Hustler of Culture

LA - Douglas Gayeton's "SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town" (10.03.09)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 6 - 9 PM
 
AUTHOR & PHOTOGRAPHER DOUGLAS GAYETON
ON-HAND SIGNING BOOKS
 
EXHIBITION OF PRINTS FROM THE BOOK
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

LA - "The SITE of Now" (10.03.09 - 10.18.09)

LA - "The Search for the Visceral Realists" (10.03.09 - 11.14.09)

The Search for the Visceral Realists

A new-genre experimental fiction project in exhibition format investigating a Latin American artist movement (1998-2002) obsessed with catastrophe, economic crisis, and creativity.

October 3- November 14, 2009

Opening Reception: Sat, Oct. 3, 6pm-10pm    Closing Reception: Thurs, Nov. 12, 6pm-10pm  

NYC - Francine Spiegel's "Mud and Milk (10.01.09 - 10.31.09)

LIC - Benefit for Printed Matter, Inc / The NY Art Book Fair

BENEFIT FOR PRINTER MATTER, INC. | THE NY ART BOOK FAIR
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 AT 8:30 PM
DEITCH STUDIOS
4 - 40 44TH DRIVE ON THE EAST RIVER
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101

Brooklyn - 'High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants' Book Event (10.01.09)

LA - Vanessa Prager and Lizzy Waronker's "Little Dream" (10.01.09)

COMBO by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis

year 2009

produced by studio cromie

music by Roberto Lange

made at Fame festival 2009

LA - Masakatsu Sashie's "Twentieth Century Boy" (09.30.09)

LA - Matthew Specktor Book Event (09.29.09)

Matthew Specktor book signing at GR2
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276

Hello Kitty ASICS

I need some new trainers for boot camp. So while window shopping online, I stumbled upon these  new Hello Kitty and ASICS trainers. No doubt the flashy Limited Edition Gel-Lyte III sneakers will attract attention. Not exactly what I want to run in, but maybe something I wouldn't mind killing time in.  The exclusive shoe comes in two patterns: a classic retro Hello Kitty print adorned with mini stars in high contrast red and white and a Hello Kitty face with dollar signs in bold black and gold. Only available on Sanrio.com, New York, San Francisco, and Hawaii. $145 USD.

Philip Johnson Glass House Oral History Project: Architecture & Influence

Architecture and Influence from Drew Harty on Vimeo.

'Architecture & Influence' is one of two new films produced for the Philip Johnson Glass House Oral History Project.  It features interviews with friends of Philip Johnson including starchitects and other creatives such as Robert A.M. Stern, Charles Gwathmey, Michael Graves, Vincent Scully, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and Jaquelin T. Robertson. 

Interview: Rob Abeyta Jr. + Souther Salazar

Following are two choice clips from friends participating in the 'Installation 5' charity auction. Buy art for a good cause. 100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to support Creative Capital. Auction closes Sept 30th. More information on the tour at scion.com/installation

"I'm very much interested in the whole metaphysics of the criminal aspects of life." - Rob Abeyta Jr.

"Think about what you really love to do and make that a priority." - Souther Salazar

links for 2009-09-21

• Why Are Americans Fat? And Other G-20 Questions
  "Leaders from the world's Group of 20 economies gather in Pittsburgh this week, and the city couldn't be more excited. Volunteers are preparing to welcome visitors with answers to questions about how to get around, where to eat — and even peculiarities of American culture."
  (tags: NPR Culture Politics)
• Pineapple Rice Recipe
  Heidi's savory attempt at cooking with Hawaiian flavor profiles.
  (tags: Food, Hawaii, Recipe, 101Cookbooks, Vegetarian)
• Urban Architects
  Urban architecture's new digital forms.
  (tags: Architecture Urban Technology SocialNetworking AVC)
• We Are All Art Now
  "A public-art experiment is taking London’s art scene by storm. The project? Giving 2,400 people each an hour to do whatever they like in the city’s most bustling square."
  (tags: Art, England, London, GoodMagazine)
• Spike Jonze
  Interview of Spike Jonze by Shane Smith
  (tags: SpikeJonze, Vice, Interview, Movie, Film, Book, Children)

Berlin - "Explain away, ე.ი." (09.22.09 - 11.07.09)

THEA DJORDJADZE

‘Explain away, ე.ი.'

22/09 - 07/11/2009
Opening Reception: 21/09/2009, 6-9 pm

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are delighted to present a new installation by Thea Djordjadze in Berlin. Standing at the center of the exhibition is a wooden construction, a space which may be viewed and entered, a house or the fragment of a house. A site where the ordered delineations between living and working, between private and public have been canceled.

NYC - Seb Jarnot's New Works (09.22.09 - ?)

LA - 'Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #15, Edited by Sammy Harkham' Book Launch (09.22.09)

LA - Fallen Fruit Banana Meditation & Artists Talk (09.20.09)

LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) is proud to present two upcoming Salon Series Events as a part of United Fruit, the first solo show by the artists collective Fallen Fruit (David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young) currently on view at LACE through 27 September 2009.

Sunday 20 September 2009, noon: Fallen Fruit Banana Meditation & Artists Talk

Fallen Fruit members David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young discuss the research behind United Fruit along with their ongoing project The Colonial History of Fruit. The collective talk about the focus of their work with the local and the way this initiative combines the particular history with the global reality of fruit. The salon will begin at noon with a guided meditation leading participants through a range of concepts related to the banana, followed by a discussion led by the artists at 1pm. 

Ze Frank Wants Some Respect

Aretha Frankline belted it the best, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find out what it means to me..." What's going on in this country? Does everybody need a beat down?!

Alhambra - "Terrible Yellow Eyes: An Exhibition Dedicated to Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are'" (09.19.09 - 10.06.09)