Art
Carhartt WIP Taps Okniceok for Pencil-Drawn T-Shirt Collection
SummaryCarhartt WIP teamed up with New York-based illustrator Oknotok on a collection of T-shirts featuring an eclectic mix of illustrationsOf the three designs, two are offered in black and whiteCarhartt WIP enlisted New York-based Oknotok, also known as Danny Ische, for a run of graphic T-shirts. Culling inspiration from childhood memory and internet culture, the illustrative wearables deliver nostalgia, pixelated play with a photorealist bite.The capsule includes several designs across men and women's fits, two of which are available in black and white. Keeping it classic, all three tees are emblazoned with the Carhartt WIP on the front chest, though reimagined by the artist's surrealist signature. The emblematic "C" takes on the form of a spiral staircase and poised swan, while a toss ...
Egypt’s $1 Billion USD Archeological Museum to Open This Fall
SummaryThe Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opens November 1, housing over 100,000 artifactsLocated near the Giza pyramids, it's the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilizationIt will display King Tutankhamun's complete tomb collection for the first timeA landmark cultural project, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), is set to officially open its doors to the public on November 1, marking a new era for tourism and archaeology in Egypt. Located on the Giza Plateau just two kilometers from the iconic pyramids, the billion-dollar institution will be the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization.The GEM is a monumental achievement, spanning 120 acres and housing over 100,000 artifacts, with more than 20,000 being shown to the public for the first time. The museum's m...
Immerse Yourself in ‘The City of Nam June Paik’
SummaryThe Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin, South Korea is currently presenting The City of Nam June Paik: The Sea Fused with The Sun, now on view through October 19Featuring works by Paik, Yiyun Kang, Gijeong Goo, Hyewon Kwon, and Inhwa Yeom, the exhibition explores the departure of screens and video as reflections of our reality to reality itselfIn this day and age, the ubiquity of screen technology is less of a sci-fi dream than it is a fact of life. Just as Denis Villeneuve envisioned it in Blade Runner 2049, modern cities are something akin to seas of screens, plucking the internet-fueled image ecosystems from our personal devices and enmeshing it into the physical world.In this accelerated flood of media, video and moving image no longer simply reflects reality, but become it. It'...
Hypeart Visits: For Diana Sinclair, the Medium Is the Message
In the tradition of artists whose work outlives its maker, Diana Sinclair creates with an eternity in mind. Her works, each their own act of communion, connect her with those who came before, those still yet to come and hold space for the too-many stories erased and left behind.Born and based in New Jersey, Sinclair came onto the scene with refreshing velocity, with a sold-out Christie’s auction already under her belt. It’s the kind of attention that might have anchored another young artist to familiar ground. Yet for her, evolution was still imminent, and with it came a new artistic language that captured the world as she truly saw it.Last year, she landed a spot at the World Trade Center’s coveted Silver Art Project residency, trading her Web3 beginnings for the alchemy of cyanotypes. Dr...
Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez Conjure Twin Magic in ‘Speak of the Devil’
SummaryJoy Machine in Chicago will open Speak of the Devil, a duet presentation of artworks by Sydnie and Haylie JimenezOn view from August 9 through September 20, the exhibition brings together over 30 works rooted in the sisters's shared aesthetic sensibility and practicesJoy Machine is gearing up to present a duo show by Chicago-based artists and twins Haylie and Sydnie Jimenez, running from August 9 through September 20.Drawing its title from the tongue-in-cheek saying, Speak of the Devil brings to mind the strange magic of manifestation — say their name, and they will appear. For Haylie and Sydnie, art making summons a similar act of conjuring.With over 30 primarily ceramic works on view, the show spotlights the sisters's parallel practices and shared aesthetic, defined by rich narra...
From Film to M+ Façade: Greg Girard on Documenting a Changing Hong Kong
In an exclusive interview with Hypebeast, acclaimed photographer Greg Girard discusses his new commissioned work, HK:PM, which is currently being showcased on the M+ museum's iconic façade in Hong Kong. The Canadian photographer, renowned for documenting Asia's changing urban landscapes since the 1970s, has transformed his film photographs of Hong Kong from that era into a cinematic visual epic. The installation, which features images of bustling streets and the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City, represents a journey of rediscovery for Girard, bringing his decades-old work back to the city that inspired it.In a full-circle moment, Girard describes creating HK:PM as a “journey of rediscovery,” with his decades-old work returning to the city's landscape. His most famous work, the "City of D...
SOLDIER Reworks Timberland’s 6-Inch Zipper Boot
For SOLDIER, strength is less of a force than a porosity of being. It's a tender pursuit of the world, guided by imagination, vulnerability and purpose. Over the last few years, the Lagos-born, London-based artist has carved a name for himself on the global stage using mixed-media works as a language for personal reflection and societal commentary, all with the hopes to bring like-minded creatives along for the ride. His practice is one rooted in transformation: of the self, of space and how we connect to the world around us.Now, he reunites with Timberland for their second creative project, lending his artistic eye to the iconic 6-Inch Zipper Boot. Dubbed The Tiger, the design draws on SOLDIER's signature use of camouflage as a countercultural symbol, with bold striped patterns that nod t...
Barry McGee and V1 Gallery Team Up for New Print Series
SummaryBarry McGee and V1 Gallery in Copenhagen have released a 10-piece print series in honor of the ongoing Nature Inside Me exhibitionNow available via the gallery's website, the launch features 5 hand-pulled screen prints in color and recycled variations available for €1050 and €700 EUR respectively.Earlier this summer, Bay Area legend Barry McGee headed to Copenhagen to open a new solo exhibition, Nature Inside Me, at V1’s Eighteen Gallery. With cues taken from American folk art, sign-making, Op Art and graffiti, the showcase builds on McGee’s ongoing interrogation and material (dis)order, reflecting on the state of contemporary society — particularly those on the fringes or choose not to play by its rules.To coincide with the exhibition, McGee has collaborated with V1 on a 10-piece p...
Janah Loh’s Interplanetary Icons Come to Life in ‘POSTCARDS FROM SPACE’ Toy
SummarySingaporean artist Jahan Loh is set to release a “POSTCARDS FROM SPACE 天山星::KEPLER-22B” toy on August 8The figure is inspired by a painting included in Loh's exhibition of the same name, staged at Le Freeport in Chengdu last fallA follow up to his immersive, interplanetary-inspired POSTCARDS FROM SPACE in Chengdu last fall, Singaporean artist Jahan Loh is taking his iconic astronauts off the canvas in a new toy.The figures are based on one of his large-scale paintings displayed at Le Freeport, which explored the concept of "interplanetary diaspora." Here, Loh imagines a future where humans inhabit exoplanets or other celestial bodies. The body of work is rendered through a blend of Eastern iconography, pop culture motifs, and sci-fi, making for unsettlingly surreal, digital-like co...
En Iwamura Channels Emptiness and Serenity in New Sculptures
En Iwamura, the Japanese artist celebrated for his Jomon handicraft-inspired pop ceramics, has partnered up with London-based Avant Arte to release a pair of sculptural editions, titled “Neo Jomon: Biomorphic fantôme.”The sculptures embody the Japanese philosophy of ma, described by the artist as a presence that “exists between one thing another,” and “between moments in time.” This concept lays at the heart of Iwamura's work, as his endearing, often undulating, figures foreground the ever-flowing energy between object and space.Carved from white and red Bardiglio Nuvolato marble, each sculpture's organic form and raked textures recall the serenity of Zen Buddhist gardens, emphasizing the importance of ma, while encouraging collectors to envision it within their own lives.For those looking...
Christelle Oyiri Turns Up the Volume with ‘Perpetual Remix’
SummaryFrench artist Christelle Oyiri presents In a perpetual remix where is my song?, the debut work of Tate's Inaugural Commission.On view through August 28, the multimedia installation explores how digital and material worlds collide in the quest for the ideal formUnder the low-slung ceilings of Tate's Tanks, a sculptural symphony of flesh and machine unfolds. The London institution tapped French artist, DJ and producer Christelle Oyiri for its inaugural Infinities Commission, and her resulting work delivered nothing short of stunning.In a perpetual remix where is my song? examines the impact of digital art on the ways we construct identity, reconsidering bodily form in an age of cut-and-splice technologies and the uncanny parallels between DJing, cosmetic surgery and online image-makin...
Yancey Richardson Celebrates 30 Years with Artist-Curated Group Show
SummaryYancey Richardson gallery in New York currently showcasing its 30th anniversary exhibition through August 15Featuring the likes of Mickalene Thomas, Zanele Muholi and Tseng Kwong Chi, the works in Celebrating 30 Years are curated by the artists's peersNew York's Yancey Richardson is turning 30, and to celebrate, the gallery presents an exquisite artist-curated group exhibition, handing the reins to the very names who have defined its legacy.Yancey Richardson first opened the doors to her namesake Soho gallery in 1995 with an inaugural showcase by the legendary Sebastião Salgado. Now based in Chelsea, with over 290 exhibitions under its belt, the gallery has established itself as a force in contemporary photography, launching the careers of its artists, such as Salgado, Zanele Muholi...
