The Unwavering Relationship Between Art and Vice in Exhibition At Shizaru in London

Tom Sachs, McDonald's Big Mac Box. (click photo for larger image)

“As the international community flocks to London for Frieze, Shizaru hosts BAD FOR YOU, an exhibition curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody featuring sixty-eight contemporary and established artists primarily from America. Taking inspiration from its eponymous title, BAD FOR YOU highlights the unwavering relationship between art and vice, displaying the human relationship with what is ʻbadʼ through issues like self destruction, drugs, alcoholism, gambling, materialism, vanity, and cigarettes. A title that is at once humorous and grim the exhibition avoids judgment, allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions.”

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Hand Paintings by Annie Ralli

London-based photographer Ray Massey teamed up with a talented body painter Annie Ralli to transform hands into architecture, sport scenes and other deceiving objects.London artist Annie Ralli worked as a scenic artist for the BBC, for 10 years, before moving on to create her own unique art. Visit her website to see wide array of work--all of it beautiful! Right now...her hand painting illusions--photographed by Ray Massey--are getting quite a lot of attention. But all of her work is worth seeing. So have a look! Make it a point to visit Ray Massey’s site, as well--because his art is also superb.

Hand Painting illusion by talented London-based body painter Annie Ralli.
 Photographed by Ray Massey

Mosh Kashi - Embracing the “Sensitive Viewer”

Mosh Kashi, Silver Forest, Oil on Canvas, 110x100cm, 2011 - Noga Gallery of Contemporary ArtThe concept of the “sensitive viewer” was defined by Mark Rothko, in the mid-20th century. Rothko suggested that the viewer's gaze is able to seal a painting's fate. During the late period of Rothko’s career--he recommended that viewers stand very close to his paintings, in order to develop an intimate relationship with them. Israeli artist Mosh Kashi ( ) creates primarily monochromatic works that invite the same kind of intimacy. Kashi’s work is quiet and contemplative--and definitely embodies the ability to enchant the viewer.

Mosh Kashi, Golden Balls, Tefen Museum, Installation View, 2011 - Nogal Gallery of Contemporary Art

Mosh Kashi, Nocturno, Oil on Canvas, 30x40cm, 2011 - Nogal Gallery of Contemporary Art

Artist Enlists Smart-Phone Users to Control His Light Work

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's light sculptures will brighten the night sky in Philadelphia in September (click photo for larger image)

“An interactive public work by the Mexican-Canadian media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will let viewers use their voices to create light sculptures across the Philadelphia sky.”

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City in 1967. In 1989 he received a B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montréal, Canada.

LA MoCA Pulls Out of Richard Hamilton Retrospective

Glorious Techniculture - Richard Hamilton (British,1922–2011)British printmaker and painter Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) is regarded by many as the original pop artist.

“The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, has pulled out of a Richard Hamilton retrospective, after the abrupt departure of its long-standing chief curator, Paul Schimmel at the end of June. Schimmel is the co-curator of the Hamilton exhibition.”

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