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On the shore of Utah s Great Salt Lake, a strange, almost-supernatural coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide can be seen. Its form seems cosmic, but its origins are entirely human. It is probably one of the most well-known land artworks to date: Robert Smithson s Spiral Jetty. Consisting primarily of black basalt rocks and salt crystals (as the lake is aptly named), this work changes with the water levels and will be experienced differently depending on the time of day. You can even view this work from the airplane if you are flying into Salt Lake airport. Spiral Jetty is one of many monumental works of art that started cropping up in the 1960s and 70s. Artist of the Land Art movement were using nature not only as a source of inspiration, but as a part of the artwork itself. Some of these works are temporary and others are permanent but what unites each of them is their use of the environment around them within their work.
4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Hassan Hajjaj’s “My Rockstars”; Hanne Darboven’s matrix of digits; Patty Chang’s list of fears; and Rachel Rossin’s painting-projection blends.
Hassan Hajjaj’s “Afrikan Boy Sittin’,” from 2013/1434 (Gregorian/Hijri), in the show “My Rockstars.”Credit.Hassan Hajjaj and Yossi Milo Gallery
May 13, 2021
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Hassan Hajjaj, who was born in Morocco and raised in London, came into photography by way of streetwear and music promotion, and you can see it in the explosively joyful color portraits of “My Rockstars.” Hajjaj shoots outside, but stages every visual detail, from the vibrant textile backdrops to the eye-popping bespoke outfits, and his subjects are performers like Cardi B and the Nigerian-born English rapper Afrikan Boy he happens to know or be friendly with. For his camera, they pose with a winning innocence, like children very serious about playing dress up. Each image is framed in a custom shelving unit that h
Gucci Spring/Summer 2019Photography by Glen Luchford
Continuing in its centenary celebrations, Gucci reveals that its upcoming show will be held in the City of Angels
May 10, 2021
2021 is an important year for
Gucci, marking the Italian house’s 100th birthday. Not one to turn down the opportunity for a celebration, creative director Alessandro Michele has already marked the occasion with a bang – last month he revealed his internet-breaking
Aria collection, which, presented via a short film, saw an unprecedented fusion of the brand’s codes with those of another label: Balenciaga.
While details of Gucci’s next collection remain firmly under wraps, the house has today announced that the show will take place in Los Angeles, this November, coinciding with the LACMA Art+Film Gala, of which Gucci is the founding sponsor.
Scheduled for November 3, Alessandro Michele and co. are set to land on the country’s west coast, slap bang in the middle of Los Angeles. It marks the first time the house will show in America since 2015, when Gucci took over New York’s Dia-Art Foundation, and follows last year’s ill-fated attempt to present a collection in San Francisco in the early days of the pandemic.
Further details are slim right now given there’s still six and a half long months until the event kicks off – will we see Harry Styles swagger down the runway? Will the Balenciaga ‘contamination’ get a second-coming? Your guess is as good as ours. Mark the date in your diary, and watch this space – and in the meantime, revisit Michele’s latest collection in the gallery above.