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Jorge Pardo (Phaidon) This is the first publication of this scale to cover the artist's work as it explores the relationships of space and utility in art, design and architecture...
Even evanescent events have a kind of art-history pedigree. Dada, the anti-art phenomenon that grew out of disgust with World War I, was as much a café phenomenon as it was an art movement. And more recently there has been Rirkrit Tiravanija, the Thai artist best known for cooking and serving meals for visitors at his gallery shows, at which the art was the shared experience of the meal. To serve and nourish, and to reflect on it while you are doing it, in a world that's gotten used to performance art--maybe that...
...middle-of-the-road approachby dividing the cover in half. Inthe bottom left corner is what looks likean early printing press title page for a Platonictreatise. This apprentice must actuallybe a legitimate philosopher—he’sread Plato. On the upper right, it lookslike a Renaissance artist started makingout with his nude model! Or has hisstatue come to life? Although the alabaster-white woman has fiery red humanhair, she’s without nipples. The paintingbehind them, though, looks rather impressionist.The confusion! What timeperiod will this work actually take placein? Maybe that’s the question...
...Canadianproducer, DJ, and rapper CadenceWeapon (a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton) demonstrateshis talent for layering multiple beatsand lyrics with wit and self-assurance.For those who prefer lyrically sophisticatedrap music to high-end production,“Afterparty Babies” is a must. Reminiscentof the mash-ups of GirlTalk, the deliveryof Minneapolis rap artist POS, and thesocial commentary of an above-averagebackpacker, the album has a unique tonalpalette. He is both self-deprecating andcritical: in his introduction, for example,he calls into question his own unplannedbirth to delegitimize the whole concept ofthe “accidental child?...
...Santogold, perhaps best described as an up-and-comer, is known for her electric beats layered with smooth vocals. While some of her music makes you feel like you’re in a club and on the verge of seizures, her new song, “L.E.S. Artistes,” has a relaxed pace and silky sound. Its video, however, makes you wonder what exactly she was thinking when she made it. It starts with martial images of Santogold on horseback, flanked by two militant looking women in aviators and boots who perform jerky dance moves between close...