Some three months ago, Los Angeles artist Eric Wesley signed a lease on a defunct Taco Bell in Cahokia, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.
‘An Artist Is Using a Former Taco Bell to Make the Art World Slow Down’
Artsy | CASEY LESSER | July 28, 2016
A combination of roadside attraction novelty and greater architectural freedom resulted in some very strange 20th-century buildings. Claire Voon recently covered the saga of the Longaberger Company basket building, shaped like a seven-story version of the company’s maple picnic basket.
‘From a Pineapple to a Six-Pack, 23 Buildings that Resemble the Things They Sell’
Hyperallergic | July 26, 2016 | Allison Meier
In his ongoing series of relief sculptures titled “Wallwave Vibrations,” artist Loris Cecchini appears to liquify the walls of art galleries by turning them into pools of undulating waves caused by sound.
‘Artist Loris Cecchini Turns Gallery Walls into Vibrating Pools of Liquid’
Colossal | Christopher Jobson | July 26, 2016
Modern day Whitehall in London is home to Britain’s government—the Ministry of Defense, the Cabinet Office, Downing Street.
‘A Lost Palace Gets Recreated in London’
The Creators Project | Kevin Holmes | Jul 26 2016
Paris-based Swiss artist Felice Varini has created a new art installation titled “À Ciel Ouvert” (Open Air) on top of late world-renowned architect Le Corbusier’s 1952 building La Cité Radieuse in Marseille.
‘See Le Corbusier’s Iconic Marseille Building Transformed by Stunning Installation’
Artnet | Carol Civre | July 13, 2016
A building that resembles a 12-story “toilet” was unveiled in Henan province recently, despite a ban by the Chinese government, announced this past February, on structures that are “oversized,” “xenocentric,” or “weird,” according to a brief report in The Independent.
‘China’s 12-Story ‘Toilet’ Building Defies ‘Weird’ Architecture Ban’
Artnet | Eileen Kinsella | July 13, 2016
LONDON
Alasdair McLellan & Lev Tanju: The Palace | ICA
London Southbank is their home, their palace. Alasdair McLellan has been documenting the PWBC (Palace Wayward Boys Choir) skate team since 2009, when they first came together. Through his photographs he shows not only their skills, but more importantly their friendship and lifestyle. There is a DIY feeling throughout the whole exhibition. A collection of old and new photographs, accompanied by a video of PWBC’s founder: Lev Tanju.
12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH | July 8 – 24, 2016 | https://www.ica.org.uk
Ragnar Kjartansson | Barbican Centre
Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic performance artist. There is happening a lot in this exhibition. Be prepared to see a mix of music, film, drawing, painting, sculpture and live performance. Every visit will be different, so choose wisely. Or visit the exhibition multiple times. On Saturdays and Sundays between 1 and 4 pm a boat performance on the lake is planned. There will be Edwardian costumes and women. I that doesn’t convince you, maybe the ‘ten troubadours singing for eight hours a day’ will.
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS | July 14 – September 4, 2016 | http://www.barbican.org.uk
Made You Look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity | The Photographer’s Gallery
Have you already heard of the ‘black Dandy’, not to be misstaken with the Dandy. When Oscar Wilde and Salvador Dali were only showing their flamboyant sense of style, black Dandies are all about politics. Politics and fashion, two worlds apart one would think. Although more alike than expected, as proven by this exhibition.
The exhibition is curated by Ekow Eshun.
6-18 Ramillies Street London W1F 7LW | July 15 – 25 September 25, 2016 | http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk
Reliquaries | Coates & Scarry
Henry Hussey discovers a traditional way of art making versus the contemporary craft. All his works are textile based. Embroideries and digital prints on found (political) fabrics. Hussey has a lot of ideas, but only a few of them make it to the end of the time consuming process of embroidery.
8 DUKE STREET, ST JAMES, LONDON. SW1Y6BN | July 12 – 30, 2016 | http://www.coatesandscarry.com
Thrush Holmes & Jonathan Lux: Modernist Lunch | Beers London
Artists with both their own practices are now put together, their work is so similar that matching them could be a bizarre thing to do. Holmes and Lux make their paintings very colourful bold and big. Two works almost become one, their only border being the end of the canvas and the piece of wall in between, they even start to tell a story together. What is most prominent in both oeuvres is food, so a Modernist lunch it is.
The two artists have a totally different approach to art and the process, that could maybe make the difference.
1 Baldwin Street, London EC1V 9NU | July 15 – August 20, 2016 | http://beerslondon.com
NEW YORK
SITE:LAB: NOTHING IS DESTROYED | Open Source Gallery
A collection of voids, gaps and leftover spaces related to architecture, or “anarchitecture” is the best way to describe this exhibition. Gordon Matta-Clark’s work ‘nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed’ shows his idea of “anarchitecture”.
The Rumsey Street Church in Michigan is where it al begun. The project where objects are extracted from that particular church, or projects related to the church. The exhibition shows architectural artifacts and work by Paul Amenta, Lora Robertson and Nick Kline.
306 17th Street, Brooklyn | July 9 – 30, 2016 | http://open-source-gallery.org
En Foco Presents Mask: Photographs by Frank Gimpaya | Bronxmuseum
Frank Gimpaya, #7 Mask series, 2009. Archival pigment print
Frank Gimpaya was inspired by painter Georges Seurat, more specific by his 1882 rendering of The Veil. The painting stuck into his mind, so he decided to use it as work material for the photography classes he was teaching. This resulted in a photographic interpretation of The Veil. Not just one photograph, no a series of photographs that questions identity and changing personas, with a half mask as an accessory. Or not? “A mask does not hide an identity. It is an identity”, according to A. Eric Arctander.
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10456 | 13 Jul 2016 – 25 Sep 2016 | http://www.bronxmuseum.org
BOYS AND GIRLS CAN STILL DRAW | Nathalie Karg
Amir Nikravan, Untitled (Trowel/Blue/Wall), 2016, Acrylic on fabric over aluminum, 48 x 36 in
This group exhibition is put together by looking for parallels and differences in paintings and drawings. Where does a painting stop, where is the drawing taking over. I would say there is a vague overlapping middle. All artists ( Marina Adams, Joe Andoe, Peter Barrickman, Steve Dibenedetto, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Andrej Dubravsky, Andreas Fischer, Joe fyfe, Margrit Lewczuk, Erica Mahinay, Amir Nikravan, Joanna Pousette-Dart and Kristen Schiele) were asked to submit paintings and drawings on paper. The gallery brought together a good variety of artistic styles, mostly part of a ‘minimalistic’ category.
291 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002 | July 6 – August 26, 2016 | http://nathaliekarg.com
Paul Inglis: Chroma City | Turn Gallery
Paul Inglis explores the process of building and printing with wood, resulting in geometric, abstract, colourful sculptures, ‘Urban Forms’ he calls them, and woodblock prints with the same visual features. His works are about repetition and recreating shapes from memory.
37 East 1st Street New York, NY 10003 | June 22 – August 14, 2016 | http://turngallerynyc.com
Group Exhibition, AIRspace 2015–2016, Abrons Arts Center
Daniel Bejar
“Operation Guest (Pool #1)”
site-specific performance (La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, MX), archival pigment print
Another groupshow and a definite mus see is AIRspace, a project of Abrons Art Centre. As the final of the exhibition season 2015-2016, the Centre creates a residency for artists and curators. A mix of both emerging and mid career artists. Next to creating and displaying, they get the chance to teach certain school groups. Participating artists are Daniel Bejar, Doreen Garner, Maria Rapicavoli, George Terry, Jaimie Warren and Joshua Lubin-Levy.
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street), New York, NY 10002 | June 29 – August 28, 2016 | http://www.abronsartscenter.org
The Young Architects Program is an annual collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative design research and promotes emerging talent.
‘MoMA PS1’
Archatlas | July 10, 2016 | Roberto Cruz
Airport facilities aren’t the most thrilling places in the world, but thanks to commissioned art work initiatives, these otherwise bleak travel spaces contain awesome installations.
‘These are some of the most beautiful airports in the world’
Business Insider | July 9, 2016 | Julia Naftulin
Corten steel is a group of steel alloys which are exposed to natural weather conditions for several years in order to form a rust-like appearance.
‘Toti semerano constructs an irregular corten steel wall in salento, italy’
Designboom | July 6, 2016 | Hollie Smith
German photographer sebastian erras has uncovered a patchwork of different floors from around the world – including paris, venice and barcelona. his latest venture in collaboration withpixartprinting, brought him to london where he discovered an exciting landscape of different colors and textures, all found beneath the tip of his toes.
‘London floors: sebastian erras and pixartprinting unveil the city’s hidden treasures’
Designboom | July 6, 2016 | Hollie Smith
It’s not that Venice lacks private art collections: There are the Punta Della Dogana and the Palazzo Grassi, owned by French luxury commodities magnate Francois Pinault, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, all which show in vaunted architectural environs.
‘Russia’s Richest Man Is Building a Venice Art Institution to Combat Nationalism’
ARTSY | ANNA KATS | JUL 6TH, 2016
Few cities have undergone radical urban transformation like Shenzhen. Designated as China’s first Special Economic Zone in 1980, this market town of 30,000 people experienced an explosive population increase to 10,000,000 inhabitants over the last 30 years.
‘Icons of Design: Shenzhen’s Monumental Building Projects’
Architizer | July 6, 2016 | Eric Baldwin
With the click of a button we now have access to a global museum, otherwise known as the internet, with its infinite collection of online images, texts, films, sound files, and even printable 3D objects.
‘As Attention Spans Dwindle, How Does a Museum Capture New Audiences?’
Artsy | July 5, 2016 | CHLOE HODGE
“Gelatin Gelitin Gelintin,” the most extensive showcase of the Austrian art collective Gelitin (Ali Janka, Florian Reither, Tobias Urban, and Wolfgang Gantner) in Asia to date, opens this week at Galerie Perrotin Hong Kong.
‘Gelitin Opens Mini Retrospective at Galerie Perrotin HK’
Blouin Art Info | July 4, 2016 | DARRYL WEE
“It only lasted 10 days; we had to run generators off the roof, and it was incredibly cold,” says the young curator Alex Meurice, who works under the moniker Slate Projects. He’s describing the revelatory project, staged in an abandoned villa opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum, through which he uncovered the untapped potential for showing art in West London’s empty mansions.
‘From a Bank Vault to a Deli, These Young London Gallerists Are Finding Room for Art Where You’d Least Expect It’
ARTSY | LAURA PURSEGLOVE | JUL 4TH, 2016
Parisian graffiti artist Astro contorts flat architectural facades into illusory vortexes with a vibrant graphic twist. His painted patterns combine smooth, swirling curves and calligraphy with sharper shapes in dynamically detailed designs that are eye-catching on their own; and, as if to suck his viewers farther into each piece, he adds the appearance of dark, receding chasms, tunneling deep into the walls.
‘Optical Illusion Graffiti Creates Portal to a Parallel Universe on the Side of a Building’
My Modern Met | July 2, 2016 | Leah Pellegrini
Using video, sculpture, painting, installation, and performance to explore the politics that shape modern life and culture inside the theocratic kingdom, the newly mounted group exhibition, Parallel Kingdom: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston Texas, gives a glimpse into life in the Persian Gulf.
’12 Saudi Arabian Artists Explore the Kingdom’s Future’
The Creators Project | Antwaun Sargent | June 29, 2016
Architecture represents one of the main interest of the Russian photographer Ekaterina Busygina, who travelled to Hong Kong to carry out one of her ideas.
‘Urban Photography Playing with Lights and Shades’
Fubiz | June 29, 2016
Concrete monstrosity, the architecture we love to hate – that’s how people used to describe brutalist architecture. There was probably not a single architectural style (and whether it is a style or not is yet to be discussed) that was demonized and hated as much as Brutalism, especially during the 70’s, the 80’s and even in the 90’s as well.
‘WHAT DO WE MEAN BY BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE ?’
Widewalls | June 26, 2016 | Natalie P
The Japanese housing market is a peculiar phenomenon. Unlike homes in Western nations, Japanese residences depreciate rapidly in value over time.
‘The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses’
Wallpaper | JUNE 23, 2016 | JESSICA KLINGELFUSS
The New Tate modern will open to the public this Friday. The Switch House, designed by the architects of the original building conversion Herzog and de Meuron, increases the size of Tate modern by 60% and provides ten storeys of spaces for art and learning.
The opening will be marked with a weekend of free live performances, new commissions and special events. For the following three weeks, live art will animate the spaces with works including Tania Brugrera’s police on horseback and Tino Sehgal’s gallery attendants bursting into song.
‘A look inside the £260m New Tate Modern that opens this weekend’
It’s Nice That | June 14, 2016 | Owen Pritchard
Each year London’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, locked in the heart of Kensinginton Gardens, is transformed in unexpected ways by legendary names in the field of architecture.
‘Curving Pavilion of Brilliantly Stacked Bricks Invites Visitors to Interact with Architecture’
My Modern Met | June 13, 2016 | By Kristine Mitchell
Opening on 17 June 2016, the new Tate Modern will be a model for museums in the 21st century.
‘Tate Modern Switch House’
Architizer | June 10, 2016
It was early one morning in either 1838 or 1839 when the world got its first example of city photography. We all know the story ofthe oldest photograph ever taken, a rooftop scenery captured by inventor Nicéphore Niépce, but this particular image is believed to be the first ever to feature a human figure as well.
‘CITY PHOTOGRAPHY – THE ALLURING BEATS OF THE URBAN LIFE’
Widewalls | June 9, 2016 | Angie Kordic
In 2002, Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig went on a series of bike trips that took him 12 years and across 30,000 kilometers of the former Soviet Union. Too often, when talking about this part of the world, we look to political cornerstones as reference points. The Cold War, the Red Scare, the Iron Curtain, the Thaw… Sometimes, it feels like the most creative thing about the USSR was the Western media’s jargon-filled rhetoric.
But we often forget… Where there is political tension, reactions from the creative community are never too far behind. In this case, it just took a photographer’s eye to connect the dots.
‘Soviet Bus Stops Brought Creativity to Remote Landscapes’
Vantage | May 16, 2016 | Karine Vann
Undoubtedly one of the highlights at the queens museum is ‘the panorama of the city of new york’ — a vast 9,335 square foot architectural model of all five boroughs built to a scale of 1:1200, where one inch equals 100 feet.
‘Spencer lowell frames views of new york from a 1:1200 architectural scale model’
Designboom | May 10, 2016 | Nina Azzarello
The New Museum — one of the smallest and in many ways still the scrappiest sibling in the bursting family of contemporary art museums in New York City — will expand into the building it owns next door to its Bowery home, doubling its space as it prepares for its 40th birthday next year.
‘New Museum Plans Expansion After Raising $43 Million’
NY Times | May 10, 2016 | Randy Kennedy
This exceptional 14th-century castle and former fortress boasts picturesque formal gardens and an idyllic location in the hills of Uzès, France, but those features aren’t the main draw. It’s the five frescoes on its walls, designed and installed by Pablo Picasso himself, that make this property next-level spectacular. A friend of the estate’s former owner, British art-historian and art-collector Douglas Cooper, Picasso visited the chateau in 1962 and engraved five of his drawings on the loggia walls over the course of that year. Several parts of the property are now classified as historic monuments.
‘Pablo Picasso Left Some Incredible Art at This $10.3 Million French Chateau’
Architectural Digest | May 6, 2016 | Jennifer Tzeses
Inside the monastery church grimma — a 580-year-old structure near leipzig, germany — berlin-based studio BORGMAN | LENK has suspended an enormous ‘stone’ from the building’s historic ceiling
‘BORGMAN | LENK suspends behemoth ‘boulder’ within a monastery near leipzig’
Designboom | May 6, 2016 | Nina Azzarello
Wth a focus on the contrast between north and south american urban landscapes, víctor enrichhas ‘relocated’ new york’s guggenheim museum to bogotá.
‘Víctor enrich ‘relocates’ new york’s guggenheim museum to bogotá’
Designboom | April 29, 2016 | Nina Azzarello
We posted about Zsolt Hlinka work before on a series of images titled Urban Symmetry but he seems to be always producing incredible work. This time we want to share his latest project titled 100 YEAR OLD HOUSES. It’s series of compositions that play with perspective, which is my favorite as you might know. Anyway, check out after the break and you will understand why it deserves to be featured here.
‘100 Year Old Houses’
Abduzeedo | April 27, 2016
On May 3, Lisson Gallery New York will open beneath the High Line between 23rd and 24th Street. Designed by studioMDA and Studio Christian Wassmann, the 8,500 square foot space is split between a gallery, offices, viewing rooms, and storage. Although the main gallery is directly under the High Line – the steel columns in the photos are actually supports for the elevated railway – it will receive ample sun from dramatically angled skylights along the space’s edge, which also aid to extend the walls vertically. The gallery’s polished concrete floors, white walls, and natural light are typical of today’s contemporary art spaces, but also maintain the aesthetic of Lisson’s other galleries. The public will access the space via 24th Street, while the 23rd Street entrance will be reserved for staff purposes and private functions.
‘Lisson Gallery New York by studioMDA and Studio Christian Wassmann Opening Soon Beneath the High Line’
Arch Daily | April 27, 2016 | Vladimir Gintoff
He’s an über-modernist, favoring sleek lines and large expanses of glass. She bends more to the traditional, preferring soft curves and mullioned windows. So when designer Alison Palevsky and her husband, Alexander, began discussing plans for their home in Pacific Palisades, California, there was plenty of, shall we say, back and forth before a successful blending of their styles was realized.
‘HOUSE TOUR: Inside A Pacific Palisades Home That Is An Art Collector’s Dream’
Elle Decor | April 21, 2016 | Catherine Ettlinger
http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/a8444/pacific-palisades-home/
With spring suddenly in full bloom in New York, it seems timely for The Met to be making the most out of their rooftop space with a site-specific installation by the British artist Cornelia Parker.
When initially confronted with the space, Parker was taken aback by the daunting skyline and decided to create something architecturally incongruous, arriving on the concept of a large, red barn. ‘But then I realised – quite quickly – that red barns are way too big to put on the roof,’ Parker says.
‘House proud: Cornelia Parker places a 1920s-inspired house on The Met’s rooftop’
Wallpaper | April 19 | Carly Ayres
Back in 2014, brussels-based artist xavier delory shared with designboom a series of images depicting le corbusier’s villa savoye ransacked and covered with defaced with wall writings.
‘Xavier delory envisions le corbusier’s ronchamp chapel covered in graffiti’
Designboom | April 15, 2016 | Nina Azzarello
From rentakit housing estates to industrial wastelands and deserted roads, photographer Polly Tootal goes beyond picture postcards to capture less celebrated corners of Britain. Look closely – there’s not a tourist in sight.
For her series Unknown Places, photographer Polly Tootal headed out across the UK to show how exotic and odd apparently familiar vistas can appear.
‘Empty Britain: portrait of a nation without any people – in pictures’
The Guardian | April 14, 2016
Series of photos on the topic of human memory, perception of reality and creation of subjective, distorted reality on social media.
‘Constructed’
Pantone Canvas | April 12, 2016 | Pawel Nolbert
Purchased in 1996 for $950,000 by French music producer, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur and passionate lifelong art collector Jean Lignel, this West Village carriage house received a renovation by architect Jeffrey Flanigan that transformed the 1834 landmark into both a family home and a made-to-order art gallery with 6,700 interior square feet and 1,825 square feet of outdoor space.
‘An Art Collector’s $14.5M West Village Carriage House Is Both Private Gallery and Family Home’
6Sqft | April 1, 2016 | MICHELLE COHEN
Many of us may have preconceptions about how an Art Collector’s apartment would look and how they would choose to display art in their personal space. Whilst this apartment is home to some exquisite art, it is also a functional family residence where the boundaries between living and exhibiting blend smoothly and in a subtle way.
‘An Art Collector’s Apartment in São Paulo, Brazil’
Yatzer | March 17, 2016 | Loukas Angelou
A church in Asturias, Spain that was converted into a skate park just got a stunning new coat of paint thanks to Madrid-based street artist Okuda San Miguel. Known for his stunning geometric vistas, San Miguel needed to paint the Church of Santa Barbera, a.k.a., the Kaos Temple, the moment he saw it on the internet. “[The church] with a skate park is an amazing image. I fell in love with the place, because both concepts were so right together,” he tells The Creators Project.
‘Skate Park Fills a Former Spanish Church’
The Creators Project | December 17, 2015 | Beckett Mufson
A R T C U B E went minimal for this week’s Instagram competition. Stripping down to the bare essentials in a reduction process to exclude the unnecessary. We saw that less is more with structured outlines, architectural sophistication and our love for monochromatic photography. We are grateful for all your participation and shared love of the crisp and clean, as we reveal our Top Ten submissions for #artcubexminimalism.
1. @minimalzine
2. @minimal_people
3. @tenshadesofblue
4. @beejewel1
5. @mttmg
6. @theminimalmag
7. @freed_varin
8. @sijeveuxlondon
9. @rosevthompson
10. @luciferi_fineart
This week ARTCUBE is loving GEOMETRICS. So, we are looking for your top Instagram posts, either of your own work or your favourite artist that explores geometry. For a chance to be featured on our blog, use the hashtag #artcubexgeometric
TOP 10 INSTAGRAM POSTS
FOR ARTCUBE x GEOMETRY
Just like The Cure’s, Friday I’m in Love, here are our Top 10 Instagram posts that captured our mutual infatuation for all things geometric and cube-shaped. Fellow ARTCUBErs, thank you to all whom submitted and took part in our Art and Geometry competition. Look out for next week’s Top 10 Instagram posts, because we warn you now, expect to be creeped out -with Halloween just around the corner.
1: @fsgroup
2: @dhavebaj
3: @_Vaslov_Roman_
4: @andriyx
5: @eddierobertssculpture
6: @mayacph
7: @katyanngilmore
8: @micramafi
9: @timiarugenbrink
10: @riin_kaljurand
