Burton Snowboards in conjunction with Milk Gallery, VICE Magazine and powerHouse Books is pleased to present Winter’s Children by photographer and filmmaker Jim Mangan. These snowboarding photographs, first seen on the pages of counter-culture institution VICE are an irreverent commentary on the industry and a playful hybrid of cultural documentary and nature photography. A book based on the series, published by powerHouse Books, will be included in the artist’s book collection at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

In 2010, Mangan left for Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain, he was accompanied by seven snowboarders; his college friend, Peter Sutherland, now a reowned photographer and artist, and rising stars from the sport’s next generation, including Laura Hadar and Alex and Andrews.

The sever riders hit the slopes naked on vintage snowboards from the 1980′s, dressed in only vibrant Native American blankets that contrast with the stark winter landscapes.

In the end, for the photographer, the riders, and the viewers, Winter’s Children becomes a baptism, with the cold snow washing away the neon filth of consumerism and serving as a bracing reminder of snowboarding’s pure origins.

Jan 15 at 7 to 10pm
450 W. 15th St. – Milk Gallery NYC

Assouline announces the launch of ART GAME BOOK , with a live interactive ART GAME SHOW on Friday, December 3 during Miami’s Art Basel.

To celebrate the launch Assouline, Van Cleef & Arpels, Brooke Geahan and Peter Tunney invite a select group of one hundred key members of the art world to participate in a provocative ART GAME SHOW bringing to life Assouline’s ART GAME BOOK. Contestants will team up and showoff their knowledge of the ins and outs of art history trivia during a cocktail and dinner reception at the Water Salon at Delano on Miami’s South Beach. Peter Tunney, artist, gallerist, and celebrated personality will be the Game Show Host of the evening, quizzing guests with creative questions based on the book. Points will be earned, score will be kept, and the most knowledgeable will be rewarded with prizes from Assouline , Morgan’s Hotel Group, and Van Cleef & Arpels, including the grand prize of a Vintage Alhambra watch. Continue reading “Art Basel Miami 2010: Art Game Book – Art In The 20th Century” »

Edition One Hundred is pleased to present Delayed Gratification, a two-month exhibition launching November 3, curated by Miss Rosen, and featuring the work of B+, Jianai Jenny Chen, Martha Cooper, Nat Finkelstein, Jim Jocoy, Eric Johnson, Slavery, and Jennifer Uman.

Curator Miss Rosen observes, “Desire is a wondrous thing. When wanting becomes more powerful than needing, an insatiable craving can drive us to a state of madness. This need for immediacy and instant fulfillment is not only accepted but demanded by our society. Continue reading “Delayed Gratification” »

Janette Beckman’s photography exhibition marks the third artist installment at Project Space. For “Archive of Attitude”, Beckman culls works from her time in London during the punk era through the hip-hop decade in New York and Los Angeles. The show will feature artifacts and photographs of musicians, their fans and youth culture. The exhibition at Project Space runs from August 13th through September 5th.

Beckman is an English documentary photographer who has worked with some of the most influential musicians of the modern era. She began her photography career at the dawn of the punk movement, shooting the top acts of the day: The Clash, The Jam, The Sex Pistols and Boy George, as well as three album covers for The Police. In 1982, Beckman moved to New York City, where she immersed herself in the burgeoning hip-hop scene, photographing pioneers such as Afrika Bambaata, Run DMC, Salt-N-Pepa, Grandmaster Flash and EPMD. Her powerful portraits have been collected in two books: Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude, 1977-1983 and The Breaks: Stylin’ and Profilin’ 1982-1990, both published by PowerHouse Books.

Project Space
603 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038

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Cycling, the biggest thing to hit personal transportation since the horse, is redefining the way urbanites everywhere commute, shop, exercise, accessorize, and recreate. In this wickedly funny rant and rave, blogger and cyclist BikeSnobNYC (a.k.a. Eben Weiss) offers a unique look at the ins and outs of cycling, from its history and hallmarks to its wide range of unique practitioners. He spares no one, not even himself, as he lampoons the missteps, pretensions, and absurdities of “bike culture” all the while maintaining a contagious enthusiasm for cycling itself. Eben Weiss is the blogger behind bikesnob.blogspot.com. The Bike Snob book tour is brought to you by KNOG. Join BikeSnobNYC at The powerHouse Arena for a chance to win a bike lover’s prize pack! Featuring cool products and cycling gear from KNOG and other companies.

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What would New York City look like if it were made out of LEGO pieces? In I LEGO N.Y. author and award-winning illustrator Christoph Niemann takes us on an imaginative journey through the five boroughs, stopping to sight-see and grab a bite to eat along the way. This will be Niemann’s only I LEGO N.Y. event in New York!

Niemann’s inspiration to create a series of miniature New York vignettes came from his sons’ toys during a few cold and dark winter days in Berlin. The ex-pat New Yorker then posted photographs of his creations along with his handwritten captions on his celebrated New York Times blog. Resident and honorary New Yorkers around the world responded enthusiastically to the clever and minimalist inventions, which captured both the iconic (the Empire State Building) and the mundane (man standing on a subway platform) in fewer pieces then one might think possible. Continue reading “I LEGO N.Y. by Christoph Niemann” »

powerHouse Books is pleased to celebrate the publication of The Brooklyn Navy Yard, the first monograph by photographer John Bartelstone, with an accompanying exhibition of photographic prints at The powerHouse Arena. On Wednesday, March 24, from 7-9PM, our opening reception and book launch party will feature a discussion between Bartelstone and Thomas Roma, Director of Photography at Columbia University. The exhibition runs March 18-April 25, 2010. Continue reading “The Brooklyn Navy Yard Exhibition” »

ALIFE PRESENTS and KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART are proud to announce CLAYTON PATTERSON, L.E.S. CAPTURED, a co-produced exhibition that focuses on Patterson’s 30-year documentation of the dramatically transitioned Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The exhibition features select photographs; a digital showcase of Patterson’s Front Door portraits; “The Documentarian”, a short from the widely acclaimed recent feature-length documentary, Captured, a film by Ben Solomon, Dan Levin, Jenner Furst. Continue reading “Clayton Patterson: L.E.S. Captured” »

powerHouse Books is pleased to launch The Taqwacores: Muslim Punk in the USA by photographer Kim Badawi, and The powerHouse Arena is opening an accompanying exhibition in conjunction with its publication. Our opening reception and book launch party on Thursday, September 17, from 7-9PM, will feature a live performance by Boston-based Punjabi-taqwacore punk band The Kominas.

Just a few years ago the notion of “taqwacore,” a Muslim subgenre of punk rock, existed only as an inspired fiction. Writer Michael Muhammad Knight coined the term for his novel The Taqwacores, the story of a Muslim punk house in Buffalo, NY, which Knight initially distributed from the back of his car in DIY Xerox format. In time, the book found legitimate distribution and garnered supporters, even inspiring the first woman-led prayer of a mixed-gender congregation in the United States in 2005. But something far grander was in the works; unbeknownst to Knight, a real Muslim punk scene was starting to emerge, based on the one he had imagined for the book.  Continue reading “The Taqwacores: Muslim Punk in the USA” »

“I had the immense opportunity to see this wonderful paper craft art installation by a genius of the name of Wataru Itou, a young student of a major art university here in Tokyo. The installation is hand made over four years of hard work, complete with electrical lights and a moving train, all made of paper! Clearly, this man must have created one of the most stunning examples of Paper Craft in the world? At the exhibition you will also have the chance to see a video showing Mr. Itou at work in his studio, cutting and folding piece by piece. The exhibition is called Umi no Ue no Oshiro (A Castle On the Ocean ), 海の上のお城. It is exhibited at Uminohotaru, a place which in itself is a major attraction: a service area in the middle of the ocean, right between Tokyo City and Chiba Prefecture. If you haven’t checked it out yet, use Google Earth for a close up of what is probably the weirdest parking lot in the world. Well, it’s more than a parking lot actually, but I am saving a more detailed description along with photos for another post. For now, enjoy this wonderful work of art!”

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