New York has a lot to thank ‘Mean Red’ for… firstly, because they know how to throw great parties featuring amazing artists and secondly, because they’re inadvertently helping people find love in this big ol’ city (i.e. on the dance floor).
Growing up in the sun-drenched Karoo, amongst little cave crawlies and lanky desert birds that can’t fly, Chris Slabber sees Cape Town as a place of wonder and surprise. Like a kid in a theme park, everything is a joyride. Aside from the “bergie” (homeless dude with a passion gap that is always drunk and shouting “Jou ma se POES” to his/her fellow bergies) waiting around each of Cape Town’s corner, is a world of opportunity and sensory indulgence. Each day comes wrapped in potential.
This weeks Mooks report is about a young lady who’s putting an indelible stamp of innovation on contemporary ideologies. Meet Larita Engelbrecht, a visual artists living and loving in Stellenbosch, who has an obsession that’s currently in excess. Visual excess in overdrive.
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By Jessica Hazel
Now it’s 2010, the 1990’s are officially vintage… doesn’t that make you feel old?
Selfridges has teamed up with Rellik in their first ever retail collaboration to present a selection of original nineties and nineties-inspired products, all up for sale in one neon-coloured corner of the Oxford Street store. Grunge, Britpop, Nearly-There Technology, YBA’s. Grrrl and Girl Power, Supermodels and the rise of the Super-band are the main themes of the collection, which come together in eclectic and authentic harmony.
NANOOK has launched his first solo exhibition entitled “POP WAR NOW!” at Kinkan gallery in Meguro, Tokyo this month.
NANOOK is one of the 12 artists whose work was selected for visuals of SHIFT 2010 Calendar competition. With his pop and good sense of humor, his creation is based on his motto of “STAY KIDS”, with an innocent and mischievous viewpoint.
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Meet Alistair Palmer – a man of substance… a kid who engages with Cape Town, both the city and the people. Just like a kid making a mess with finger paints, Al embraces the innocent joy of creating art. It’s about leaving behind all that hedonistic talk of trying to make sense of everything and is instead about looking at something and getting an honest, happy feeling out of it.
