Archive for the 'Music' Category
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Condo Covers Kanye
(Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty)
After commissioning Takashi Murakami and Kaws for previous releases, Kanye West turns to George Condo for the cover design of his new single, the King Crimson-sampled Power. Of the three, Condo remains largely unknown by West’s younger street blog-savvy audience. Not that that matters much. With a career dating back to the early 80s, the 53 year old Condo is arguably the most established, with his paintings and sculptures residing in the permanent collections of major art institutions,including the Whitney (he participated in both the 1987 and 2010 Biennials), MoMA, and Guggenheim.
A 1995 oil painting by Condo is on view through June 19 at Luhring Augustine (NY), as part of Twenty Five, the gallery’s 25th anniversary group exhibit.
Power (which can be streamed here) is due out on iTunes June 8, with West’s next full length, Good As Job, expected to drop late 2010.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Guggenheim Concert Series with Yeasayer
Continuing their ongoing It Came from Brooklyn concert series, the Guggenheim welcomes Brooklyn’s Yeasayer this Friday, Oct. 30. The event will also feature a performance from the band Tanlines and a reading by Rachel Sherman. Tickets here
Friday, September 11th, 2009
12 Inches of Eric White
Get the Knack, 2009. 12″ x 12,” oil on panel
NY based painter Eric White has garnered much praise for his impecable technical skill, coupled with a near astounding ability to seemlessly navigate multiple artistic styles. For LP, an upcoming exhibit at Sloan Fine Art (NY), White will present series of 12 x 12 paintings based on album covers that pay tribute to the artistic influences in his life, while stirring up nosalgia for a lost art form. This is White’s second exhibit exploring the LP theme. The first took place this past June at Magda Danysz in Paris
Hot Rats, 2009. 12″ x 12,” oil on panel
Andy, 2009. 12″ x 12,” oil on panel
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Eric Beltz Teams Up with Hunters, Run! Artist Series
The second installment of the Hunters, Run! 7-inch artist series featuring the art of Eric Beltz is out today and available via At Arms Ltd. The numbered edition of 200 is on white vinyl with additional insert and inner-sleeve art. For those without turntables, a free CD is included. In addition, Josh Keyes fans will be happy to hear that a very small quantity of record #1 from the band’s leftover tour stock has also been made available online. For this ongoing project, The Hunters, Run! and Battle Standard Recordings have teamed up with art editions company, At Arms Ltd. to curate a series of limited edition vinyl releases, each featuring artwork from a notable artist. Hunters, Run! plays a release show tonight in Brooklyn and tomorrow at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ and will also have records for sale. Those just interested in the music can purchase via iTunes and other online music retailers.
Monday, July 13th, 2009
We’re Throwing a Party
We’re throwing a party this Tuesday to help Hunters, Run! celebrate the release of their second Artist Series 7″ record, available this week (via At Arms Ltd.) with artwork by Eric Beltz. Our friends over at The Accidental Genius have co-sponsored the evening and rounded out the night with some other great NY bands.
Hunter’s, Run! will have copies of the new record (as well as a few remaining copies of their last artist series release with Josh Keyes) for sale.
$5, 5 bands – Come on down and party with us!
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Josh Keyes/Hunters,Run! Signed Charity Auction
At Arms Ltd. and Josh Keyes are conducting a charity auction with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society. Currently on offer are 2 signed versions (one black and one green vinyl edition) of the sold out Hunters, Run! EP1 7″ record. The record, cover and insert art have all been signed by Keyes. Both auctions are live now. Support a good cause and bid online here.
In related news, At Arms and Battle Standard Recordings are gearing up to release the second installment of the Hunters, Run! artist series later this month. The edition will feature artwork by 2009 Pulse Prize winner, Eric Beltz.
Friday, June 26th, 2009
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
1958 – 2009. Dangerous (1991) album art by Mark Ryden.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Christie’s Pop Culture Auction
Poster for the Exploding Plastic Inevitable Live!, Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground and Nico at The Dom, New York City, April 1 – 30, 1966. Collection of Moe Tucker. 14 x 22 in. Estimate: $7,000 – 9,000.
Christies will conduct its Pop Culture auction, June 23 in New York. The sale consists of a broad cross section of punk, rock, hip hop, film and street art memorabilia from the 1960s forward, which collectively challenge accepted notions of fine art. As noted by Johan Kugelberg in the auction catalog’s introduction, “young artists (and collectors!) increasingly refuse to play the game of hi-brow verses low-brow, having replaced said such with something that we can now coin as uni-brow. Point taken, but we can only hope the phrase doesn’t catch on. Browse the full catalog here
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Must See :: Artprice Documentary
Image still from Artprice documentary
Artprice, a global leader in art market information, database collecting, and sales, has just released an intimate 23 minute documentary chronicling the history and inner-workings of the company. We were particularly blown away by the passion exuded from Artprice’s eclectic founder, and his mind boggling corporate lair outside Lyon, France, which operates from inside the Abode of Chaos, a 17th century home transformed into a replicated war zone…pretty wild for someone who is also the founder and chairman of Groupe Serveur, Artprice’s parent company, whose annual revenue tops off around 70 million Euro.
Watch the video here
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Tanaami + Fowler SFA Collaboration
Japanese pop icon Keiichi Tanaami and UK artist Pete Fowler (known for his Monsterism creations) have produced a series of exciting collaborative images. Sorry collectors – there are no originals to be had here. Rather, the art was commissioned by pyschedelic Welsh rockers, Super Furry Animals, for their latest album, Dark Days/Light Years, released stateside by Warner Bros. this past week. While the album marks the first time the two have worked together, DD/LY does not represent the first time SFA have worked with either of these notable artists. Fowler lent his designs to six of the band’s previous LPs, and Tannami’s art has graced the cover of their last two albums.
Click images for larger views or download the entire Dark Days/Light Years album art for free here.
