The Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art is having the first US solo exhibition of work by UK artist HUSH, entitled Hymn to Beauty. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 from 7.00pm – 10.00pm, with the artist in attendance. The exhibition will be open for viewing through Thursday, March 26th 2009 from 1.00pm -7.00pm.
Hush is stimulated, influenced and driven by his cross cultural experiences. Having trained as a graphic designer and illustrator at Newcastle School of Art and Design, his work has taken him across Asia and Europe, whilst simultaneously developing his prominence as [...]

21 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Lawrence Yang’s response to the new Pepsi logo.
Visit his blog here or his artwork website here.

21 Feb 09  /  Art  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

The Museum of Modern Art is featuring a small exhibition of Tehching Hsieh’s performance art. The exhibit’s focus is on the very first of Hsieh’s “One Year Performances”, entitled “Cage Piece” which involved him spending an entire year in near-solitary confinement in a cell-like cage doing absolutely nothing.
This is the inaugural installation in an ongoing series that will bring performance documentation, original performance pieces, and live reenactments of historic performances to various locations throughout the Museum. The first artist to be spotlighted is Tehching Hsieh (b. 1950, Taiwan), who is best known for his five One Year Performances: between 1978 [...]

20 Feb 09  /  Art  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Artist Terence Koh is the new face for the Spring United Bamboo collection & considering a career change.
“I would like to be a male model,” he says with a smile. “I think I might give up being an artist. That’s hard work.”
What’s wrong bad boy? Nobody is paying half a mil for semen coated bricks of shit these days?

19 Feb 09  /  Art  /  3 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

TOUCHPUPPET favorite Takashi Murakami has some new work on display at the Gagosian Gallery in London.
Beneath its bright and playful appearance, Murakami’s art deftly challenges the established dichotomies of high art and popular culture, East and West, present and past, life and death, humor and gravity, skepticism and belief. Visually, his work merges the dystopic worlds of popular animé and manga cartoons with the ultra-refined techniques of traditional Nihonga painting.
The centerpiece of Murakami’s compact exhibition is a vast and intricate five-panel painting, which possesses the intensity of such master works [...]

18 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

China is hopping to pressure Christie’s auction house into withdrawing two bronzes from its sale of Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection next week in Paris, saying they were “looted from the imperial Summer Palace near Beijing nearly 150 years ago.”
The two Qing dynasty bronze animal heads, one depicting a rabbit and the other a rat, are believed to have been part of a set comprising 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac that were created for the imperial gardens during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the 18th century.
China views the relics [...]

18 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Also check out the Ron English interview over Juxtapoz.

17 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Good article over at boston.com discussing Shepard Fairey and the history of artists appropriating preexisting work. Its a very timely and poignant article and well worth your time if you have ever found yourself questioning the legitamacy of artwork like Shepard Faireys.
Why would Shepard Fairey, or any other artist, want to copy an image that is already out there and claim it as his own? Why would he think he could get away with it?
Forget, for the moment, the legalities: The laws governing intellectual property rights are, after all, devilishly complex. And [...]

15 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes