MWM : Crystals & Lasers. Exhibition & Artwork Photos. My month in Paris, things seen and places been, behind the scenes in my painting laboratory, the mural, the awesome opening reception, and the 17 new canvas paintings.
I am very pleased with how the canvases turned out. A clear evolution from my Parallel Universe Series (June 2009 : Sao Paulo, Brazil) but still with the scrambled vision, hypercolors, and op-art zing. All I do is daydream about where to go next with this style. No Ceilings!
Show runs through March 12th. Swing through and please pass the word to friends in France and beyond. View Slideshow.
Kdu fam, you get it first. I designed these decks over the holidays as my first project for my pkin art endeavor. I basically pulled elements from every part of my life as positive inspiration, friends family etc. and got it out onto these decks in my signature style. I will be selling them in the next few weeks once i get a store up and figured out. Ill keep everyone posted. Enjoy!
New issue of Dazed is out now, and alongside the main issue with my We Are The World feature as part of the Hecuba threads piece upfront (download and read here) we are celebrating the very best in Contemporary Chinese Creative music, art, photography and film. Dazed & Confused and Tiger beer collaborate on a cover mount magazine which I came on as the project editor.
Writing features and interviews with Howie B, White and Sa DingDing, photographers Madi Ju, Li Wei and Kai Z Feng, artists Gayle Chong Kwan, Suki Chan and Gordon Cheung and filmmaker and novelist Xiaolu Guo. I also put together a restaurant guide and culture/history spots for London, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Brighton, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds’s Chinatowns. Big thanks to the reviewers and photographers who got involved up and down the UK.
Download the full Dazed X Tiger magazine here.
Spreads after the jump…
Here is a little interview with my ex-partner, Damon Dash I arranged with Dazed and Confused.
Thanks Terrence for doing such a great job, Phil Knott for shooting the original images and Mr. Bevans for connecting the dots.
Dame Dash Talks Exclusively
The hip hop mogul returns in 2010 with a Warholian flair
Interview on DAZEDDIGITAL.COM
Contemporary cuisine and modern art! An exquisite lunch at The Modern with Collectrium President, Boris Pevzner, overlooking MoMA’s sculpture garden dusted in snow: Pheasant Soup with Black Truffle Gelée and Pomegranate followed by the Red Beet Risotto with Flounder Carpaccio and Gold Leaf (depicted), finished with the Baba Grand Marnier, Roasted Mango, Vanilla Ice Cream and Lime Sabayon.
KJ Baysa presents Ali Hossaini and SWEATSHOPPE (Bruno Levy/Blake Shaw) at the
Ise Cultural Foundation, 555 Broadway below Prince, Thursday 18 March, 6-8PM.
An after blockparty ensues to benefit nearby White Box at 329 Broome below Delancey, 9-2AM.
MWM : Crystals & Lasers
Since Upian Gallery (ROJO). Paris, France.
05.02.2010 – 12.03.2010 *SHOW OPENS THIS FRIDAY AT 6:00 PM
An ambitious creative spirit, MWM (Matt W. Moore) has traveled to Paris for one month to prepare, from scratch, for his first Paris Solo-Exhibition. He arrived with no art, no supplies, and no firm plan for this new series of canvas paintings. The ideas for the artworks have actualized while processing time spent absorbing French Culture, exploring this Mega-City, the vibrant colors, the exaggerated geometry, and the diverse architecture and fashion of Paris.
The “MWM : Crystals & Lasers” Series explores and celebrates the convergence of his dedication to various disciplines of design and fine art. The paintings were created entirely with spray paint, one of Matt’s favorite mediums. But the designs are very clean, and appear almost digital in their precise details and craft. An honest, analog attempt to achieve the same depth and abstract geometry of his digital “Vectorfunk” style. The goal with each work is to have the viewers eye fall into the piece and get lost in the optical illusions, trying to figure out what is up, down, left, and right. Welcome to the Future!
This is my personal project.
My first post on the KDU 2010.
This is a tiny cut from one of the new sets of works underway, titled ‘Disharmonious’.
Minga’s giant limited edition giclee print. 1 of 5 at this size, mounted and hung behind plexi, photos here don’t do it justice. will be available for purchase soon! i’ll keep you posted. thanks
An American Self-Portrait Series
~chris jordan, Seattle, 2008
“Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something . . . and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of [them].
This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. Employing themes such as the near versus the far, and the one versus the many, I hope to raise some questions about the roles and responsibilities we each play as individuals in a collective that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.”
Barbie Dolls, 2008
60″ x 80″
Depicts 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006.
Detail at actual print size
Special Thanks to:
Brian Patrick and to Major Model Management
#3. “Who’s gonna eat my soup?”*
*This picture is inspired by Gnarls Barkley’s song “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”.
I’ve been working on it about six months, from August 2009 til January 2010. The biggest challenge was to organize the process without getting lost in the details.
Initially I planned to finish this work in November 2009, but then I decided to use calligraphy with Blackletter type or Gothic scripts. I’ve spent most of the December on studying different Latin-based scripst used in Medieval Europe and trying them out. Luckily, it turned out to be an interesting and exciting task. Very soon I chose a technique that suited me best. ^^
Format: Poster;
Client: Self-Promotion;
Technique: Hand-drawn, Gel Ink Pen, colored in Photoshop;
2009-2010.
To see the full image – behance.net
Another Great project from NYC fashion designer, Alex Campaz
We are happy to present you with the S/S 2010 collection of a new unisex clothing label, Grapes and Snakes. Taking a distinct approach to cut and stitched tees by using a blend of provocative iconography from the 1970’s and patterned motifs, Grapes and Snakes plans to develop an aesthetic verging on the sensual and the modern with a minimalist touch.
http://www.vimeo.com/6458092
The LAB (for installation + performance art), in association with SLAG Gallery, has been converted by Grimanesa Amorós into ”LA INCUBADORA”, which will be featuring “You Cannot Feel It…I Wish You Could” a sculpture installation arising out of her personal experiences during and immediately following her pregnancy with her daughter Shammiel. The installation explores the interplay between biology and society and particularly the concept of male pregnancy.
BTW, statistics have it that on the average, 25,000 people pass by this corner of Lexington Avenue and 47th Street each day.
