The Art of Geometry : Mashup Dance + Tanya Aguiñiga

Together, Tanya Aguiñiga and MashUp Contemporary Dance will present a stunning visual show that pushes the boundaries of dance by examining the art of problem solving and the beauty of geometry by incorporating a large scale interactive set. The installation was designed by Tanya specifically for this performance.

Above is a scene from a super cool preview here. It is so captivating and beautiful to watch, no doubt the performance will be amazing.

It debuts this Saturday in Los Angeles and then travels to New York.

I had a really inspiring studio visit with Tanya a few weeks ago. I'll be posting that soon and that will include her making of this set.

MashUp Dance + Tanya Aguiñiga present : The Art of Geometry

Saturday June 14th at 8pm
El Portal Theatre  |  5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601
tickets available here

Saturday July 12th at 8pm
Manhattan Movement Theatre  |  248 W. 60th Street., New York, NY 10023
tickets available here


all images courtesy of Tanya Aguiñiga and MashUp

Sight Unseen OFFSITE

With ICFF and NYC Design Week happening in New York City and rolling off all the art radness from last week, go (GO) to the 2014 set up of Sight Unseen OFFSITE – on view now until Tuesday, May 20th. Every thing there is pretty much genius in concept, imagination and execution. 

There are way too many amazing designers to mention, so see the full list here.

The branding and identity designs were created by Kokoro & Moi. Their work is equally on point and radical.

Please share all your pics! #SUOFFSITE on Instagram. And um, I'd love a little SUOFFSITE tote & ceramic piece from the Ceramics Shop by Su Wu of I'm Revolting. Thank you.

Sight Unseen OFFSITE

Fri May 16 - Tues May 20

200 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012

corner of Lafayette x Broome in Soho (entrance on Lafayette)

free and open to the public

p.s. Too many good things there in the city now: Also, head over to the Gallery at The Future Perfect and please say farewell to the Domino Sugar Factory before it becomes condos with Kara Walker's Sphinx (& another interview, with Leonard Lopate here).

Adam Henry : Alien Beatnik Siren

On view in New York City's Joe Sheftel Gallery is Adam Henry's latest body of work, 'Alien Beatnik Siren.' What an amazing week to be in the city and this exhibition adds to the breath-taking art that is happening there now.

"A system is as human as a splash of paint, more so when the splash gets routinized." – Lawrence Alloway, 'Systemic Painting,' 1966

This installation of fourteen nearly identical paintings are hung symmetrically with their sequence providing an opportunity to investigate the multiplicity of experience and an uncanny notion of time. Adam takes his explorations into the relationship between the psychological and optical of earlier works further, by attempting to create the same painting fourteen times. Knowing that this is impossible, he embraces the anomalies that happen through the process of making each individual painting – opposing the fetishization of authenticity and exploring differentiation through repetition rather than through variation.

all images courtesy of Adam Henry & Joe Sheftel Gallery

I imagine to stand in front of each painting and to fall completely in, would be awesome in the truest sense of the word. "These glowing surfaces parallel the backlit screens that have become the primary way images are both delivered and consumed." You are viewing THIS on a backlit screen. Adam's intentions are within a painting's ability to project light as opposed to reflecting it.

Congratulations, Adam! 

Adam Henry :  Alien Beatnik Siren

May 4th - June 15th, 2014

Joe Sheftel Gallery  |  24-A Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002

Hassan Hajjaj

Moroccan-born, U.K.-based artist, Hassan Hajjaj has two solo exhibitions currently running in the U.S.

My Rock Stars: Volume 2 at Gusford in Los Angeles, California

images via Gusford

The gallery explains "Draping traditional woven mats on the street, [Hajjaj] outfits his subjects in colorful and quirkly costumes that he has designed. Suits sewn from found fabrics and industrial food packagings are combined with bold accessories, and the resulting portraits are encased in wooden frames lined with products sourced from Moroccan markets – items such as food tins, matchbooks, pigment bottles and Arabic alphabet blocks."

Hassan Hajjaj  |  My Rock Stars: Volume 2

on view now until February 22, 2014

Gusford  |  7016 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038

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Kesh Angels at Taymour Grahne in New York, New York

images via Taymour Grahne

In this exhibit, Kesh Angels "pays tribute to the biker culture of the young women of Marrakesh in a series of photographs, limited edition objects, an installation and a video." Motorcycles and mopeds are prevalent part of every day life in Marrakesh, so it is not that they are girl gangs, rather a play on this concept celebrating the vibrant street culture of Morocco. NPR and The New Yorker had short and insightful stories on this exhibit.

Hassan Hajjaj  |  Kesh Angels

on view now until March 7, 2014

Taymour Grahne  |  157 Hudsoon Street, New York, NY 10013

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Also the LACMA, has some of Hajjaj's work on exhibit:

Fútbol: The Beautiful Game, a piece included in the multi-artist exhibition, running through July 20th

My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1, 2012, a 3-channel video installation 

The museum's interview with Hassan here

LACMA | 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Thank you Trevor for turning me onto Hassan Hajjaj!

The Nasher Museum just purchased Hajjaj's piece "Nlsrn" - so it'll be traveling to the south once the show closes. 

Sue Williams at 303 Gallery

New paintings by Sue Williams "WTC, WWIII, Couch Size" are currently on view until February 22nd at the 303 Gallery in New York City.
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
303 Gallery  |  507 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011

images via 303 Gallery