Father and son have a show together at KNOWN gallery LA:

Known Gallery

STEVE OLSON

"My Art gives contemporary art a juvenile delinquent phase. Its
self-made style icons gleefully trashed conventions of beauty and
society while pick pocketing from the coolest underground styles and
beliefs of the previous centuries..." Steve Olson

Steve Olson, a pro skateboarder in the 70s and 80s and prominent
figure in the L.A. and San Francisco Punk Rock scene, creates Post
Modern work that weaves narrative themes of capitalism, pop culture,
social decay, and modern banality with the energy and fun of early
Punk. Steve Olson's work confronts and undermines the way society
constructs and imposes a traditional hierarchy of cultural values and
meanings by critiquing contemporary society and our relationship with
it. The artwork explores power and the way economic and social forces
exert that power by shaping the identities of individuals and culture.
Questioning the nature and extent of our freedom his art challenges
our acquiescence to authority and conventional thought.

Bold imagery, layered texture, deconstructed material and a playful
relationship between art, language and meaning gives this thoughtful
work a dimension beyond its visual impact.

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ALEX OLSON

www.olsonstuff.com

Party time in Wynwood for Art Basel.   All images by Cara Bloch.

It's white hot this week in the Magic City of Miami, where the world's most influential art fairs, galleries, curators, buyers, collectors, artists and enthusiasts have gathered. We're heating it up at SCOPE, the premier showcase for emerging contemporary art, which opens to the public today so be sure to check out our featured artists at the exclusive Artists Wanted booth! You are also invited to join us at the highly anticipated SCOPE Miami party (hosted by Artists Wanted). Hope to see you there!
    
   
SCOPE Miami Party Hosted by Artists Wanted
You are invited to the Artists Wanted + SCOPE Miami Party. You know the moment. It's the one that stays with you long after it happens. It comes at events with a rare balance of artistry, intrigue and a feverish excitement born from the unexpected. Featuring select talent from Miami and New York City including Afrobeta, Ess & Emm, Danny Daze, Dhundee, Mike Deuce, DJ Healer and Gamelatron. This moment is brought to you by Artists Wanted and Flavorpill Miami, Thursday December 2nd, 7pm - 5am

You know we love Kaws here at Lipsticktracez.    I first met him 13 years ago at a collector's house and he was telling me about breaking into the bus shelters at night with his Calvin Klein posters.   He's been a sweetie pie ever since.  

Now Nova has started collecting him.

Kaws party at Standard in conjunction with Rizzoli and the Aldrich Museum.     If you are in Art Basel check it out.

 NO AGE, SHEPARD FAIREY, G. LOVE, NINJASONIK, and more to perform at FOUNTAIN MIAMI 2010

Art sensory overload in effect as highly anticipated live music performances at Fountain Miami are announced!


Dates: December 2nd-5th, 2010
Location: 2505 N. Miami Ave at the corner of 25th St., Miami, FL


November 22, 2010 (New York, NY) Fountain Art Fair, the installation-based exhibition of avant-garde galleries and art collectives, returns for its 5th year during the Art Basel weekend in Miami.  Fountain Art Fair has earned its reputation as the go-to venue for discovering innovative art while enjoying live music entertainment and performance art during the Art Basel weekend.
 
In celebration of Fountain's dedication to various forms of art, a showcase of live musical performances will be held on the front lawn. Performances will include indie noise rock band NO AGE, G. LOVE of G. Love and the Special Sauce, NINJASONIK, DJ Lauren Flax, DJ Kimyon, and a special DJ performance by SHEPARD FAIREY.  Located at 2505 N. Miami Ave at the corner of 25th St., Fountain Art Fair will be open everyday to the public at 11am and will remain open on Friday and Saturday nights until 12am for special live performances. Open Bar courtesy of Rums of Puerto Rico and Famosa Beer.

Fountain Miami 2010 exhibitors include Christina Ray , Front Room, Steven Gagnon, Leo Kesting, McCaig-Welles, Bego Art Project, Causey Contemporary,  Jeanine Taylor Art Gallery,  Cherie Dacko, Evo Love, Allison Berkoy, Greg Haberny, Philip Simmons, We-Are-Familia, The Murder Lounge, No Agenda Collective, Thaddeus Kwiat Projects, Wet Heat Project, Alice Chilton Gallery, Tinca Art, Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, Susan Radau, Lindsey Brooke Wilner, and highly anticipated immersive video art projects presented by DCKT Contemporary.  As logistical partners to the art fair, international art handlers Hedley's Inc. will assist galleries in producing their large-scale installations.

Grace Exhibition Space, in conjunction with the Alice Chilton Gallery, will have 10 artists from around the world performing during the weekend's evening events. Caveman robots and the full scale destruction of a car will be primary artist performances.  Artists will include Adina and Ariel Bier, Erik Hokanson, Jason Bell and the Estonian Art Group Non Grata,Sarah Troche, Quinn Dukes Marni Kotak, Kikuko Tanaka and Hiroshi Shafer.

Visitors entering the front lawn of the Fountain Art Fair space will be blown away with a 125 foot long street art installation by Chris Stain, Dick Chicken, Gaia and Know Hope.  Additional street artists will be announced shortly.
 
This year the Fountain Art Fair's exhilarating line up of events is supported by the Miami New Times, alongside other sponsoring partners including 90.5 WVUM FM, Juxtapoz Magazine, FILTER Magazine, Gawker Artists, YELP, PKG Graphics, and Downing Frames. The VIP/Press Preview on Thursday, 12/02, will be hydrated by Brooklyn Brewery, while complimentary drinks for the remainder of the weekend will be provided by Rums of Puerto Rico, Famosa Beer, and Blu Energy Drink. Smartwater will be hydrating the galleries and artists throughout the entire weekend and Tropical Tacos will be serving up tastey gourmet mexican food to the general public.

December 2nd-5th, 2010
2505 N. Miami Ave at the corner of 25th St., Miami, FL
Entry fee: $10

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Thursday, December 02
11am - 6pm: VIP/Press Preview
                    Open to the Public
                  
Friday, December 03
11am - Midnight: Open to the Public
7pm - Midnight: Reception for the Artist

Performances by:
DJ Kimyon
Supporting Band (TBA)

DJ Lauren Flax
NO AGE

Saturday, December 04
11am- Midnight: Open to the Public
7pm -  Midnight: Miami New Times Event

Performances by:
DJ Lauren (WVUM 90.5)
Celine and the Hellbillies
Ninjasonik Live
G. LOVE of G. Love and the Special Sauce
*Special Music Performance by Shepard Fairey

Sunday, December 05
11am- 7pm: Open to the Public
4pm - 7pm: Live Silk Screening Closing Event, DJ (TBA)




The Fountain experience is enhanced this year with a completely redesigned website and extensive new media features at http://fountainexhibit.com . The site includes video and photo documentation of past events along with social media tools for real-time coverage. Follow @fountainartfair on Twitter for the latest news.

Exhibitor applications are closed for Miami 2010. Galleries and art collectives may visit the website to apply for the  Fountain New York 2011 application online.
                                

Calendar

October 2010

October 30-31: MOVE!

Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM

MOVE! is a two-day event merging the worlds of fashion and art through the collaboration of designers and artists, organized by V Magazine's Cecilia Dean and style journalist David Colman. There will be performances and temporary installations presented throughout the building from each of the collaborating designers and artists. Artists and designers include: Kalup Linzy and Diane Von Furstenberg; Rob Pruitt and Marc Jacobs; Terence Koh and Italo Zucchelli (Calvin Klein Collection); Tauba Auerbach and Ohne Titel; Olaf Breuning and Cynthia Rowley; Brody Condon and Rodarte; Rashaad Newsome and Alexander Wang; Dan Colen and Proenza Schouler; David Blaine and Adam Kimmel; Jonah Bokaer and Narciso Rodriguez; CHERYL and American Apparel; and Ryan McNamara and Robert Geller; and TELFAR + Lizzie Fitch, Rhett LaRue, Fatima Al Qadiri, Ryan Trecartin, and Leilah Weinraub.

MOVE! is part of MoMA PS1's Free Space initiative where artists, collectives, and nonprofit arts institutions are invited to make collaborative use of MoMA PS1's gallery space for events, rehearsals, and other live presentations.

OLAF BREUNING AND CYNTHIA ROWLEY FOR MOVE! AT MOMA PS1 from V Magazine on Vimeo.

Guests at the Marcel Breuer-designed museum on the Upper East Side began the evening sipping Veuve Clicquot and nibbling on cones of yellowtail sashimi, while art stars like Chuck Close and Jeff Koons reminisced about past shows. (article by Sarah Maslin for the New York Times)  Photos by Michael Nagle.

"I hung next to all my heroes," said Mr. Close, recalling his debut at the old Whitney Annual show. The Biennial now? "An emerging artist ghetto," he joked.

But the Brutalist-style ziggurat is now deemed too small for future Chuck Closes, so the museum needed to raise millions for its big move.

Established artists mixed easily with celebrities like Claire Danes, Bergdorf Blondes and art patronesses, about 30 of whom wore striking column dresses by Akris, each one a riff on a similar gown. There was a Cinderella twist: the gowns were loaners that would be shipped back to Akris's offices in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

There was also a sprinkling of pop artists. John Legend looked dapper in charcoal gray. Tony Bennett arrived in a sharkskin-like suit, and pointed out that six of his paintings hang in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection. He said he sings, rather than paints, because "I had to make a living."

In the Peter Norton Family Galleries-turned-dining room, guest sat at tables that went for up to $75,000, under alabaster Venetian glass chandeliers and hovering panels of kaleidoscopic video installations by the artist C. E. B. Reas. It looked like Biennial meets Boom Boom Room.

(images from the New York Times) all images shot by Michael Nagle.

Written by Jori Finkel for the Los Angeles Times.

It was not your usual scene from "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." In a crimson gown by Georges Hobeika, Kim Kardashian was touring the new Renzo Piano-designed Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. After posing on the red carpet, she tweeted, "I'm at the most magnificent masquerade ball at the LACMA Museum!" to some 5 million followers.

Welcome to gala season in the art world, the time when L.A.'s leading museums roll out red carpets and stage black-tie parties to raise money -- and their public profiles. Last month LACMA grossed nearly $5 million with an event that drew Kardashian, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Teri Hatcher and Christina Aguilera, who also performed. This month the Hammer Museum raised $1.3 million with a festive dinner (minus the red carpet) co-chaired by Will Ferrell, where Jane Fonda introduced honoree Alice Waters. And the Museum of Contemporary Art takes the stage Nov. 13, with artist Doug Aitken choreographing the activities and actresses Chloë Sevigny and Sandra Oh expected to attend.

For years, museum leaders here would commiserate with one another, if not publicly, about the lack of philanthropy coming from Hollywood. The industry has its share of contemporary art collectors, and filmmakers are visual artists in their own right, the thinking goes, so why aren't they supporting the visual arts in their own backyard?

Bill Daniel's awesome collection of films and finds.  Check it out.

More info @  http://thislosangeles.com/

Posted by Dan Monick

Most people don't remember their first Fashion's Night Out--and with good reason. More than 800 retailers stayed open late to support and celebrate the fashion industry over a soundtrack of corks popping, Belve flowing, and text messages calling in sick flying to bosses. If this year's Fall Fashion Week, expected to be the largest public fashion show to date, with more than 150 top models stalking the runways and seats for more than 1,500 spectators, is any indication, Fashion's Night Out is equally going to be one for the books. 

 By Jimmy Im for Blackbook Magazine

For one night only on September 10th, New York City's local retailers will stay open late, hosting unique in-store events, DJs, customized cocktails, fashionistas galore, celebrity appearances, and more--and there are almost a thousand stores participating. Also during this time, NYC & Company is partnering with 40 fashionable hotels to show visitors the couture side of the city. Deals include discounted rates, gift cards, continental breakfasts, complimentary cocktails, and Fashion's Night Out apparel and canvas tote bags for shopping sprees the night of. Participating hotels include Fashion 26, Hudson New York, and The Pierre New York (a Taj hotel), among other distinctive hotels. The streets will be flooded with fashionable crowds all evening, so please don't wear your Tevas.