I love creative beings, so I had to highlight the limited-edition, hand-crafted luggage by London College of Fashion graduate student, Sara Williams (via Trendland). The pieces are AMAZING! …I know I wouldn’t be checking them on the plane though.
The beautiful work costs a pretty penny, and rightfully so. Not only are the pieces the most innovative designs I’ve ever seen, they are made by traditional bridle leather of the finest quality, the brass bands are created by metal crafters, and the saddle stitching is all done by hand.
The designs were made to challenge tradition. Score!
If there’s a NYC social event that I’ve been meaning to go to over the years, it’s the Guggenheim’s First Fridays series. Today marks the end of this 5 year Art After Dark event, so I’m going! Partying the night away, enjoying art and drinks in the beautifully sinuous environment, while having my brain tickled by creative minds, sounds like a psychedelic time. Even more enticing for the grand finale, is that Chromeo is DJing the event!!! You may remember I was raving about them in December and had their album Fancy Footwork as the Album of the Week. It’s going to be a great time! Dancing in a museum seems so wrong, but it’s fun to be naughty sometimes.
A new series will start later this year. For more information about First Fridays or the Guggenheim, click here.
Simon Schubert has off-the-wall sculptures and installations, but his work on paper really caught my eye. He meticulously folds the paper to create elegantly hypnotizing images. Below are a some of his pieces, you can see the rest of the Paper Series and more of Shuberts’s work at TrendLand.
As much as I love being on vacation in Florida (although it’s HELLA cold right now!), I wish I could be in NYC to take advantage of the free writing workshops at Gotham Writers’ Workshop next week. I’m particularly interested in the Creative Writing and Screenwriting classes. Since I can’t go, maybe some of you will get a chance to. The workshops take place on January 12th and 13th, GWW has the previously mentioned classes, along with Poetry, Stand-Up Comedy, TV Writing and much more.
Check out the details here; I plan on going to their free bookstore series later this month.
Last month you may remember that i had a post about a project that I was working on tentatively called In My Bed. I never decided on a title, so In My Bed will suffice. The project, which was for my 35mm film class (yes people still use film), documented real moments that occur in the private sanctuary we call the bed.
Minus a few tweeks and parts where I went against my gut, I’m happy overall with the results, especially since I was all over the place on how I wanted to document it. I ended up looking at each person as a character and the bed was their environment, and from there some how capture a dialogue within that moment that could be considered ‘documentary-style.’
The series included 15 images; here are 5 of my favorites. The image that started this post didn’t make it, but I’m still pleased with it.
I’ve wanted to see the Tim Burton exhibit since its opening in late November, but my schedule hasn’t been conducive to doing so. Finally on Christmas Eve I made it over to MoMa to check out the exhibition. All I have to say is that everyone, especially my creative friends should check it out. Whether you are an artist or just a movie lover you will really enjoy this display of work.
The exhibit is probably one of the most extensive collections I’ve ever viewed. Not only does the collection take a comprehensive look at Tim Burton’s career, it also looks into his mind and his thought process as a person and creator. The exhibit includes work from when Burton was in high school, even a letter he wrote to Disney to have a book published as a teenager. Continually as i moved by each drawing, painting, sketch, each sculpture, storyboard, costume, video, and more, I couldn’t help but think about how crucial it is to cultivate and nurture the creative mind of the youth. To be able to convey and articulate what you see in your mind is an amazing feat.
There are no words or descriptions that I can give to encapsulate how this documentation of Burton’s work moved me and kept me completely engaged for ever moment I was in there. I’m excited to go again; because I went on Christmas Eve, exhibit time was limited and there was an uncomfortable amount of people. Plus i didn’t get to take in the entire Film series they have in the theaters.
For now, my favorite part of the exhibit are Burton’s sketches and short story excerpts from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Short Stories. They made me smile, I’ll be purchasing the book shortly!
The exhibit will be on view until April 26, 2010, i highly recommend checking it out, it surely will activate your creative juices.
Untitled (Misc Drawing) 1980-81 - Tim Burton (from Private Collection)
Untitled (The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories) 1997 - Tim Burton
I went to the opening of Coup d’etat Brooklyn’s Live to Change Something Through Art exhibit this past weekend. There’s nothing like being on the streets of Bed Stuy, which sometimes feels creatively arid, and finding an awe-inspiring gem.
The mission of Coup d’etat Brooklyn, which is Live to Change Something, resonates in the form of paintings, photography, and sculpture. The exhibit explores cultural conditions and iconic influences who have contributed to the New York City’s Art scene.
Above is my favorite piece, Everything of Nothing & Nothing of Everything When I Talk to You; the picture gives the tangible version no justice. This is a slab of wood, where the picture is etched in, not painted on. The way that the artist, Taganyahu Swaby, is able to create depth is amazing, it’s the minutia that brings everything together and makes the piece so sick! Go check it out in person.
The show features artists that live or have been impacted by Brooklyn. All this is happening in BK at Skylight Gallery in Restoration Plaza until February 20, 2010, so head over there…and pieces are for sale.
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