An alternative mode of high rise living, these futuristic homes were dreamed up by the Swiss architect and artist Guy Dessauges in the mid-1960s. The eccentric creator was obsessed with the idea of designing completely cylindrical buildings, inspired by the semi-circular forms of ancient cave dwellings and Roman vaulting.
Microsoft Has Released a Collection of “Hardwear” Apparel – with “Serenity” T-Shirts and MS Paint Logos
Microsoft is launching a new “Hardwear” clothing collection that includes a Windows XP T-shirt. If you’ve always wanted to wander the streets with the Windows XP bliss wallpaper strapped to your back, now is your time. The famous blue sky and green hill are emblazoned on a mustard or black tee, available for $60.
Art and Time Matters: Robert Colescott Paved the Way
When we walk into a museum, we are immediately thrown into a time warp. History surrounds you, engulfs your sense of place and era and makes you contemplate and assess how, where and why works were made. Often, as is the case with the brilliantly dense Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott, presented at the New Museum in NYC, we find ourselves asking how did we miss this, why did art history wait so long to capture the essence and depth of a career, such an influential and pivotal figure, like Colescott. Race matters, yes, and our institutions are beginning to ask these questions: why did we wait so long to inject the complexity of a career…
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José Parlá Examines Our “Polarities”
Experience and time add texture. As we get older, we add layers of meaning onto what we see, giving us, hopefully, richer understanding of the world around us and our place in it. For José Parlá, he paints this feeling, this exuberance of age and time. When he was in the hospital last year with COVID and the doctors told him he may never paint again, that sort of experience became what we see in Polarities, his new solo show at Library Street Colletive in Detroit. This show is about the density of language and time passing, with each work its own ecosystem of how the artist has allowed himself to live in and nourish over his career.
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Swoon Announces Her New Monograph, “The Red Skein”
It seems wild that Swoon hasn’t put out a book in over 12 years. The legendary street artist has gone through many different projects and iterations in this decade plus, from museum shows to stop-motion animations to personal triumph and strife. The Red Skein is the newest monograph that covers the last decade over the span of 224 pages, with essays and imagery that marks a turning point in the artist’s career.
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Rolled Books Sculptures and Installations by Jonathan Callan Explore the Connection Between Materiality and Language
“Boulder” (2006-2020), paper and screws, 3 meters 10 centimeters x 2 meters 5 centimeters x 34 centimeters. All images © Jonathan Callan, shared with permission