New Paintings by Miltos Manetas

2 dictionaries

Vincent Gallo and cable

IN THE COUNTRY (TOM TOM GPS), 2007

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Angelo Saw

LA based artist Mindy Shapero at the Breeder projects

ThreeAsFour perfomance at Ileana Tounta

Geraldo de Barros

l-r: Electra de Barros, Adelina Von Furstenberg, Elza Pereira do Valle Delduque

l-r: Lenora de Barros, Adelina Von Furstenberg, Fabiana de Barros

Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998) is one of the most notable brazilian artists. He is also one of the pioneers of abstract photography in Brazil and one of the founders of "Grupo Ruptura" which follows the theoretical principles of international Concrete art. His latest solo show is on at the Galeria Brito Cimino in Sao Paolo.

Today in Athens at Benaki Museum: Paper Fashion

Promotional paper dress of Universal Studios

My ripping girl animation

The biggest collection of Paper dresses opens today in a show called RRRIPP!!! at the Benaki museum in Athens. The collection includes works by Andy Warhol, Helmut Lang, Hussein Chalayan, John Galliano. Apart from the original 60's collection, the curator Vassilis Zidianakis and director of the non-profit Atopos has asked new fashion designers and artists to create something of their own inspired by the dresses in the collection. New creations include fashion designers Rick Owens , Sophia Kokosalaki, Bas Kosters, Angelos Bratis and artists Bob Wilson, Irini Miga , Jannis Varelas etc. I participate in this show with an animation called Ripping Girl (see photo above). Unfortunately I miss the opening tonight. More info here

Maria Papadimitriou and Architecture

Maria Papadimitriou is an artist that merged architecture and art in a project called "Novocomun on wheels" a mobile model building of 6 meters. The building is based on the modernist building of Como called Novocomun by architect Terragni and it is on display 25th of March at the Borgovico 33 museum in Como, Italy.

AllDayDoingNothing at Night

Our room was right underneath her legs

At the square with Sylvia Kouvali and Andreas Angelidakis

I can spend all night doing nothing watching the view of Istanbul....

Athens Biennial conference

If you are in Athens this weekend, the 1st Athens Biennial 2007 Conference is titled Prayer for (Passive?) Resistance. It will be held on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2007 at the fabulous old parliament building. It is open to the public but be early because there are 230 seats. More info here

The Pirate by Annika Larsson

New york based artist Annika Larsson has created the video inspired by the swedish torrent site PirateBay.org. The video was filmed 1st of May 2006 in Stockholm Sweden during a manifestation by the swedish anti-copyright movements (Piratbyran and Piratpartiet).

The Pirates of the Internet

Mai Ueda and Tobias Bernstrup are joining forces to create a perfomance duo called "The Pirates of the Internet". The amazing duo has already created a MySpace profile page here on which you can hear and download their first song called Pirates of the Internet. This has to become the theme song of the swedish torrent site Pirate Bay BIG TIME! I will be righT back with more art inspired by The Pirates. Related links Mai Ueda and Tobias Bernstrup

Gelitin perfomance at Deitch

Fashion week in NYC. Last Saturday's big dinner at Deitch projects with Gelitin perfoming. More on Slava Mogutin's blog

4 am at the Palace

This is my new piece 4amAtThePalace.com

Collateral opening:When Art looks at Cinema

an extract from Dimitris Kozaris' piece

Artists: Brice Dellsperger, Matthia Muller, Thomas G, Clements von Wedemeyer

Here with Adelina Von Furstenberg and Andreas

Collateral exhibition is a group show that explores the relationship between art and cinema. It is taking place inside the Pirelli village called Hangar Bicoca a new huge contemporary art space in Milan. It is curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg of Art For the World organisation in collaboration with Andrea Lissoni and Anna Daneri. The exhibition design is made by Andreas and you can see many more shots on his blog here. Some of the artists are Pierre Huyghe with his amazing The Third Memory (more on this soon), Brice Dellsperger, Pierre Bismuth, Mike Kelley, Dimitris Kozaris, Cory Arcangel and Melik Ohanian and more.

A party for Manetas

Miltos Manetas and Priscilla Tea Vaccari

Andreas Angelidakis with party hostess Isabella Blow

Micha Wyatt, Mathiew Copeland and Pablo Leon de la Barra

Jerome Sans with Rebecca Camhi

Andreas Angelidakis and Pablo Leon de la Barra

Audrey Mascina and myself

Gallerists Alex Pollazzon and Pablo Leon de la Barra

Anthony Fawcett

Artist and author Benjamin Loya, Marie and myself

Lovely party organizer David Waddington with party hostess Isabelly Blow

From top to bottom Priscilla Tea Vaccari, Andreas Angelidakis,
playful Rebecca Camhi with Lily Papayianni

Philip Treacy with Pablo Leon de la Barra

Art dealer Aphrodite Gonou and curator Chloe Vaitsos

Margarita Miroyianni and Georgia

Miltos Manetas, Emma Reeves and Tamara Cincik

Bryan Ferry with Miltos Manetas

Tate Modern curator Stuart Comer and curator Francesco Manacorda

David Waddington, Andreas Angelidakis and Isabella Blow

Gallerists Rebecca Camhi and Detmar Blow in the gallery

The intertet paintings in the gallery

Off to London

Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol

The Canary islands Biennial

The PLUG-INN Hotel is a project by Maria Papadimitriou for the Canary Islands Biennial. A biennial about Migratory art and of corrupted spaces. This hotel is one of the series of free hotels that Maria is doing. It is taking place at San Gabriel castle (see photo).It is dedicated to the illegal immigrants of Africa. All the furniture is made from pateras, the boats that can be found abandoned on the shores of the Canary islands. Related link here

Apolis

The drawings of Eleni Kamma

Apolis is a show that has just finished at the Hellenic-American Union space in Athens . It is curated by artist Kostis Velonis. The theme is about citiless "situations" and exiled artistic practises- which I am very identified with. Among from the works of Nikos Alexiou (upcoming Venice Biennial Greek participation), Andreas Angelidakis, Dimitris Foutris, Alexis Akrithakis, I want to include some drawings of Eleni Kamma which I wanted to write from long time now. Her drawings are inspired by architectural plans, children's books and decorative tapestry composed by baroque structures.

A video from Anathena

Lily and Daphne with Manolis Babousis

Andreas, Iliana, a friend, Andreas, Elena

Jeff, Olympia and myself

Yesterday night I went to Deste Foundation to check the small concert in the lobby area of the foundation. It was part of the Anathena show with Lo-Fi and Fantastikoi Hxoi on the decks. I had the chance finally to take some videos of the show. After Deste we went to 2 magazine parties downtown Athens. One is called Mother and the other is Velvet.

An animation in Iceland

A beautiful projection on the facade of the Icelandic Parliament by Andrew Burgess

IS ERROR SUPERIOR TO THE ART? About Anathena tonight at Deste

A discussion that dominated blogs finally in reality:

"IS ERROR SUPERIOR TO THE ART?"

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OPEN DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC
Friday 15/12/2006, at 18.00, DESTE Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art

Some artists of the exhibition Anathena discuss about their work and answer your questions. On the decks: Vassilis Botoulas, Stelios Faitakis, Andreas Kassapis, Christos Lialios, Angelo Plessas, Pantelis Pantelopoulos, Stavroula Papadaki, Dimitris Papadatos, Hercules Renieris, Ioakeim Sidiropoulos, b., between others.

On questions: Despina Zefkili (Art critic, Athinorama magazine), and guest moderator to be confirmed…
At the rear: Marina Gioti, Marina Fokidis, Antigoni Leakou, Patricia Giannopoulou

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General Idea

Just found this video about General Idea's show at Kunsthalle Zurich. General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1969 to 1994. Pioneers of conceptual and media-based art in Canada. Both Partz and Zontal died of AIDS in 1994. Bronson continues to work and exhibit as an independent artist, and has placed General Idea's archive at the Library of the National Gallery of Canada. Related Links here

Peter Fischli and David Weiss

After Design museum I went to the Tate Modern and I enjoyed the exhibition of Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. I attach some photos of the series of sculptures Clay figures and always my fave subject: a heels photo.

Tobias Bernstrup in Shanghai

If you happen to be Shanghai, China check out the solo show of Tobias Bernstrup at the Duolun Museum of Modern Art. In his work Tobias is using the visual language of pop culture, video games, Sci-fi, classicism and gothic noir, he has created his own unmistakable stage persona with gender-crossing live performances dressed in elaborate costumes of shiny rubber and heavy make up. In this show creates a thrilling story of two giant praying mantises duking it out over the Oriental Pearl and Jin Mao towers. Check his website here

Panos Tsagaris in Berlin

Paranoid Turnaround: a new piece

These days I am working on new pieces and a new version of my website. This is one of my latest pieces. ParanoidTurnaround.com. Additional programming by Michal Fiala.

The new A issue: Jun Takahashi

The new issue of A magazine is curated by Undercover's Jun Takahashi. The magazine includes an extensive look on his tokyo lab, his stuffed dolls and statues, his designed furniture, his drawings and of course his fashion. There are also some interviews. Here is an extract from his interview to Terry Jones about his last collection:" My first idea was to use just one fabric and one color on the wholebody (wrapped faces too). I thought it would be beautiful, attractive in a way. I am realising recently that people say it's dark, but for me it's beautiful [..]It's romantic, beautiful and also ugly in a way sometimes and all these kind of feelings are finally beautiful in a way." Check his last collection on Style.com here

Neen Poetry by Nikola Tosic

Nikola Tosic is a fellow artist, writer and a poet. He lives between Belgrade and Cape Town, sometimes as a spoiled brat and sometimes as a disciplined triathlon athlete. I consider his writings are very Neen. Last week in Amsterdam he read his last poems. I publish some of them here which the 2 of them were written and improvised while we were chatting on Skype a day so I am just pasting from the chat history (btw bless you Skype!) His site

stanley kubrick

i used to own kubrick.org
and i forgot to renew it
how damn that is
but life goes on
i am still a huge kubrick fan
i have all of his
movies music books
atlhough i did not see
any of his movies
in last three years


raw materials

nose drops are made of noses
toilet paper is made of toilets
riding saddles are made of riders
tooth paste is made of teeth
bathroom doors are made of bathrooms
sport watches are made of sports


webcam

angelo asked me for
hundredth time if i have a webcam
and for hundredth time
i told him i dont have one


neen

i am the most neen person that i have ever met
and using this standard i judge everyone else
of course everyone is inferior to me
when it comes to being neen
some would probably disagree to this
but no one is really sure what neen is
so i win

AngeloSays Carbage Can

Is there something familiar to you on this photo right above? These days I had this idea of bringing AngeloSays logo on Second Life as a garbage can. The piece is located on the front side of the under-construction house that Andreas is designing for us. It is not ready yet and I am still learning how to make sculptures like that but you can have an idea of how it looks or maybe come and empty your trash right there. By the way, a small correction : Blue Boy Bar is not a website (as it appeared on a previous LIFO issue) it is a "real" virtual gay-bar on Second-Life. It is easy to find me there too.

The opening of Anathena

The crowd outside

The fanzine

A cute drawing by Vasilis Botoulas

The Erasers

Andreas is in the house

Daphne Mavrogiorgos avec moi

Artists Foivos Papadopoulos and Marios Perrakis

Artist Dimitris Emmanouil with one of the curators of Anathena Marina Fokidis

Avgoustinos Zenakos and Xenia Kalpaktsoglou,
the 2/3 of the upcoming Athens Biennial

Athens fashion does not exist without Eirinaios, Tilemaxos and Elisavet

Sophia and Maria Ververidis with Andreas Angelidakis

I attach some photos from yesterdays' massive opening of Anathena at Deste Foundation

New York Underground in Tokyo

Richard Hell, Legs McNeil, and Andy Warhol

Deborah Harry, Philadelphia, 1979

New York underground goes to Tokyo for the exhibition Bande á part: New York Underground 60's, 70's, 80's. Organized by Agnes B, the exhibition will be on until November 27th. The photos above are taken by Roberta Bayley. Click for more info here.