project:gallery is proud to announce, ‘While Tides Guide you back Home’, a solo exhibition from artist Edwin Ushiro. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, and will include his first integrated installation.

The concept for while tides guide you back home is inspired by Edwin Ushiro’s feelings of regret and remorse for leaving his native Hawaii. Often wondering how life would have been different had he remained on Maui, Ushiro creates a body of work evoking childhood memories real and imagined. He portrays these moments through dreamlike sequences where he re-writes and re-interprets his own childhood memories.

The works in this solo exhibition are a cohesive series of multimedia paintings that confront both memories of childhood and stories of Hawaiian folklore. Ushiro utilizes some truly unique artistic techniques, a fusion of traditional and digital. Ushiro incorporates paint, ink, iron transfers, fabric and other materials into his work in order to achieve the desired moods and emotions.

The unique emotion and techniques that make up Ushiro’s work have turned him into one of the most buzz-worthy emerging artists working today. With several recent magazine interviews and shows booked into 2009 from New York to Los Angeles and appearances coming at Art Basel, Ushiro has become one of the most talked about artists in the new contemporary movement.

The show opens Saturday, July 12th 2008. Check project:gallery for more details.

Logan Hicks’ new solo exhibition will open at The Black Rat Press gallery in London on Thursday, July 3rd. Six months in the making, the exhibition will feature over 30 of Logan’s vividly intricate stencil pieces plus a new body of photographic work. News via Workhorse Visuals.

A Solo show by Logan Hicks

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Black Rat Press

Thru Cargo Garden

Arch 461

83 Rivington Street

London EC2A 3AY

Tel: +44 (0) 207 613 7200 

Having seen a glimpse of this sneaker earlier in the year it is welcoming news that this Nike and Kaws Air Force 1 is part of the much talked about 1World project. The Nike Sportswear project which continues to celebrate the Air Force 1 and created in partnership with global innovators in the fields of sport, music, art & design has already seen some impressive sneakers release with the likes of the Nitro Microphone piece. Much more to come from the 1World collection which entails 18 names and 8 months worth of releases of the Air Force 1 once again exploring new territory.

Thanks to Kaws for the info.

As a part of Visionaire’s 75th anniversary publication, they have collaborated with Lacoste to present issue 54 SPORT, their first wearable publication.

’Using advanced printing technologies, Visionaire produces full-coverage, full-color, photographically-printed Lacoste polo shirts featuring artwork by photographers Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin with M/M (Paris), Phil Poynter; artists Thomas Demand, Thomas Ruff, T.J. Wilcox; designer Karl Lagerfeld; filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar; musicians David Byrne, Michael Stipe; and painter Richard Phillips.

SPORT is produced as four different sets, each containing three printed Lacoste polo shirts embedded within its pages: one large, one medium, and one small, as well as a book featuring all twelve images.’

Visionaire has really redefined the publication medium in recent times, moving away from the traditional print method to produce exceptional issues that take physical forms.  For more details on issue 54,have a look at their website here. Or take a look at the images below.

Info: Visionaire via Selectism

A5 Magazine is a printed black and white magazine from Tel-Aviv, Israel that presents works by artists and designers from Israel and abroad. Each issue deals with a particularly chosen theme. Now on their fifth issue, A5’s past themes have respectively been: Beginning, Future, Obsession, Portrait, and Future; their next issue will focus on Sex.  For more info check thea5magazine.com

info via juxtapoz.com

‘The Young And The Banging’ is a new book brought to us by the people at LAGirlsNY and publishing company OH-WOW. Looking at the next crop of creative talent out of NYC, 15 inspirational young women were chose and asked to profile their peers, an oppurtunity to maybe find who’ll be running NYC in years to come.

"Inspired by both the traditional American high school yearbook and Ezra Petronio’s yearbook, “Bold and Beautiful”, The Young and the Banging is the very first ever co-created yearbook dedicated to the new wave of young, cool and creative youth in downtown NYC.

Made possible by LAGIRLSNY, a female focused lifestyle group and OH-WOW! publishing house."

News from AnyOneGirl via LAGirlsNY.

Here are some more great stills from the soon releasing video zine Duffed Out, compiled by Timothy Walkiewicz. Having already seen some great pieces of this video zine it is great to see resident New Yorkers Krink and Irak make an appearance. Take a look through all the images below and be sure to get your hands on the DVD come release.

Jenny Scott and Elle Azhdari are two of London’s sassiest girls, running an independent agency called Checkinit with services in art direction, graphic design and trend-spotting.  Their work has produced corporate branding, logo design, video, website direction, fashion editorials, installations and events. With a unique approach to their ideas, they breathe their personalities and energies into each project they work on, culminating in a definite stamp of the Checkinit  attitude; bold, playful, intelligent and without compromise.

"Trumbo is a documentary of the life and times of Dalton Trumbo who defied the Hollywood system and became a martyr of Joseph McCarthy’s Hollywood Black List during the communist witch hunts of the 1950’s." This amazing story has all the makings for a must see, so take a look at the trailor below and get a feel for this interesting character. 

Thanks to Jack Heller for the info.

Right Brain Terrain’s work has a very unique yet classic feel which boads well as they work on many mediums of art. Their latest move has seen some of their great AMP (alternative motivation posters) into Desktop Wallpapers. Take a closer look below and go through the Right Brain Terrins’s website for many more interesting works.

Thansk to NotCot for the info.