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A Tribute to Helmut by Cindy Gallop
An exclusive look into the making of the invitation for Cindy Gallop’s 50th birthday meant as a tribute to the famous Helmut Newton photograph.
creative direction by stefan boublil
photography by roderick angle
styling by stephanie tricola
make-up by wendy karcher
models:
jonathan leveratto
jay horton
Cardboard House by Luise Valdes
Installation artist Luise Valdes scoured the countryside in his native Chile for the cardboard boxes used in his latest piece “Casa de Karton.” Translation: Cardboard House. The project is a life-size recreation of Valdes’ apartment using only cardboard, tape and white paint that lend a surreal quality – like a drawing that has come to life. (via design inspiration)
Kari Devereaux: leaked.loved.lights.
“I’d like to introduce you to the magical world I know. Come follow along on my journey, look for beauty in the space between and slip into a reverie…wanderlust through my eyes.” – Kari Devereaux
Rebelling against the ephemeral nature of modern technology, Devereaux uses film (gasp!) in her latest work: leaked. loved. lights., showcasing a unique and slightly vintage cinematic quality that captures the depth and emotion of her subjects with the underlying theme of nostalgia and the longing for a place you can’t quite get back to. Devereaux excels at capturing the spontaneous imperfections of a fleeting moment, redefining it as beauty in the raw.
Kari Devereaux Photography Exhibit
Friday Jan. 7th 8pm-midnight
The Summit
780 Valencia @19th
San Francisco, CA
See More of Kari’s work www.karidevereaux.com
The Freaky Sculptures of Ron Mueck
There’s not a whole lot to say once you lay eyes on the incredibly realistic sculptures of Ron Mueck. I was lucky enough to see his show once in London and silence was pretty much the name of the game, followed by the need to get up close and personal. Despite the very strict “look but don’t touch” policy, I think most people got in a jab or two. You had to. His work is so incredibly precise, so intricate the pieces beg to be touched. A quick glance below and you can see why he’s known as one of the pioneers of hyper-realism. (Via Life Magazine)
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Life Adjustment Center @ Ratio 3
By Gabe Scott
Now that Art Basel and all of its satellite fairs have concluded, folks in San Francisco still have the rest of this week to view Ratio 3‘s exhibition of one of America’s most important photographers, Ryan McGinley. Life Adjustment Center features two distinct bodies of work; the first being a series of black and white studio portraits and the second, a recent installment of an ongoing examination of the artist’s view of the road trip.
The black and white portrait series channels classic 20th century studio photographers, some of which have been previously exhibited, while focusing intimately on themes involving youth, sexuality and humanistic relation to animals. Some of McGinley’s greatest talents lie in his cinematic eye which has an unparalleled sensitivity to the complexity of color, both naturally generated as well as those from an artificial source.
The road trip series provides a transcendent window into an American pastime and freedom that has been compromised greatly in the last 30 years due to our dependence on and habit of surmising experience through technological outlets.
In 2003, McGinley became the youngest artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney in NYC. Since then, he has also been featured in Museum shows in Leon, Spain and MoMA P.S.1 in New York. He has exhibited throughout Western Europe and has work in a number of museum collections around the United States, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum, New York. McGinley lives and works in NYC.
All images 2010, courtesy of Ratio 3 Gallery. Ryan McGinley is represented in San Francisco by Ratio 3 Gallery.
Life Adjustment Center runs through December 11, 2010.
Toshio Saeki
By Gabe Scott
For the rest of November, the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco will be displaying the works of contemporary Japanese erotica legend Toshio Saeki. The exhibition coincides with a book release featuring a selection of the artist’s previously unpublished works as compiled by Last Gasp. Onikage (Demon Shadow), features large format reproductions, with paper overlaying vellum to re-create Saeki’s unique method for adding color to his black and white work.
Born in 1945, Saeki’s work has been widely collected throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. His combination of traditional Japanese techniques with themes of death, sexuality, violence, demonology and japanese folklore. His depraved imagination has prompted a number of warnings from the Japanese government, although no official bans have been issued. He has been sighted as an influence for a number of contemporary Japanese artists, including Takashi Murakami.
Exhibition at 111 Minna runs through November 28th and Onikage (Demon Shadow) is available through Last Gasp publishing.
Christina Empedocles
By Gabe Scott
Former California College of the Arts MFA student Christina Empedocles wraps up a strong solo effort in Denver this week at the David B. Smith Gallery. Those in the Bay Area might be most familiar with her through the mural in the UCSF Mission Bay Campus Community Center also installed in ’08. Her work has been exhibited locally at the Queen’s Nails Annex, Alphonse 
Berber Gallery in Berkeley and this past summer at the San Francisco Fine Arts Fair with Jack Hanley. Empedocles will be one to watch as with another solo next year with David B. Smith, as well another solo exhibition with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts in New York.
Here is a brief review for her show in Denver i did for Visual Art Source:
The final week of October will wrap up one of the stronger shows this year at the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver. Ann Arbor, MI born and San Francisco, CA resident Christina Empedocles presents a beautiful body of monochromatic work centered around relation of personal obsession matched with stunning realism and some aspects of contemporary postmodernism. Possessing a strong knowledge of ornithology, Empedocles draws on photographs and a sense of geometric formalism to present compositions that tie together her fascination with wildlife, 20th century pop culture icons, vintage pulp comics and personal articles or objects. Incorporating elements of sculpture, collage and through the photographic quality of her drawings she redefines the significance of personal artifacts such as concert tickets, comic strips or the label from a bottle of alcohol. The result is an accessible and inviting experience that provides an insight into the personality of the artist while presenting a challenge to discern the rendered from the original.
www.christinaempedocles.com
www.davidbsmithgallery.com
www.visualartsource.com
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With
I’ve known and been a fan of artist Tracey Emin for quite some time as, in my opinion, she’s one of the most prolific and brave artists working within the modern-day, societal constraints of sexuality. Her prolific work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With goes beyond just the physical by lovingly displaying hand-stitched names of those Emin felt had nurtured and loved her. Among the 102 sweetly, patch-worked names are former lovers, her grandmother, mother and numbers representing her two aborted children.
“Some I’d had a shag with in bed or against a wall, some I had just slept with, like my grandma. I used to lay in her bed and hold her hand. We used to listen to the radio together and nod off to sleep. You don’t do that with someone you don’t love and don’t care about,” said Ermin.
This logic got me thinking about my own tent and who I’d include; lovers, family members, friends and how ephemeral most of those moments were. Like time itself, the tent was lost forever in a 2004 warehouse fire. Emin has decided not to recreate it.
Paralyzed Graffiti Artist Draws with His Eyes
(via Kickstarter)
Tony TEMPT1 is an artist, publisher and social-activist based in Los Angeles, California. He was a pioneering artist in the California graffiti scene in the 1980′s and 90′s and influenced a younger generation of graffiti writers with his vision to build community through art.
Sadly, in 2003, TEMPT1 was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), a degenerative neuromuscular disorder that causes paralysis and ultimately death. Over the course of 5 years, he lost the ability to move his arms and legs, speak, eat and even breathe without life-support systems. But, the disease has left his mind alert, and his creative spirit and drive to make art completely intact.
One year ago, TEMPT1 teamed up with a group of artists and hackers from the Graffiti Research Lab, OpenFrameworks and Free Art and Technology communities to develop free and open source eye tracking and drawing software that has helped him make art again for the first time since being hospitalized.
Not only is he drawing again, but he’s creating new and complex letter forms, designing font libraries and evolving a brand new style using new and old technology in ways no one could have imagined. After seven years of paralysis, TEMPT1 has again become a pioneer in a new community of creative individuals who refuse to let neuromuscular diseases stop them from expressing themselves through art.
This Kickstarter campaign is an attempt to raise the money TEMPT1 needs to create a new collection of original TEMPT1 
artwork and merchandise using the EyeWriter 2.0 software, robotic technology, traditional print-making techniques, as well as his community of friends, fans and peers. Supporting this campaign will not only allow TEMPT1 to continue to make art and express his ideas, but it will give him a chance to again become a professional artist, independently support himself and his family, pay for his medical bills, and make a contribution to the contemporary art world.
If you’d like to donate or get more information about the TEMPTONE ALS FOUNDATION, go to: temptone.wordpress.com
To peep Tempt’s graffiti art, go to: temptone.com or: myspace.com/temptone
For more information about the software Tempt draws with, go to: fffff.at/eyewriter
To learn more about Graffiti Research Labs, go to: graffitiresearchlab.com
What a Dick! Accidental Penis Art
Just recently stumbled on Top Cultured’s blog post Art of the Accidental Penis and had to share. Brings a whole new level of understanding to fanatics who see religious figures in litter boxes and potato chips, doesn’t it?
To see the rest go here.
Chloe Sevigny Bares All in Beautiful Nude Series
The dynamic husband and wife duo of Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photograph actress Chloe Sevigny in a beautiful collaboration, the elegant and striking nude series, Chloë nue. With only the free-flowing locks of her trademark blonde hair, beaded headband and the occasional kick-you-in-the-ass boot, Sevigny exudes style, innocence and grace without depending on her usual quirky, indie-fashion. Bravo.
Art Fag: You’re Not Real but I Love You Anyway…
By Karley Sciortino of Slutever
Everyone knows how it feels to fall for someone who doesn’t actually exist, whether it’s a character in a film, or the hero in your favorite a novel, or even the occasional cartoon (as IF you don’t want to bone Trent from Daria). I’ve always had a thing for fictional guys, and have spent the majority of my life lusting not after actors, but rather the characters they play. I don’t want Johnny Depp; I want Edward Scissorhands. I don’t want Matt Dillon; I want the drugstore cowboy. I don’t want Leonardo DiCaprio; I want the retarded kid out of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. It’s a massive mind fuck.
In light of this ongoing delusion, I’ve made a list of the top five film characters whom I most adore. They are as follows, in no particular order. (I thought long and hard about this by the way.)
1. Hallam, Hallam Foe
Psychos are hot. Freaks are hot. Fuck-ups are hot. Hallam is all of the above. Hallam is a teenage loner who essentially wants to fuck his mother. When his mother dies, he then diverts his attention to courting (or more like stalking) a look-a-like. Serious Oedipus complex. A complete freak, he spends the majority of his time lost in his own alternate reality, painting himself in his dead mother’s lipstick and trying to kill his step mom (who he later ends up fucking?). He’s like the ultimate lost soul, and in my book, demented equals desirable. I’ve always been attracted to the idea of disaster, self-destruction, sexual violence, etc, so Hallam is essentially my dream man.
2. Jimmy, Quadrophenia
Let’s be honest, Mod really is the sexiest of all fashions—so precise, so painfully cool. Jimmy is basically the ultimate Mod, from his tailored suits to his blind arrogance to his impeccable music taste. Not to mention Jimmy’s body is near perfect—washed out, gangly, scarecrow-like. Plus he’s got that classic British wonk face that I just can’t get enough of. I’m even into his slight drug dependency. I love a mess.
3. Mike, My Own Private Idaho
Uhhh… he’s a scarily beautiful gay junkie prostitute with narcolepsy. Need I say more?
4. Jamal, Slumdog Millionaire
Everyone is a sucker for a true romantic. Jamal is the ultimate romantic, devoting his entire life to chasing after his one true love. Super cheesy but whatever. Just looking at him makes me feel dizzy. Plus, I’ve recently developed a thing for Indians—both boys and girls. They’re fucking hot. I’d wear him like a scrunchy.
5. Theo, The Dreamers
I don’t think I really have to explain my physical attraction to Theo, but I’ll do it anyway. That god-like bone structure, those pouty lips, those dark brown curls, that statuesque figure—he’s like a fake person, carved out of stone. The guy is so beautiful it should be illegal. Plus his French accent is hot, and the way he moodily smokes his cigarettes is a serious turn on. So dark and mysterious. And then there’s all the stuff about him being a total fucking sadist… and part gay… and sexually attracted to his sister. Incest is so hot right now.
When Ideas Have Sex (+Design)
At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. (via TED)
Art Fag: Top 10 YUMMIEST Guy-on-Guy Film Moments
By Karley Sciortino from Slutever
Recently, while flying from Toronto to London, I watched A Single Man—that homo Tom Ford film starring Colin Firth and the hot kid from Skins. I wasn’t expecting the movie to be so sexy, but fuck… the scene where they both get naked and frolic about in the sea gave me such a massive boner, I had to cover up with the in-flight magazine. So embarrassing. This unexpectedly sexy bit of gay cinema got me thinking about other memorable boy-on-boy film moments. I’ve made a list of my personal top ten. This is the real deal. None of that quasi-gay, Brokeback Mountain Hollywood bullshit. Here they are in no particular order. I recommend you jerk-off while reading this.
1. Les Chansons D’amour (2007): Louis Garell’s Gay Sex Scene
This is a French film where Louis Garell falls in love with a chick and then she dies, after which he becomes gay and the movie starts getting good. The gay sex scene is by far the best bit. Les Chansons D’amour is actually a musical, so they randomly bust out into song during sex, which admittedly is a bit weird. But seriously, Louis Garell is so stupidly hot the cheesy singing can easily be overlooked.
2. Twilight (2008): Robert Pattinson Smashing Into Another Dude During A Vampire Baseball Game
Twilight is basically the gayest film ever made. I particularly like this moment—it just feels so real.
3. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001): Threesome Scene
Being involved in a threesome situation with Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna is my ultimate fantasy. The best part about the gay moment in this film is that you don’t expect it. You’re just casually watching, lost in their hotness, and then WHAM! They’re making out.
4. Milk (2008): The Scene Where They Eat Cake In Bed 
I’m sorry, but I think Sean Penn is super hot. Do other people? I can’t work it out. I think I’m just into people who look like birds. The scene in Milk where he and James Franco eat cake and kiss in bed is so sweet. Ugh… sometimes I seriously wish I was a gay man. Have I made that obvious enough yet?? 
5. Stupid Junkie Faggot (2006): Bunny Sucking Some Guy’s Dick 
Back when my housemate Bunny was an edgy film student he starred in the student film Stupid Junkie Faggot. You can pretty much grasp the film’s concept by the name. The best bit is when Bunny repeatedly screams, “I need some fucking heroin!” followed by him briefly attempting to suck his boyfriends flaccid dick. However, the guy is so junked-out that he fails to get hard, at which point Bunny gives up and stabs him repeatedly in the chest with a scissor. Hot!
6. Mysterious Skin (2004): Car Kiss 
Mysterious Skin is about a little boy who gets abused by his baseball coach, resulting in him developing loads of “issues.” Eventually said little boy grows up to be the kid out of Third Rock From The Sun (except super hot). Then he starts getting with his equally attractive, male childhood friend. You follow? The scene where the two boys kiss in the car always makes me wet. Eww, look at Michelle Trachtenberg’s head.
7. My Own Private Idaho (1991): The Whole Movie 
You don’t really get hotter than a gay, narcoleptic, junkie prostitute. It’s like the holy grail of hot. My Own Private Idaho is a road movie by Gus Van Sant about two male hustlers, Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves). The whole film is masturbation material.
8. Titanic (1997): Leonardo DiCaprio Fucking A Tranny
This is way hot, but fuck those tranny’s hands are huge. Leonardo DiCaprio is so obvs gay.
9. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985): Johnny Licks Omar’s Neck 
My Beautiful Laundrette is cool because it’s a film about a gay relationship that doesn’t make homosexuality the point of the film’s conflict. This was pretty significant when it came out in the mid 80’s. Set within the Asian community in London during the Thatcher years, the love between Johnny and Omar is offered as the one thing that’s simple and good amid issues of race and class. The hottest bit is when a sweaty Johnny lick’s his lover’s neck. 
I want you 80′s Daniel Day Lewis.
10. Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006): My Heart Melts… 
Wild Tigers I Have Known tells the story of a thirteen-year boy named Logan, who enters into a gay relationship with an older boy, Rodeo. It’s more amazing and beautiful than it is sexy, but it’s still very worth seeing. Watch this trailer and tell me this isn’t already your favorite movie, even though you’ve probably never seen it.
For the Love of the CAN: Recycled Graffiti Art
Their colors warm your heart and the art they create soothes your soul. However, the landfill ridden mess they leave behind leaves you a tad concerned? Yup, I’m calling out spray paint, the medium most street artist have adopted and then were sadly forced to leave behind during their somewhat (ahem) quick exits.
This duality of feeling was the foundation behind the art collective CANlove and their attempt to collect and reuse the discarded paint cans. Their clever creations, like the spray bouquets above or the artwork below, can be purchased through their site or custom fabricated to fit your needs, essentially turning the art medium into art itself. Genius. Spray on.
Good Artists Copy. Great Artists Steal. Right Steve Jobs?
In this early video making the Internet rounds, Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs likens Apple’s shameless stealing of “great” ideas to artistic practices. It’s a nice philosophy, though I’ll note the company only supports stealing as a creative end when there’s a demonstrable profit to be found. iTunes DRMs aren’t exactly facilitating sharing and I’m guessing the iPad won’t either.