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London: Rancinan at Opera Gallery

Rancinan in London

French photographer Gerard Rancinan comes to London’s Opera Gallery as his first stop on a world tour, taking in Hong Kong, Miami and New York,  with his larger-than -life images, Metamorphoses, Hypotheses, Wonderful World and Portraits.

The artist, who has four World Press Awards,  revisits our most ancient and significant interrogations, such as globalisation, poverty, starvation, freedom and human rights using his vivid and dynamic style.

He also features portraits of famous artists ranging from Monica Belluci to Zang Huan, revealing their talent and force of nature in captivating ‘portrait performances.’

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Full set of pics HERE

Rancinan in London
12th September – 2nd October
www.operagallery.com

New York: VICE Full Frontal Party with Rick Ross

Vice Party

Vice Magazine threw a hell of a party at 1 Hanson place in Brooklyn to celebrate the launch of their web counterpart Vice.com.

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With flowing free drinks and live performance acts, in true VICE form all kind of acts of debauchery were going on. 

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Brooklyn based duo Tanlines with Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm

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Rapper Ricky Rozay aka Rick Ross sent the crowd into a frenzy with some people crowd surfing, girls fighting, other spraying beer like champagne.

Further pics from the party HERE

New York: Made in Polaroid – Phillips de Pury

As featured on Arrested Motion

A star studded charity art show Made In Polaroid was held at Phillips de Pury. The benefit was a one night auction that featured 50 works created by the 50-50-50 project using Polaroid’s mobile printer. All proceeds went to support Free Arts NYC. Numerous notable artists including Marilyn Minter, Jean Pigozzi, Will Cotton, Patrick Demarchelier, Phillip-Lorca Dicorica, Steven Klein, Matthew Rolston, Paulo Roversi, Lady Gaga, James Franco, Maripol, Nate Lowman, Chris Anthony, Estevan Oriol, Gary Baseman, Tyra Banks, EINE, Stella IM Hultberg, Krista Huot, Nick Walker, Sylvia Ji, Eric Joyner, Dabs & Myla, RISK, Hilary Pecis, Alex Pardee, Gary Taxali, Hush, Joe Sorren and Dave Kinsey all put forth some exceptional original works that created a buzz all night long.

Some pics from the night:

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Full set of pics here HERE

London: LUDO – Metamorphosis

Ludo Metamorphosis 

French artist LUDO opened his first London solo show at  High Roller Society entitled Metamorphosis. The exhibition is two folds,  featuring on one side a selection of drawings on paper, and on the other side an installation room. Visitors entering the installation are faced with mad professors in latex gloves and incubation boxes containing mutated insect sculptures made of polyamide.

The opening saw the release of a hand-pulled screenprint named e-Lepidoptera, as well as limited edition book.

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Full set of pics HERE

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Ludo – Metamorphosis
High Roller Society
10 Sept – 7 Oct 2011

New York: Garage Magazine Launch

When art meets fashion…
To celebrate the first issue of Garage Magazine by Dasha Zhukova, a special ice cream van has been touring the Meatpacking district and NY Fashion shows.

Garage Mag NY Launch

Garage Mag NY Launch  

One of the three magazine covers features a strategically placed butterfly tattoo by artist Damien Hirst, shot by Hedi Slimane.

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The Garage van is providing ice creams, coffee as well as temporary tattoos featuring designs by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons.