REBEL

James Franco’s REBEL for MOCA brings together a high-concept group exhibition ”that is a loose, interpretive ode to the 1955  James Dean  film “Rebel Without a Cause.” with paintings, sculpture and multimedia works by Ed Ruscha, Harmony Korine, Paul McCarthy, Damon McCarthy, Douglas Gordon, Terry Richardson, Aaron Young and even Franco.

“Rebel” will be held off-site at JF Chen’s 20,000 sq. ft. exhibition space on Highland Avenue. 

More information here and here.

~via curve and latimes

 

ArchiZOOM

Archizoom Association was a design studio founded in 1966 in Florence, Italy, by four architects: Andrea Branzi, Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi; and two designers: Dario Bartolini and Lucia Bartolini.

The team produced a rich series of projects in design, architecture and large scale urban visions, a work which is still a fundamental source of inspiration for generations to come. 

Together with Superstudio, Archizoom invented “Superarchitecture“, endorsing creative processes along the lines of Pop in architectural and design development, exemplified by objects such as the “Superonda”-sofa, (still made by poltronova) which invites unconventional postures by its waved shape.

The « Dream Beds » and « Gazebos » are results of “Superarchitecture” transformed into a productive system, which by the creation of eclectic objects and kitsch, undertakes the critical destruction of functionalist heritage and the spatial concept of the modern movement. A system which finally leads Archizoom to the discovery of the concept of the void and neutral, characteristic for the projects of their final period of activity.

The research of Archizoom culminates in « No-Stop-City », one of the most enigmatic and radical visions of the city of the future; without boundaries, artificially lit and air-conditioned. To use and populate No-stop-City’s continuous surfaces Archizoom conceived and realized multifunctional furniture and clothing for the inhabitants of the highly artificial environment.

By the end of their activity Archizoom achieved an all-embracing creation, reaching from object to clothing, from furniture design to large scale urban proposals; a heritage transpiring the passionate ideals of a generation believing an a humanity liberated of the constraints of architecture, fighting for alternative cultural concepts, hoping for a nonconformist lifestyle and total freedom. ~Wikipedia

Wood Casting

 

 

Furniture combining cast aluminium and wood. The negative factor of burnt wood is transformed into aesthetic and emotional value by preservation of the natural form of the tree trunk, within explicit boundaries. The general, squared form intensifies the artificial feeling, and at the same time keeps the memory of the material. ~designed by Hilla Shamia

thanks bbc!

The Party House

His house is said to have been shared by Cary Grant and Randolph Scott

Table by Urs Fischer

Deitch in his “Party Room” – Gaetano Pesce sofa, Richard Woods paneling

Just read this piece in The New York Times Magazine:  Jeffrey Deitch’s Party House.  Deitch, the director at MOCA and former art dealer, says he used to entertain at his gallery, but now he does at his home in the hills of Los Feliz.

I thought this was funny from the article:

STRANGEST ARTIST INTERACTION: When the Russian performance artist Oleg Kulik spent two weeks in my gallery as a dog. He was in character from the moment he got off the airplane. We rented a station wagon and put him in back as a dog on all fours.

Read the full story and more images here.

~photos by Jeff Minton for The New York Times

Style Compass : : Kenny Schachter

Style Compass via 1st Dibs  

The living room at the London home he shares with his wife Ilona Rich and their 4 sons features his rotating art collection including Blue Target Painting by Ugo Rondinone, Vases by Ai WeiWei,  Arik Levy Rocks, and Maria Pergay Ribbon Chair  ~images via Dalani Mag and London Mag

Friends and Family - show curated by Kenny and his 2 teenage sons, Kai and Adrian @ his ROVE gallery in London ~image via 1st Dibs

Zaha Hadid’s Z.Car at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Kenny in his office that also houses some of his car collection – Porches from the 60s & 80s ~image via London Mag

This month 1st Dibs is featuring Kenny Schachter in its Introspective Magazine.   In it he discusses his journey through the art world starting in New York to now in London. How he went from stock broker, to a champion for lesser-known emerging artists and private dealer selling multi-million dollar works of art.

Kenny specializes in Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Picasso (60s canvases), Warhol, Basquiat, and Ai Weiwei.  His private collection includes furniture by Iranian architect Zaha Hadid, Maria Pergay, and Arik Levy.  He has commissioned cars, and buildings from Hadid. He is, as the article states, “intelligent, witty and bang on the money” which can be read in his writings for various publications on art and posts on his Facebook page and blog. ”Always interested in shaking up the norm” he has also collaborated with both Rem Koolhaas and Hadid on motorboats as well.

Check out his gallery Rove on Hoxton Square in East London and visit his website here.