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DESIGN_

ASYA KOZINA

RUSSIAN ARTIST ASYA KOZINA CHANNELS THE MOTIFS, COSTUMES AND AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS HISTORICAL TIME PERIODS AND RECREATES THEM USING THE MEDIUM OF PAPER. KOZINA’S RECENT SERIES OF ‘BAROQUE PAPER WIGS’ REAPPROPRIATES THE WILD HAIRSTYLES OF VICTORIAN-ERA WOMEN AND MEN USING INDIVIDUALLY CRAFTED SHEETS, CAREFULLY CURLED AND CUT INTO PERFECTLY PERMED LOCKS. SCULPTED ARRANGEMENTS LIKE FLOWERS, LEAVES AND AN EXCEPTIONALLY INTRICATE SAILBOAT ARE DELICATELY PLACED IN THE MASS OF EXTRAVAGANT PAPER HAIR, ADDING A SENSE OF FANTASY AND WHIMSY TO THE CONCEPTUAL COMPOSITIONS.  ‘HISTORICAL WIGS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME, ESPECIALLY THE BAROQUE ERA,’ KOZINA SAYS. ‘THIS IS ART FOR ART’S SAKE AESTHETICS FOR AESTHETICS — NO PRACTICAL SENSE, BUT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. IN THIS CASE, PAPER HELPS TO HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN FORM AND NOT TO BE OBSESSED WITH UNNECESSARY DETAILS.

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INSTALLATION_

CRYSTAL WAGNER

PSEUDOSCAPE RELIEF PRINT, SCREEN-PRINT, CUT PAPER,  BIRTHDAY PARTY TABLE CLOTH   2014

BIO INTERLOPER   BIRTHDAY PARTY TABLE CLOTH, CHICKEN WIRE, CUT PAPER, SILKSCREEN  2014

ELASTICITY   BIRTHDAY PARTY TABLE CLOTH, CHICKEN WIRE, TAPE 2015

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PHOTOGRAPHY_

MICHAEL DAVIES

POURING A THERMOS OF HOT TEA AT -40°C NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

ONTARIO-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL DAVIES TIMED THIS IMPRESSIVE SHOT OF HIS FRIEND MARKUS HURLING A THERMOS OF HOT TEA THROUGH THE AIR YESTERDAY IN -40°C WEATHER. AT SUCH FRIGID TEMPERATURES WATER FREEZES INSTANTLY TO FORM A DRAMATIC PLUME OF ICE. FOR THE LAST DECADE DAVIES HAS WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE FLY-IN COMMUNITY OF PANGNIRTUNG IN CANADA’S HIGH ARCTIC, ONLY 20KM SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, A PLACE THAT SEES ABOUT TWO HOURS OF SUNLIGHT EACH DAY DURING THE WINTER. HE SHARES VIA EMAIL THAT ALMOST NOTHING WAS LEFT TO CHANCE IN CREATING THE PHOTO, AS SO MANY THINGS HAD TO BE PERFECTLY TIMED:

AROUND 1PM I JUMPED ON MY SKIDOO ALONG WITH MY FRIEND MARKUS AND WE DROVE 45 MINUTES TO THE TOP OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN WHERE THE LIGHT (WHICH IS ALMOST ALWAYS PINK NEAR THE SOLSTICE) WOULD HIT THE HILLS. PREPARED WITH MULTIPLE THERMOSES FILLED WITH TEA, WE BEGAN TOSSING THE WATER AND SHOOTING. NOTHING OF THIS SHOT WAS TO CHANCE, I FOLLOWED THE TEMPERATURE, WATCHED FOR CALM WIND, AND PLANNED THE SHOT AND SET IT UP. EVEN THE SUN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPRAY WAS SOMETHING I WAS HOPING FOR, EVEN THOUGH IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL.

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PAINTING_

FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, SPAZUK HAS PERFECTED A TECHNIQUE CALLED FUMAGE, THAT ALLOWS HIM TO USE THE FLAME OF A CANDLE OR THE FLAME OF A TORCH AS A PENCIL TO CREATE HIS PAINTINGS WITH TRAILS OF SOOT. USING VARIOUS TOOLS, HE INTUITIVELY SCULPT THE PLUMES OF SOOT LEFT BEHIND IN RESPONSE TO THE SHAPES THAT APPEAR ON THE CANVAS.

SPONTANEITY AND CHANCE ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF HIS CREATIVE PROCESS. HE DOES NOT CENSOR. HE DOES NOT DIRECT. SPAZUK OPENS HIMSELF TO THE EXPERIENCE. THIS IN-THE-MOMENT CREATIVE PRACTICE COUPLED WITH THE FLUIDITY OF THE SOOT, CREATES A TORRENT OF IMAGES, SHADOWS AND LIGHT. FUELLED BY THE QUEST OF A PERFECT SHAPE THAT HAS YET TO MATERIALIZE, HE CONCENTRATE IN A MEDITATIVE ACT AND SURRENDER TO CAPTURE THE IMMEDIACY OF THE MOMENT ON CANVAS.

THE HUMAN BODY FASCINATES HIM. BODIES IN A PERPETUAL METAMORPHOSIS ARE THE LANGUAGE WITH WHICH HE EXPRESS HIS THOUGHTS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION: EMOTIONS, OPINIONS, STORIES THAT ARE BORN OF HIS UNCENSORED PSYCHE. SPAZUK OFTEN WORKS PIECE BY PIECE, COLLECTING A MULTITUDE OF UNIQUE ELEMENTS THAT HE ASSEMBLES INTO MOSAICS.  ENTITIES THAT, ONCE GROUPED TOGETHER, AFFORD A DIFFERENT MEANING AND PROVIDE A NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT IS BOTH NOVEL AND COMPLEMENTARY. HE SEES FRAGMENTS OF THINGS, EVENTS, PEOPLE, AS A POWERFUL METAPHOR OF MODERN LIFE AND, EVEN MORE SO, OF THE WAY WE PERCEIVE THINGS THROUGH OUR SENSES AND OUR MINDS. HIS WORK EXPRESSES HOW EVERY ONE OF US IS A CONSTITUENT FRAGMENT OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY.

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PAINTING_

STEVEN SPAZUK

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PHOTOGRAPHY_

AMAZING CLOAK EXPERIMENT

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SCULPTURE_

ARON DEMETZ

LEGNO CARBONNIZATO  2010

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PHOTOGRAPHY_

DENNIS OSWALD_DEADLY STORMS 

DENNIS OSWALD IS AN EXTREME WEATHER AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER, ADVENTURER, TRAVELER AND AUTHOR OF NEUSS AM RHEIN. DENNIS OSWALD HAVE AN EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTRIES, PEOPLE, AND FOR THE SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. IN LAST 15 YEARS HE CAPTURES THE MOST DEADLY STORMS HE FOUND IN THE WORLD. THE MIDWEST PROVIDES THE PERFECT STAGE FOR DENNIS OSWALD TO DOCUMENT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THUNDERSTORM ON EARTH. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE FURIOUS SIDE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER NATURE!

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PHOTOGRAPHY_

RAY COLLINS_SEASCAPES

HE’S THE WORLD’S BEST WATER PHOTOGRAPHER… AND HE’S JUST RELEASED THESE HAUNTING IMAGES. THESE IMAGES ARE ACTUALLY THE OCEAN’S WAVES, CAPTURED AT THEIR PEAK POINT OF CRASH. IT’S ALMOST SPOOKY HOW POWERFUL THEY FEEL.CAPTURING THE FLEETING MOMENTS OF A WAVE’S JOURNEY TO DISSIPATION, RAY FEELS MORE AT HOME FLOATING IN SALTWATER WITH HIS CAMERA THAN ANYWHERE ON LAND. FREEZING THE EPHEMERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER AND LIGHT IS WHAT DRIVES AND INSPIRES HIM TO PEEL HIMSELF OUT OF BED IN THE DARK EACH MORNING. PHOTOGRAPHER RAY COLLINS IS THE MAN BEHIND THESE AMAZING IMAGES, WHICH SEEM TO CAPTURE THE WAVE’S MOST CRUCIAL MOMENT, JUST BEFORE IT CRASHES AND SINKS BACK INTO THE WATER. COLLINS BOUGHT HIS CAMERA IN 2007 WITH THE HOPES OF SHOOTING HIS SURFER FRIENDS, BUT QUICKLY FOUND THAT HE HAD A KNACK FOR PHOTOGRAPHING THE WATER. HIS PHOTOS HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, IN FACT, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USED IN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PATAGONIA, AND APPLE. THE PHOTOS BELOW ARE FROM COLLINS’ WEBSITE, ALONG WITH A SHORT FILM ENTITLED “SEASTILLS,” WHICH COLLINS DESCRIBES AS A “FILM ABOUT WHAT DRIVES HIM TO CREATE.” CHECK THEM OUT, AND PREPARE TO SEE THE OCEAN IN A WAY YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

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PHOTOGRAPHY_

THE FACE OF VINTAGE CRIME

  ESTHER EGGERS, CRIMINAL RECORD NUMBER 465LB, 16 DECEMBER 1919. STATE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN, LONG BAY, NSW. CRIME: MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY AND WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO DO GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED TO ARREST ESTHER EGGERS FOR MALICIOUS DAMAGE SHE ATTACKED HIM, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. EGGERS WAS SENTENCED TO 12 MONTHS PRISON. AGED 22. (PHOTO BY NSW POLICE FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM, HISTIRIC HOUSES TRUST OF NSW)

  MUG SHOT OF WILLIAM CAHILL, 30 JULY 1923, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, SYDNEY. DETAILS UNKNOWN. (PHOTO BY NSW POLICE FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM, HISTIRIC HOUSES TRUST OF NSW)

MUG SHOT OF FAY WATSON, 24 MARCH 1928, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, SYDNEY. SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPH NO. D6, (DRUG BUREAU PHOTOGRAPH). ALTHOUGH NO RECORD FOR FAY WATSON IS FOUND IN THE NSW POLICE GAZETTE FOR 1928, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (26 MARCH 1928, P. 12) REPORTS HER ARREST IN A HOUSE IN CROWN STREET, DARLINGHURST, AND SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION FOR HAVING COCAINE IN HER POSSESSION, FOR WHICH SHE WAS FINED TEN POUNDS. (PHOTO BY NSW POLICE FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM, HISTIRIC HOUSES TRUST OF NSW)

MUG SHOT OF HAMPTON HIRSCHAM, CORNELLIUS JOSEPH KEEVIL, WILLIAM THOMAS O'BRIEN AND JAMES O'BRIEN, 20 JULY 1921, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, SYDNEY. (PHOTO BY NSW POLICE FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM, HISTIRIC HOUSES TRUST OF NSW)

THIS PHOTOGRAPHS WAS APPARENTLY TAKEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAID LED BY CIB CHIEF BILL MACKAY – LATER TO BE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE – ON A HOUSE AT 74 RILEY STREET, “LOWER DARLINGHURST”. NUMEROUS CHARGES WERE HEARD AGAINST THE 15 MEN AND WOMEN ARRESTED. LESSEE JOE BEZZINA WAS CHARGED WITH 'BEING THE KEEPER OF A HOUSE FREQUENTED BY REPUTED THIEVES', AND SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, AND WITH “BEING FOUND IN A HOUSE FREQUENTED BY REPUTED THIEVES”. THE PROSECUTION CAST THE RAID IN HEROIC TERMS – THE CHIEF OF THE CIB, DESPERATELY OUTNUMBERED, HAD STRUGGLED HAND TO HAND IN “A SWELTERING MELEE IN ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS THIEVES' KITCHENS IN SYDNEY”. THE DEFENCE, ON THE OTHER HAND, DESCRIBED “A QUIET PARTY, A FEW DRINKS, SOME SINGING ... VIOLENTLY INTERRUPTED BY A SQUAD OF HOSTILE, BRAWLING POLICE” («TRUTH», 29 JANUARY 1928). THE GALLERY WAS PACKED WITH FRIENDS OF THE ACCUSED, WHO LOUDLY JEERED THE PROSECUTION AND POLICE WITNESSES. (PHOTO BY NSW POLICE FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE, JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM, HISTIRIC HOUSES TRUST OF NSW)

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INSTALLATION_

CRYSTAL WAGNER’S NEWEST BOXES

EXPLORING THE REALM BETWEEN FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN, “EFFLORESCE I & II” ARE INVESTIGATIONS OF WHAT EXOTIC MEANS AS IT RELATES TO HOW HUMAN BEINGS EXPERIENCE THE WORLD THEY LIVE IN.

EFFLORESCE I SCREEN PRINT, CUT PAPER, WOOD, PAINT, UV PLEXI 46IN X 7IN X 40IN 2015

EFFLORESCE II  SCREEN PRINT, CUT PAPER, WOOD, PAINT, UV PLEXI 46IN X 7IN X 40IN 2015

THE BOXES WILL BE DEBUTING THIS WEEKEND IN THE ART ON PAPER FAIR WITH HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY IN NEW YORK CITY, PIER 36, BOOTH 104.

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP CRYSTAL! 

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SCULPTURE_

NEW LAYERED GLASS WAVE SCULPTURES BY BEN YOUNG

SCULPTOR BEN YOUNG (PREVIOUSLY) JUST UNVEILED A COLLECTION OF NEW GLASS SCULPTURES PRIOR TO THE SCULPTURE OBJECTS FUNCTIONAL ART + DESIGN (SOFA) FAIR IN CHICAGO NEXT MONTH. YOUNG WORKS WITH LAMINATED CLEAR FLOAT GLASS ATOP CAST CONCRETE BASES TO CREATE CROSS-SECTION VIEWS OF OCEAN WAVES THAT LOOK SOMEWHAT LIKE PATTERNS IN TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARTS. THE SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST IS CURRENTLY BASED IN SYDNEY BUT WAS RAISED IN WAIHI BEACH, NEW ZEALAND, WHERE THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE AND SURROUNDINGS GREATLY INSPIRED HIS ART. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS SCULPTURES OVER ON KIRRA GALLERIES, AND FOLLOW HIM ON FACEBOOK.

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SCULPTURE_

MATTHEW SIMMONDS

” SIMMONDS MAKES A PLAY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENTATION ON A SMALL SCALE, BUT THE SPACES CREATED GIVE THE SAME FEELING AS IN THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES; A PLACE TO REST, A PLACE TO TRAVEL WITH THE EYE AND MAYBE FIND A MOMENT OF TRANQUILLITY. THE MARBLE IS OPENED UP, AND INSIDE IS A SPACE WITHIN A BUILDING THAT ONLY EXISTS IN THE VIEWER’S MIND. WHAT YOU SENSE IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPACE.” ( ARTODYSSEY )

FROM HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD, SIMMONDS WAS FASCINATED BY STONE BUILDINGS, AN AFFECTION THAT FLOWS INTO HIS ARTWORKS, WHERE STONE ARCHITECTURE IS USED AS A CENTRAL THEME. PARTICULARLY THE MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, WITH ITS STRIVING TO GET TO A NEW SOPHISTICATION OF SPACE, COMES ALIVE IN THE MARBLE. SIMMONDS MAKES A PLAY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENTATION ON A SMALL SCALE, BUT THE SPACES CREATED GIVE THE SAME FEELING AS IN THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES; A PLACE TO REST, A PLACE TO TRAVEL WITH THE EYE AND MAYBE FIND A MOMENT OF TRANQUILLITY. THE MARBLE IS OPENED UP, AND INSIDE IS A SPACE WITHIN A BUILDING THAT ONLY EXISTS IN THE VIEWER’S MIND. WHAT YOU SENSE IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPACE.

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WORKS_BACKSTAGE MOVIE

_BARIŞ KILIÇ _PHOTOGRAPHER_CEM TALU _FASHION EDITOR_ZEYNEP TARHAN MUSLU _INTERVIEW_ARZUM UZUN _HAIR & MAKE UP_TAMAY KARALOĞLU _CAMERA_ANIL ÇATIK & HAKAN OZGAN / BOOM _VIDEO EDIT_ANIL ÇATIK / BOOM _CREATIVE DIR._CUMHUR ELOĞLU / BOOM

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WORKS_BACKSTAGE VIDEO

_AYÇA VARLIER _PHOTOGRAPHER_EMİR SARISAÇ / BOOM _VIDEO_ANIL ÇATIK / BOOM _FASHION EDITOR_ZEYNEP TARHAN MUSLU _EDITOR_ZEYNEP SİPAHİ _HAIR & MAKE UP_KÜRŞAT AKCEBE

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INSTALLATION_

KUMI YAMASHITA

ORIGAMI

H366, W366, D1CM CREASED JAPANESE PAPER, SINGLE LIGHT SOURCE, SHADOW COMMISSIONED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS, NEW YORK CITY USA

2011