A great artist, who’s work I’ve just recently been introduced to thanks to Holly@decor8. The ink sketches and watercolour paintings by Stella Im Hultberg perfectly exude the sad, sophisticated energy of the postmodern ingenue…Every character is shadowed, stained, and soiled with glamour.

Want to see more? Check out Stella’s sketchpad.

These are definite classics.
The Fortuny Lights, designed by Mariano Fortuny in the early 1900’s

…photographer-style fixtures that are absolutely stunning.

The brightest of them all…the new printed “Ornaments” version shown above.

via Design Within Reach

***FREQUENCIES***
Curated by Jordon Schranz
Co-curated Marie Evelyn
OPENING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 6-9 PM

Black & White Gallery
483 Driggs Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11211

FROM ARTHUR DES PINS ROOFTOP SHORT: REVOLUTION OF THE CRABS

One of our favorite Summer Pastimes …the movies of Rooftoop Films.

Now you can enjoy the movie from the comfort of your own cubicle…

http://rooftopfilms.blogspot.com/

Brent Rollins is a Graphic Designer and an accomplished Artist. A Member of The Ego Trip Creative Collective, Brent has coauthored two books (”ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists,” “ego trip’s Big Book of Racism!”) which led to him acting as art director and co-producer for spin-off programs inspired by the books for VH1.

He’s got his hand in everything…from having decorated cars for the the movie, “2 Fast 2 Furious,” art directing San Francisco’s underground record label, Quannum Projects and designing Bobbito Garcia’s footwear bible “Where’d You Get Those?”

Silence, 2005, oil on canvas, 36″x31″ by Jordon Schranz

The exciting group exhibition, “The Sheltering Sky” opens today at the Black and White Gallery in Chelsea.

Presenting emerging artists working in a variety of mediums: photography, painting, video and installation. At the core of the exhibition: investigating the everyday life disconnect between the external environment and our thoughts, dreams, attitudes and feelings. The exhibition title, The Sheltering Sky appropriates a title of the cult classic book by Paul Bowles, a complex tale from which while one emerges as if from a dream, a little reflection makes it clear that our dreams can so easily become our nightmares.

For more information 

This year marks the taxi cab’s 100th Anniversary. To celebrate the joyous occasion, the Design Trust for Public Space asked the city’s top designers to do some “creative-reinventive” thinking about the taxi. The results will be exhibited at the Auto Show in April.

Can’t wait till Spring? Not to worry. This Thursday, at 6:30pm, Cooper-Hewitt will be hosting “Transforming an Icon,” a panel discussion focusing on how some of the these designers met the challenge. ($10 to get in).

Download the Design Trust’s Designing the Taxi here (PDF).

Tiphanie Brooke, a super talented graphic designer / industrial designer teetering on the edge between fine art and commercial art and her memoirs sometimes highlight that emotional struggle.  Look at her work but click on “memoirs” and you’ll find a designer to empathize with.  http://www.antigirl.com/    

Michael Bell-Smith, Self Portrait NYC, 2006
Video Loop 2:00 min

Art Fag City has compiled a list of what they think are the best and worst exhibitions and talks of the year.  ”…The list obviously can only include those exhibitions we’ve seen, so if you are wondering why, for example, the Goya show at the Frick, Amy Sillman at Sikemma Jenkins or “Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran,
Tourism and the American Landscape”, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum have been slighted, please bear in mind the inherent fallibility of a list put together by one person. You can only see so many shows, and sometimes you have to miss exhibitions you know you shouldn’t.

Check out the full list at: http://www.artfagcity.blogspot.com/