Bring the world with you

Yeah! Issue Two is finally here.

As she is a babe of gargantuan breadth, I will be awaiting this Rita Ackermann short that is also promising soundtrack…

His bad-boy antics made him a regular on the gossip page circuit, but the fashion designer Kai Kühne, formerly a member of the artsy quartet known as As Four (now known as Three as Four), seems to be making a serious comeback this season. His recent collection that he showed during New York fashion week was applauded for its expert tailoring and razor-sharp silhouettes. We caught up with him to learn about his latest project.

The day I left for Paris fashion week, I organized a video shoot with my friend and collaborator Marcelo Krasilcic. This shoot was to be a follow-up to the video we made with Chloë Sevigny a few seasons back. (Ed Note: It’s pretty amazing.)

I found my new muse in the artist Rita Ackermann — she has great style, is so creative, and she is so sexy. She even recorded a few musical tracks to sing during our shoot, which are beyond amazing. I can’t get her voice out of my head.

Read more here.
Via The Moment

After much talk of his models after his Paris show this past Monday, it is a disappointing/surprising rumour that Martin Margiela might be leaving his own fashion house, Masion Martin Margiela:

The big rumor floating around the Paris shows this week is that Martin Margiela, the influential and enigmatic designer, is preparing his final disappearing act. Over the last year, Mr. Margiela, known as fashion’s “Invisible Man” because he never gives interviews and has rarely been photographed, has told colleagues that he wants to stop designing and that he has begun a search for his successor at the house…

Read more here.

“Award winning Berlin based artist Natascha Stellmach has acquired the ashes of Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain.”

Three months ago Kurt Cobain’s ashes were stolen from Courtney Love’s place. At the time it seemed as though the urn in which they were contained had been mistaken for something valuable by crooks who, no doubt, disposed of it when they realised it was full of ashen smackhead. But apparently not! No, according to a press release which arrived in my mail box today, the theft of the ashes was actually a bespoke crime, carried out for the good of conceptual art… read more here.

In fact, she has rolled Cobain’s dust into a spliff and promises to smoke it at the culmination of her exhibition Set Me Free at the Gallerie Wagner + Partner in Berlin…“This final act”, Stellmach says, “will release Cobain from the media circus and into the ether”.

VIA Viceland

Jonathan Meese, “Ezra Pound”

Jonathan Meese first gained international recognition at the inaugural Berlin Biennial in 1998. Working in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, video and performance, Meese’s work creates bizarre worlds where historical figures and narratives intertwine in a helter-skelter blender with totally random pop cultural references.

For his first performance in Canada, Meese has conceived of a puppet show, The Humpty Dumpty Revolution of Dictatorship of Art. The event will take place on Saturday, October 4th at the Powerplant Contemporary Gallery .

Via Busy P

“One of my favorite whiskies this season was a fairly new release from Wild Turkey. No, that’s not a misprint. I’ve blocked out the bad spring-break memories when I overindulged on shots of Turkey. This 100-proof, fifteen-year-old bourbon was created by the brand’s master distiller Jimmy Russell and his son Eddie, and the multigenerational effort paid off in one supersmooth bourbon with just a hint of spice. Perfect for sipping on a chilly, almost-spring night.”

$125 at LeNell’s, 416 Van Brunt St. nr Van Dyke St., Brooklyn; 718-360-0838.

Via Best Bets Daily (nymag.com)

“I brush my hair with a metal brush held in my right hand and simultaneously comb my hair with a metal comb held in my left hand. While so doing, I continuously repeat ‘Art must be beautiful’, ‘Artist must be beautiful’, until I have destroyed my hair and face.”

As a follow-up to Marc’s crush on performance artist goddess Marina Abramovic, here’s an excerpt from one of my favourite videos, “Art must be beautiful”.

It’s rockabilly meets negligee meets… The Ring? Granted that it’s not as boring and almost stereotypical as the men’s collection for Comme de Garcons, but it still comes as a disappointment for lady CGG fans who weren’t looking for two levels of meta-layering on its runway. It’s like Valentines Day all season long! And I’m questioning its value.

Seriously, though, this was Kawakubo in one of her more skittish moods. As she put it, “There’s value in bad taste, too. This is Comme des Garçons bad taste.”

Via Style.com