[February 10 2017] : Fashion
Photo Nick De Lieto
photography by ANUSCHKA BLOMMERS and NIELS SCHUMM
style by URSINA GYSI
[February 10 2017] : Fashion
Photo Savannah Nolan
[February 10 2017] : "It's always been about the body. Usually I'll paint them te day of the show. I'll create everything, make the sculpture, paintings, installations, whatever, and then I bring the models in. It's only once I place them in the installation that I can figure out things like: "What colors do I need? What kind of feeling do I what to bring that would be dynamic?" The multidisciplinary artists @ruaminx interviewed by @svenschumann featuring portraits by @maximeballestreros in Purple Fashion magazine 27. #purplediary #DonnaHuanca #SvenSchumann #MaximeBallestreros
[February 10 2017] : "Nicknamed La Miniatura for its intimate scale, is considered the most romantic of Wright's constructions. Among all of Wright's houses, Millard House may be the best example of the difficult exercise of integrating an architectural design into a landscape." Photo: Millard House, 1923. Discover more about @ozpurple's journey through #FrankLloydWright's stunning architecture featuring a text by # in Purple Fashion magazine 27. #purplediary #OlivierZahm
[February 10 2017] : @harinef knows how to catch a cab in NYC 💥 Here she is sparkling in @gucci shot by @ozpurple and styled by @and_re_walker x Purple Fashion 27. #purplediary #HariNef #Gucci #OlivierZahm #andrewalker
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[February 10 2017] : Art
“Vacant Possession” by Jim Joe and Andrew Kass makes a fun house with New York monuments. The show subverts the architecture of an abandoned space to dwarf recognizable skyscrapers and make parody of construction as party accoutrements.
Jim Joe presents a childhood sheet adorned with miniature models of the Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center. The same recognizable structures are also painted in negative space along the back wall. These New York symbols are overwhelmed by the vacant space around them, made even more apparent by Jim Joe painting the floor in checkerboard.
The entrance of “Vacant Possession” was illuminated by a searing light, the kind used in public... Read More
Text and photo Elise Gallant
[February 10 2017] : News
You can still buy tickets for the upcoming Armory Live interactive program of talks, performances and screenings during the Armory Show, 2017. Highlights include a talk with painter David Salle, who will lead a conversation with fellow artists Joe Bradley, Alex Katz, Dana Schutz, and Chris Martin on the painting life, and writer, culture critic and longtime Purple contributor Glenn O’Brien will discuss his recent book “Like Art: Glenn O’Brien on Advertising” with Jeffrey Deitch and collector Andy Spade. Armory Live will take place Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5, 2017 in the Theater on Pier 94. Get your tickets here!
Read our interview with painter David Salle here.
Artwork "Time Is a Frame," 2010, by David Salle
[February 10 2017] : Art
Peter Halley, born in New York in 1953, has been known since the 1980’s for his brightly coloured palette, his abstract canvases structured with geometric shapes and his affiliation to the “Neo- Geo” movement. The Neo-Geo movement is considered to be one of the first major movements in post-modernism. Throughout this time Halley, alongside John Armleder and Olivier Mosset attempted to reinterpret the aesthetics of art and their vision of society through the incorporation of geometrical shapes and bright colors onto their canvases, taking abstract art to new horizons. Halley uses geometry and structures in his work for the political and social connotation they carry and as an instrument of communication... Read More
Text and photo Clovis Bataille
[February 10 2017] : Art
On view until March 11th, at the UTA Artist space, 670 S. Anderson St, Los Angeles.
Photo Gabriela Forgo
[February 10 2017] : Art
On view until March 4th at Galerie Derouillon, 38 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris.
Photo Inès Manai
