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Art
The Clash’s “London Calling” Artwork up for Auction
Dec 1st
Original artwork for The Clash’s London Calling is set to be auctioned off later this month. The lot consisting of sketches, drawings and designs for the cover of the 1979 album is expected to sell for between £50-70,000.
The auction will take place on December 16th during the same week the album celebrates its 30th anniversary. For more information on the auction visit Bonhams.com.
Max Ernst Museum Presents 150 Works of Art by US Filmmaker David Lynch
Nov 30th
“A cult film director from Los Angeles presenting his fine art works for the first time in a German museum. You cannot miss that!”, emphasizes Dr. Achim Sommer, director of the museum and co-curator of the exhibition “David Lynch – Dark Splendor”. Until 21st March 2010 the Max Ernst Museum Bruehl of the LVR presents a selection of 150 art works of the American film maker David Lynch. Some of his works have especially been created for the exhibition. Fine art marked the beginning of David Lynch’s career and he continued in making fine art until today. Painting is an integral part of his artistic work. Themes, motives and the repertoire of shapes of his fine art works and his films mutually interwoven.
L.A. Tagger REVOK Arrested at Personal Appearance
Nov 24th
Notorious Los Angeles graffiti artist Jason Williams, a.k.a. REVOK, was arrested at a party he was paid to attend at a gallery/art supply store last weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. Sheriff’s deputies discovered digital photos of his work on his cell phone, as well as “several hundred paint cans” during a search of his home. Read the full article here.
Behind the Scenes: Tim Burton at MoMA
Nov 18th
The Museum of Modern Art will present a major career retrospective on Tim Burton, consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, from November 22nd through April 26, 2010. Details and lots of cool images may be found here.
East LA Punk Exhibition Visits Guadalajara
Nov 16th
GUADALAJARA.- The Museum of Art at the University of Guadalajara presents “Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk” from November 27 to January 10, 2008. The burgeoning punk rock music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s in East Los Angeles provided an electrically charged, creative climate. This scene created an atmosphere where performance mixed with poetry, and visual culture was defined by an aesthetic and an attitude. Artists and musicians interfaced and blurred the lines of actions, documentation, photography, sound and style.
Taking its name from the all-ages music club The Vex, once housed within East Los Angeles’ Self Help Graphics and Art, “Vexing” is an historical investigation of the women who were at the forefront of this movement of experimentation in music, art, culture and politics, while exploring their lasting legacies and contemporary practices. This documentary style exhibition will include photo, video and audio archives of the era as well as studio work encompassing painting, installation, writings and performance.
Read the rest of the article from artdaily.org here.
Shepard Fairey does Times Square
Nov 9th
NYLON TV caught up with notorious street artist Shepard Fairey during his live installation in Times Square.
Pixies Meet Salvador Dalí
Nov 8th
Exceptional artists ahead of their times. Pixies’ song “Debaser” paired with the 1929 movie to which it refers, Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Minotaur, possibly the greatest box set set of all time, will be released Tuesday. Buy it!
Rare Beatles Help! Memorabilia up for Auction
Nov 8th
According to Reuters, Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers will offer seven black-and-white photographs of the Beatles sitting on a grassy field, taken by a teenage girl on the last day of filming for their movie Help!, for sale this week in London. Estimates place the value of the package at somewhere between ₤2-3,000.
Gwyn Blanchard, then a 13-year-old student, trudged half an hour in the rain with a group of friends to the set of the Fab Four’s second film, hoping for an autograph, but wound up being invited for a chat with her idols.
“We knew that the filming was going to happen that day. Being kids, we hatched a plan,” said Blanchard, who lived near the site.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
Post-apocalyptic living: a home in a shopping cart?
Nov 5th
Brooklyn-based artist Kevin Cyr is preparing for the apocalypse in a rather unique way!
Kevin Cyr’s functional sculptural piece Camper Kart seeks to explore the issues of housing, mobility and autonomy.
Check out the article in Brand-X at this location.
Photo credit – Kevin Cyr
Picasso Fails to Sell
Nov 4th
According to The Wall Street Journal, Christie’s Modern Art Sale failed to generate its typical excitement in last night’s evening sale. Bummer. Read the full article HERE.
Nobody wanted the night’s priciest work, a ruby-red portrait of Pablo Picasso’s wartime lover Dora Maar, “Tête de femme,” that was expected to sell for at least $7 million. The painting stalled at $6.4 million.
