22.7.08

Walter Nomura "Tinho" | Solo Exhibition "Looking For Myself" | Ocontemporary Gallery | London - UK



Following the unprecedented response to Tinho's recent participation in Street Art Brazil at the Embassy of Brazil, London, we are proud to present his first uk solo show Looking For Myself. Tinho is one of the pioneers of Brazilian street art, a genre of huge importance and described by The Times as 'the most significant in the global urban art movement'. His accomplished and emotive work has earned him a worldwide following.

15.7.08

Herbert Baglione | Adidas Originals x Upper Playground | USA

This Thursday, July 17th, marks the release of the new Herbert Baglione adidas Originals sneaker from Upper Playground. The Centennial Lo sneaker is the first sneaker in the four-part series.

Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, acclaimed fine artist Baglione is highly respected and recognized within the industry as well as throughout South America and Europe. He is known for his strong minimalist and simplistic approach to painting. According to Baglione, the basis of his work is addressing the coldness and competitiveness present in people. He likes to be ironic about things such as individuality and death, and the paths chosen to either achieve these experiences or distance oneself from it.

“My sneaker design expresses my personal taste in shoes. I don't like colorful tennis shoes that are full of designs or anything that I feel is more than necessary. I believe being simple ends up being more challenging," commented Baglione about his vision for the sneaker.

To get your hands on the Herbert Baglione adidas Originals sneaker, visit a UP retail store on Thursday, July 17th or you can order your pair online beginning at 8 am PT on Thursday.




Flavio Samelo | Work in Progress



Santander Cultural - Porto Alegre | "TRANSFER" .....



















Alexandre Cruz "Sesper" | Works and Vernissage | FORMOL - ROJO art space SP



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8.7.08

Herbert Baglione | Exhibition "Call It What You Like !" | COLLECTION RIK REINKING | KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad - Dinamarca


From the 14th of June until the 28th of September 2008 the audience at The Art Centre Silkeborg Bad will be able to gain an insight into a highly interesting period in modern art. The Art Centre Silkeborg Bad has succeeded in borrowing more that 120 works of art by internationally acclaimed artists from a large German private collection. The exhibition offers a great opportunity for getting some idea of pivotal aspects of contemporary art.

In the exhibition entitled "Call it what you like! COLLECTION RIK REINKING", the audience will thus, in Silkeborg, be able to experience works of art which challenge the prevailing conception of art, from mid-June and three-four months onwards. The selection of works of art for the exhibition takes as its' starting point Conceptual Art of the 1960's and -70's, Minimalism, Pop Art and Street-Art. All of these categories are well represented in Rik Reinking's collection.

The collector, the 32 years old Rik Reinking, has for some time now collaborated closely with employees at The Art Centre Silkeborg Bad in making the exhibition a interesting platform for the audience's encounter with the forms of expression of contemporary art. There will be made good use of the exhibition areas.
Reinking's motive for building a significant international collection is his passionate interest in contemporary art and in communicating art.



The exhibitions includes works of art by Nir Alon, Carl Andre, Hermine Anthoine, Herbert Baglione, Miroslav Balka, Banksy, John Von Bergen, Rolf Bergmeier, Guillaume Bijl, John Bock, Victor Bonato, Boxi, Daniele Buetti, Werner Büttner, Baldur Burwitz, James Lee Byars, Andre Cadere, Lawrence Carroll, Max Cole, John Mccracken, Amie Dicke, Brad Downey, Jimmie Durham, Henrik Eiben, Johannes Esper, Robert Filliou, Urs Frei, Tom Früchtl, Hamish Fulton, Gregory Green, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Till F.E.Haupt, Georg Herold, Jim Hodges, Mark Jenkins, Joe Jones, Izumi Kato, Wulf Kirschner, Jon Kessler, Imi Knoebel, Gary Kuehn, Toshiya Kobayashi, Barbara Kruger, Ange Leccia, Konrad Lueg, Daniel Man, Jonathan Meese, Björn Melhus, Jonathan Monk, Piotr Nathan, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Cady Noland, Obey, Os Gemeos, Tony Oursler, Markus Paetz, Blinky Palermo, Stefan Panhans, Dan Peterman, Pius Portmann, Stephen Prina, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Rudolf Reiber, Mirko Reisser (DAIM), Klaus Rinke, Rolf Rose, Sam Samore, Michael Schmeichel, Till Schwieker, Santiago Sierra, Roman Signer, David Simpson, Rainer Splitt, Stohead, Thorsten Tenberken, Tilt, Rosemarie Trockel, Günter Tuzina, Dimitris Tzamouranis, Meyer Vaisman, Miss Van, Ben Vautier, Ludwig Vandefelde, Vitche, Johannes Wald, Lawrence Weiner, Pablo Wendel, Stefan Wewerka, Johannes Wohnseifer, Sol le Witt, ZEVS


KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad
Gjessøvej 40 A-D
8600 Silkeborg / Denmark

reinkingprojekte

28.6.08

Alexandre Cruz "Sesper" | Exhibition "FORMOL" | ROJO Artspace São Paulo


SESPER “FORMOL” @ ROJO ARTSPACE (SAO PAULO)

A exposição "Formol" contará com colagens inéditas desenvolvidas intuitivamente com material reciclado que estava aglomerado no atelier do artista durante décadas. Trabalhos desenvolvidos de forma frenética e entorpecida durante os seis primeiros meses de 2008.

A idéia do formol vem do fato de querer conservar as coisas positivas, mas também vem da experimentação como combustível. Desejo incontrolável de jogar formol em outras tantas coisas que não são agradáveis para ver como age o efeito desinfetante.

No material produzido para "FORMOL" SESPER não procurou mostrar imagens bonitas ou harmoniosas porque no conteúdo tem caos, repulsão, questionamento de valores pessoais e coletivos, etc. É a vida ao vivo

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SESPER “FORMOL” @ ROJO ARTSPACE (SAO PAULO)

The exhibit "Formol" will give the viewer a chance to see new collage works developed intuitively from recycled material which had been piled up in the artist's studio for decades. Such works were developed in a frantic but anesthetized fashion during the first six months of 2008.

The concept of formalin represents the artist's will to preserve positive things, as well as the use of experimentation as a fuel. It depicts the uncontrollable desire of the artist to pour formalin in many other things which are not considered pleasant, in order for its disinfectant effect to be verified.

In the material produced for "Formol", Sesper did not seek to display nice or harmonious images because its content include a dialogue of chaos, repulsion, questioning of personal and collective values among other things. In other words, life in the raw.


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SESPER "FORMOL" @ ROJO ARTSPACE;

OPENING 1.july.; starts: 7:00 PM;

Till: 02.august.08

Download SESPER FORMOL video here

at: Rojo artspace Sao Paulo

POP. Rua Virgilio de Carvalho Pinto 297,

Pinheiros. 05415-030 Sao Paulo.

Brazil: +55 11 3487 1677

skype: rojosaopaulo

online: http://www.rojo-magazine.com/sp/

Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 13.00h to 20.00h. Saturday from 11.00h to 18.00h.

Felipe Yung "Flip" | Surf Lodge - NY