Buried deep in the great white north to photograph his upcoming new collaborative collection with SF-based sneaker spot HUF (more on that soon), Supertouch’s own DARREN “DR” ROMANELLI (with legendary artist & taxidermy addict NATHAN “NACHOS CABRONES” CABRERA in tow) has now piloted a helicopter to a remote Alaskan dog sledding village where the pair—particularly señor Cabrones—look and smell a lot like dinner to the local inhabitants. Will they make it out alive? Will the duo crash & burn in a two seater helicopter that looks more like a remote control toy than a gasoline powered vehicle? Will Romanelli come back planning a thermal underwear streetwear line? Only time will tell. Stay tuned loyal readers. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, the voluptuous horror of Louie Cordero. This is actually a self-portrait…

One of our favorite upcoming artists, LOUIE CORDERO calls the Philippines home, where he’s recently mounted his most ambitious solo show to date, “Absolute Horror,” (until July 27th) at MO SPACE in Bonifacio Global City. Deeply influenced by the flatness and graphic style of local self-taught painters in his country and the pervasive influence and iconography of Western trash culture—particularly B-movies, heavy metal, Garbage Pail Kids, and pulp horror—on society (particularly adolescent minds) Cordero has paid tribute to both in his latest series of inspired paintings and sculptures. Of particular interest is the large-scale statue of rotten-faced twin zombie boys and Cordero’s paintings that bisect (and use as stands) life-sized sculptures of young Beavis & Butthead-type boys lying on their backs on the gallery floor, making it one of the most fun shows of the summer. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Yue Minjun’s “Mr Pink” gets shy…

As we mentioned previously, perennial ST homeboy KAWS teamed up with Chinese Pop Art god YUE MINJUN to create a special figure for the MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’s “fine art toy” show titled “Art For The Masses” that opened last week in Taipei. Featuring new sculpts displayed alongside original artworks by ZHOU TIEN HAI, LIU YE, JING YU, ZHOU CHUN YA, the show is the first to address the genre for a Chinese audience incorporating domestic modern artists. All figures have been produced in runs of 100 pieces for sale in complete sets only at the museum and are not being distributed domestically. And yes, they’re expensive. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Sex sells, and we’re buying…

Yeah, that skybar says Luxembourg, which is exactly where London-based street artist & legendary foot-fetishist INSA has been laying his latest artistic tracks for the past month with his show “Wants and Needs” at EXTRABOLD GALLERY. Says Insa of the new work: “My aim is to create beautiful objects of desire in order to explore the relationship between sex, commodity and art. I want to show how our need for products, material objects and even artworks themselves can be confused with our wants and sexual desire.” Showcasing the artist’s trademark sexy imagery in a wide array of work ranging from realistic paintings to heavily-decorated canvases and high-heels bearing the artist’s sensuous linework, the painter once again proves that his imagery is at home in a gallery as in the streets of London. The whole thing comes crashing down on Saturday, June 14th, so consider this your last look. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Sachs: locked and loaded…

Better known as the “Olympics of the art world,” the mammoth art convention that is the real ART BASEL, as in Basel Switzerland, not Miami, was in full effect last week in the land of money and chocolate. Luckily, our international man of mystery MISTER G was on the spot to take in the debauchery and bring us a glimpse of some of the exhibition’s greatest hits. Also on display at this year’s Basel—now in its 38th year—was NIKE’s aesthetic celebration of the checkered ball in the form of “ART/OF/FOOTBALL,” a user generated content exhibition curated in conjunction with SHOWstudio as part of Basel’s DESIGN/MIAMI fair. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve already mentioned the “STREET ART” show currently on display at London’s TATE MUSEUM featuring incredible new paste-ups by French photographer & street artist JR, and now we’ve got a right bit of video detailing his exploits wrapping buildings around town with his signature gigantic black & white imagery…

As part of their ongoing celebration of the upcoming 2008 Olympic games NIKE has pulled yet another trick out of the hat by projecting images of some of China’s greatest athletes onto the sparse sides of superstar Dutch architect REM KOOLHAAS‘ new governmental CCTV building in downtown Beijing. Transforming the city’s sleepless skyline into a nighttime multimedia event, the projections highlight one of the country’s most significant architectural endeavors and their greatest hope for Olympic greatness at a time when the eyes of the world are all focused on the rapidly developing Red giant…