Hasta La Ideas

In a well-timed moment of cross-cultural exchange, the Corey Helford Gallery partnered with the Bristol City Museum and Gallery to put on a mega American show at the latter’s space, featuring some of today’s heaviest hitting street, pop and fine artists, including several never-before-seen works. Aptly called “Art From the New World,” the exhibit (opening this Saturday, 15 May 2010) includes work from Ron English (pictured), Gary Baseman, Mark Ryden and Camille Rose Garcia, among others. Check out the slideshow below for more images.

“Like the Arts Decoratif of Paris in 1925 or the bright, poppy England of the 1960s, America is gushing forth a new wave of taste and style born of Pop Iconic culture, expanding American diversity, resistance to the mainstream art world and a need to communicate to an art audience looking for relevance in America’s Age of Uncertainty,” said Corey Helford’s owner and curator, Jan Corey Helford, in a statement.

Buff Monster, in addition to painting murals, built a 15-foot-tall ice cream cone balloon sculpture. Bug-eyed characters from Baseman’s works will attend the opening (pictured above) and mingle with patrons.

Museumgoers can also expect to see Mike Stilkey’s painting done on the spines of 2,000 stacked books and Todd Schorr’s “An Ape Allegory,” a surreal artwork full of creative interpretations (pictured top right). AJ Foski (pictured above), Shag and Kent Williams also make up the lineup of works will be spread throughout the museum.

The show runs through August 22.

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Czech studio H3T architects have hung a sauna beneath a bridge over the river Elbe. (more…)

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pIn 1913, a Dutch businessman named Frits Loeb decided he was going to make his own chairs for his shop in Utrecht. His first five years were so successful that he moved to a larger factory, and from 1918 until today that factory has grown to become the UMS Pastoe Furniture Company./p

pIn addition to chairs and tables they produce a beautiful series of A HREF=”http://www.pastoe.com/en/9-collection/7-cupboards/cl” cupboards/A that caught our eye:/p

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pAnd we especially love their A HREF=”http://www.pastoe.com/en/9-collection/7-cupboards/7-horizontals/pr” Horizontals/A model, with the sideways-sliding faces./p

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pEqually impressive is the company’s philosophy. They have reached nearly 100 years of operation by gradually evolving a sort of laconic and confident style:/p

blockquoteDuring its more than 95 years of existence, Pastoe has learned that slavishly reacting to the latest trends in the market is as nothing compared with the careful and measured evolution of a furniture collection…. For us, innovation is never merely cosmetic, but it’s the next step in refining technologies, enhancing functionality and improving visual and material longevity. Pastoe is fully aware of how valuable history is in responding to the questions the future holds.

pOur key role in the development of Dutch design has always been characterised by sober minimalism. And logical innovation. The very simplicity of our storage units, tables, chairs and seating elements is a response to the need to marry quality with neutrality. Furniture with real character, unafraid to reveal itself without the need for extravagance. Furniture of few words./blockquote/p

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