Friend of the blog, Giles Clarke, has a photography exhibition of the Occupy Wall Street movement coming soon to the Yippee! Cafe. Details below. For more information, visit 9bleecker.com.
Occupy Bleecker Street
March 1st, 2012Cindy Sherman at MoMA
February 24th, 2012Opening this Sunday is Cindy Sherman, a retrospective of the artist’s works from mid-1970s to the present. With over 170 photographs, this exhibition is one of the most comprehensive one to date of the iconic photographer. As films have been a huge influence on Sherman’s work, she has handpicked an eclectic bunch, from Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, as a part of special screening in April. For more info. click here.
Rouge in Love
February 14th, 2012To set the mood for this special day of love, watch Adria Petty’s “Rouge in Love.”
Almodóvar
February 14th, 2012Congrats to Pedro Almodóvar, who took home a BAFTA this past Sunday for his 19th feature, The Skin I Live In. aWLp’s Alison Chernick recently met up with the filmmaker to talk about the subject he is most obsessive about – women. Check out the film here.
Masters of Style
February 2nd, 2012Better known for his acting, Oscar-winner Adrian Brody can now add “model/spokesperson” on his resume. First, he strutted his stuff down the runaway for Prada 2012 Fall/Winter show. Next, we can see him alongside with Andre 3000 and Gael Garcia Bernal in the new Gillette campaign, directed by aWLp’s Olivier Gondry.
BUG Radiohead Special in LA!
January 30th, 2012If you missed it in London, BUG Radiohead Special is coming to Los Angeles on Feb 1 at Downtown Independent. Featuring videos from aWLp’s Garth Jennings and Tobias Stretch, spend a night with fellow Radiohead fans watching some of the band’s most innovative collaborations on the big screen. For more info, click here.
NU-6 on Nowness
January 30th, 2012
If you haven’t seen it yet, Adria Petty’s short film, “NU-6,” was just featured on Nowness.com. Click here to watch.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
January 27th, 2012To celebrate Mikhail Baryshnikov’s birthday, Nowness.com is featuring aWLp’s Asa Mader’s film portrait of one of the greatest ballet dancers of our time. Check out the video for the original triptych installation below.
Peter Lindbergh at FoMu
January 20th, 2012If you find yourself in Antwerp the next few days, stop by FoMu Photography Museum and check out Peter Lindberg’s exhibition, featuring his Berlin series for Vogue. Through Jan 29. For more info, click here.
Your Body of Work
January 10th, 2012
For the 17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is showing 10 works that are site-specific to their 3 different locations (Pinacoteca do Estado, SESC Belenzhinho and SESC Pompéia) that offer viewers experiences revolving around perception of color, spatial orientation and other forms of engagement with reality. One of the new works created just for São Paulo was Eliasson’s collaboration with Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz called Your Empathic City. Now through Jan 29. For more info, click here.
