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Pimped-up two wheelers of Japan look like they could have easily driven out of a manga. These aren’t just randomly decorated vehicles, but they look every part of the painstaking attention to detail that must have gone into each of these. It is the Big Scooter 250cc bike class that gets most of these decorations, and the modifications may cost up to $25,000. Well, that’s money well spent. More images after the jump.
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Upon the announcing of Jeffrey Deitch’s new role at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, an immediate focus turned to Deitch’s shining star in the world of contemporary and street art, the Deitch Projects. However, a new report from the Wall Street Journal seems to ease the fears of a gapping hole in the contemporary art scene with the conception of “The Hole” gallery. Founded by two former associates of Jeffrey Deitch, Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman were former directors under Deitch. Their first exhibition under The Hole will begin on June 26th with an exhibition titled “Not Quite Open for Business” and subsequent shows from former Deitch exhibitors. The Hole is located on 104 Greene St. in New York City and should serve as a fine addition to the art world with a number of fun and quirky side-projects including dating services for artists.
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Dutch florist Peter van de Werken seems to be good business with his multicolored roses, or “rainbow roses” as many call them. These are all basically cream roses, but the florist gives them the hue using vegetable dyes. The dye is placed in the water, and goes up the stem to give the rose its color. How the petals get unique colors is Werken’s closely guarded secret. The process takes between 12 to 24 hours and each stem of the rose costs £24.49 ($36). Another image after the jump.
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Lamborghini Navarra concept speaks the design language of Lamborghini, and adds some curves and shapes inspired by classic sculpture. The concept from designer Adam Denning, who works with Lockheed Martin takes into account the raw power, and killer looks a Murcielago replacement should have.
Denning has taken inspiration from Michelangelo’s La Pieta sculpture and fashioned curves on the Navarra “The way Mary’s garments flow down and fold over each other was the main inspiration for the Navarra’s overlapping surfaces and organic shapes.” Dimensions of the concept car are similar to those of the Murcielago. Power for Navarra is proposed through a V12 engine with 700 hp. The lightweight concept has carbon fiber frame and body panels.
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Polke’s works have been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Tate Modern in London, among many other international retrospectives. Polke participated in many Documenta exhibitions, and the 2007 Venice Biennale. Most recently he was awarded with the Swiss Roswitha-Haftmann-Preis last month.
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By Ossian Ward
Reclusive street artist, Banksy, comes out of the shadows to tell Time Out about his notoriety, ongoing graffiti wars and increasing the value of London property. But not to plug his new film.
Many people claim to have done so, but I have indeed met - albeit accidentally - the real Banksy, an unremarkable, medium-build man wearing glasses, at an East End graffiti jam a few years ago. However, direct access to him is strictly limited nowadays. Banksy nevertheless agreed to an exclusive interview to settle some scores and to create a brand new piece of work for Time Out's cover, in which he revisits some of his classic pieces featuring royal Foot Guards variously pissing or spraying graffiti on walls. After lots of waiting and furtive messaging, the trail having gone cold many times, he responded to our questions from his bomb-proof bunker. But like Kirk Douglas, I had to make sure that this really was Spartacus first…
Is this definitely you? After all, some hacks have been duped into unofficial interviews with imposters, naming no names (the Guardian Guide)…
'I wish you were talking to an imposter. I don't have much of a personality, so it's difficult to "be" one. Also I want to talk up the film, but I don't want to talk about it - I'm worried I might ruin the ending. Can we just run a blank page that people can draw on?'
Can you at least say why you've dubbed this the first ever street-art 'disaster movie'? Does that mean it's your last film?
'I consider this whole experience to be a disaster on many levels. I think it will be known as my first movie, the one that didn't lead to a career in filmmaking.'
First came the art, then your move into animatronics, then a feature film… does that make you the next Walt Disney?
'I'd never thought about it like that. I guess opening a giant theme park for vandals would be next. I was at a holiday camp when "License to Ill" by the Beastie Boys came out. Practically every kid had a VW badge hanging around their necks that they'd stolen off a car in town. I remember the police raided the camp and the mayor came and gave us a stern lecture by the paddling pool.'
Now that your mugshot has appeared in the paper, do you get recognised on the street?
'I know a couple of years ago a bloke claimed he was Banksy to get into a nightclub in Shoreditch and when word went around he got a kicking off some other graffiti writers. It's in my interest not to comment on any of the photos doing the rounds.'
What's this battle with Robbo and Drax all about, then?
'I didn't deliberately start a battle with Robbo - have you seen the size of him? In the '90s him and Drax were infamous enough that we'd even heard about them in Bristol. The truth is I didn't paint over a piece that said "Robbo", I painted over a piece that said "nrkjfgrekuh". But either way, I don't buy into the idea a wall "belongs" to a certain writer, or anyone else for that matter.
'Traditional graffiti writers have a bunch of rules they like to stick to, and good luck to them, but I didn't become a graffiti artist so I could have somebody else tell me what to do. If you're the type who gets sentimental about people scribbling over your stuff, I suggest graffiti is probably not the right hobby for you.'
You are accused by the graffiti community of selling them out? How do you plead?
'It's hard to know what "selling out" means - these days you can make more money producing a run of anti-McDonald's posters than you can make designing actual posters for McDonald's.
'I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.'
Can street art ever be shown in a gallery?
'I don't know if street art ever really works indoors. If you domesticate an animal, it goes from being wild and free to sterile, fat and sleepy. So maybe the art should stay outside. Then again, some old people get a lot of comfort from having a pet around the house.
'It's hard to capture the adrenaline of street painting when you're in a nicely lit studio with the kettle on. Maybe the people who steal graffiti off walls are on to something - the edge is still there. But those people are funny - they ask me for a letter of authentication saying I painted a certain piece, but that's basically a signed confession on headed notepaper.'
So you want your art to be preserved for the nation?
'It's impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won't. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I'd picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn't like the attention.
'The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it'll be paraded round Sotheby's by people wearing white gloves.'
What do you make of the financial value of your works? Do you mind people trading them like property or luxury goods?
'My lawyer's opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more - because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That's his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.'
Finally, did you enjoy producing our cover?
'I'm not sure what the cover means - there's less to it than meets the eye…'
New York based advertising powerhouse Chandelier Creative take on a very ambitious – not to mention expensive and time-consuming – project with creative agency Partner’s & Spade on a five piece, 24 karat gold, limited edition toy soldier set, confined to 100 in total. All figurines are handmade so no two are the same, allowing each piece to take on a slightly different personality. The soldiers, along with a few related war ornaments, are encased in an incandescent gold box with the two partnering companies names brandished in bold text on the front. A celebration on June 20th at Partner’s & Spade will help to promote the launch of the figurine set where there they will be unveiled for the first time and also be made available for purchase.
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Founded in 2009 native continues to be inspired by casual silhouettes, producing relaxed aesthetics. This model is no exception, the Fitzsimmons re-envisions the hiking boot and is made with the lightest and most comfortable material available that is importantly both lightweight and waterproof. The boot comes in four colourways, each complete with matching laces with a white outsole and black lining. Available now through native’s stockists.
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The black resin pieces will debut at the show opening on Saturday. For out of town collectors, 25 pieces will be available for online sales on Monday, June 15th.
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