items in question look. Perhaps it’s the contrast, but each of these tempting goodies looks somehow, brighter, shinier and even more sumptuous. Perhaps more cautious creatives would have shied away from the idea, worrying that the combination might not provide a sufficiently rich context for the luxury items. No such fear at The Room though, a title that has repeatedly shown that it is able to navigate simplicity and luxury.
Another rewarding aspect of the shoot is that one realises that this is a situation in which fashion creatives have had to work outside of the safety of the traditional discipline, literally working more like artists in constructing the sculptural concrete structures in a makeshift studio in southern France. So it’s something of a story about handmade craft in more ways than one.
You can buy the magazine online for 4 euro.
11.26.2010
11.25.2010
11.23.2010
Studio Visit in Brooklyn
Swiss Institute is proud to present the first exhibition of the collaborative work of New York artist Rita Ackermann and Nashville based director Harmony Korine.
Swiss Institute [SI]
495 Broadway 3rd Floor
New York NY 10012
WE LOVE YOU, RITA!
11.22.2010
We Like Balint Zsako!
February 12 – May 1, 2011
New York–based contemporary artist Balint Zsako creates intricate and seamless collages using botanical prints and atlases of human anatomy by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770), Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797–1849), and Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782–1871). This series of collages, commissioned by Chicagoan Richard Harris, conveys themes of absurdity and humor present in much of Zsako’s work.
Image: Balint Zsako, Albinus (Plants IV), 2009
11.19.2010
11.17.2010
BALENCIAGA-SPANISH MASTER
This November, Queen Sofía Spanish Institute will present BALENCIAGA: Spanish Master, the first exhibition to consider the impact of Spain's culture, history and art on one of its greatest twentieth-century sons, the legendary designer Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972). Hailed as "Fashion's Picasso" by Cecil Beaton, Balenciaga's innovations transformed the way women dressed, from the opening of his Paris fashion house in 1937 until his retirement in 1968. His visionary designs and impeccable standards seduced generations of the best-dressed women in the world.
BALENCIAGA: Spanish Master,
November, 19th, 2010 to February 19th, 2011;
Queen Sofía Spanish Institute,
684 Park Avenue New York, New York 10065
10.21.2010
Interview with Béla Tarr in The New Issue of The Room
STYLE IS NOT A COAT
The Turin Horse, the film that Béla Tarr wants to be his last, will soon be released to general audiences. Legend has it that Nietzsche witnessed a coachman whipping a horse in the street. Nietzsche threw his arms around the horse's neck, trying to protect it with his own body. He never spoke again and lost his sanity after the incident.
photo: Marton Perlaki
interview by Erzsébet Bori
10.20.2010
10.19.2010
new issue of The Room is out IV.
LA PAROLA AMORE ESISTE
editorial with:
NATY CHABANENKO @ Women
ANU KOSKI @ Women
AJ ABUALRUB @ D'Men
JAKOB WEICHMANN @ D'Men
NIKOLA JOVANOVIC @ D'Men
LEA T @ Woman
MARCEL CASTENMILLER @ Fashion
JAMES SMITH @ Fashion
ADRIEN SAHORES @ Ford Europe
BENONI LOOS @ I Love
RYAN KENNEDY @ I Love
SIMON NESSMAN @ I Love
WILL LEWIS @ I Love
WILLIAM EUSTACE @ L'Uomo Elite
EVANDRO SOLDATI @ Why Not
JACOB COUPE @ Why Not
MATHIAS BERGH @ Why Not
photo: Emilio Tini
new issue of The Room is OUT III.
FLESH OF THE ORCHID
editorial with Réka Ebergényi @ Visage
photo: István Lábady
new issue of The Room is OUT II.
LAND OF CONFUSION
cover editorial with Valerija Kelava @ OUI
photo: Marton Perlaki
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