New Print From Audrey Kawasaki: 'My Dishonest Heart'

Los Angeles based artist, Audrey Kawasaki, is known for her technically precise depictions of adolescent girls with enigmatic glares painted on wood panels. Her style is captivating because of the fine details and distinct due to her consistency in execution. Occasionally, I will check up on her blog, okonomide, because I really want a signed print and they sell out really fast! This time paid off because today she posted that one of my favorite paintings, 'My Dishonest Heart,' will be available for online purchase Saturday, May 9th at 12 p.m Pacific Time.




giclee print on smooth cotton rag paper
size: 9 1/2"x10 3/4" on a 11"x12 1/8" sheet
with frame: 11 1/2"x12 3/4"

signed and numbered edition of 200
150 of them will be available.
price of unframed: $100
framed: $235
shipping cost: tba


In other Audrey Kawasaki news, she has a solo show, Watching Shadow, in Japan this week at, Space Yui, in Tokyo.

Opening night is May 7th and runs until May 16th. Watching Shadow will feature 10 paintings and drawings. The 'Nagisa' cut out is stunning.

Her next solo show will be at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC in December.

Secret Show

LILY ALLEN
MATT & KIM
and TROUBLE ANDREW

presented by
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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2009
FREE! ALL AGES!
DOORS @ 7:00 PM

AT THE BOWERY BALLROOM
6 Delancy Street
New York, NY 10002

Artist Spotlight

HEAD MASTER- Katusuya Kamo

Katsuya Kamo is a Japanese hair and makeup artist based in Tokyo. He has collaborated with designer, Junya Wantabe, for runway shows and editorials, respectively. Kamo, is the man behind the incredible headdresses at the Chanel Couture show in Paris. The beautiful headdresses were constructed from two packets of office paper and took just three weeks to complete with seven helpers.






Chanel Couture 09

Ready For The Floor

Alright y'all. I haven't been posting because in true form I forgot the power cord for my computer in another state and didn't have much access to computers for the past few days. Also, I shut off the internet in my place since I'm moving outta Philly at the beginning of January and haven't been there lately. So, the blog will still stay true to the content, but as the primary writer, I will be comin' at ya based in a different area. Plenty of visits will follow, for sure. New year, new moves, same love. So, the past week has been jam packed with friends, holiday parties, Sparks sake bombs, dancing in the best clubs, arm wrestling, and engagements with whisky. Tis the season! So, let's get it in.

FADED
This Friday, December 19, 2008
@ The Green Warehouse
941 N Front Street (Front & Poplar)
BYOB, Late Night, Warehouse Jawn
Doors at 11 PM, $10 Cover before 2AM


Special guests CSS! For just $2!
9pm-3:30am
Transit Nightclub
600 SpringGarden St.
Philadelphia, PA

Both of these parties go pretty late and the rain is going to slow down by nine. Trust. HAVE FUN, BE SAFE!

Fresh Cuts

The Mezzanine, Fader, and Loaded present

If I could have one superhero power, I would be able to transplant myself to dope places and make it to work in the morning with the snap of a finger, sans the vicious hangover. Ok, details of the show, Thursday December 4th at The Mezzanine in San Fransisco. Hearts Revolution, from New York, and one of my favorite new bands out of SF, Lilofee, are supporting, Sebastian Tellier, who finishes the night, yes! You can get tickets at going.com/sebastiant

Sebastien Tellier's video for Divine. Love it.

If you have been looking for new music, check out these bands!
Hearts Revolution

The video for C.Y.O.A (Choose Your Own Adventure)

Lilofee




Doors open at 9pm and the tix are 15 in advance.

Happy Halloween

CONGRATULATIONS 2008 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES!
I'm not from this town but you gotta love and respect thier phans. These people are amazing. Broad Street has been bananas since 830 a.m. the parade is today, it starts at 20th and market, goes around City Hall, and south down Broad street to the park in South Philly. It rolls right past my house on south Broad, that's whats up Philly! Mad love.



Check check it out y'all. You Halloween late night jump off has been taken care of courtesy of Bad Newz Productions. Twenty dollars buys you an all you can drink all nighter with some of Philadelphia's finest. A pretty good deal. Dj's and performances all night. Party starts at 11pm so get in your stops early and dance all night. Hope you have your costumes ready! For more details check out Nothing But Trouble's myspace page.

Tonight

Check my girl, Myles, art show! It's her birthday too, so take care of her. I can't make it, but was lucky enough to preview a couple of the works and they are beautiful. The show is being put on by the nice guys over at Made To Order in Northern Liberties. Have a good weekend!

Rock The Ink

This year Rock The Ink, a music and tattoo lifestyle expo, will set up for three days, October 24th, 25th, and 26th in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin Donuts Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center. The tattoo expo will feature over 100 of the top tattoo artists in the world, fine artists, celebrities, local band competitions, and much more. Some of the guests featured are Ami James and Yoji from Miami Ink, Shawn Barber, Alex Grey, and yes those Rock of Love girls. Some of the bands are scheduled to perform are Killswitch Engage, Saliva, Madball, All That Remains, and Sevendust. Bret Michaels is headlining the final night, just sayin. This is a pretty rad event with a lot going on all three days, check out more of the details here.

Tickets are 37.50 for one day or 77.50 for all three days. You can also purchase a 97.00 VIP pass which is good for one day.

But for real, you had me at Ami James.

McQueen

Always bringing his show ahead of the pack referencing the technological movement that drives today's world and embracing the tools to exaggerate the present. Alexander McQueen brings what is beyond the beyond while defining forward design and construction of this era while remaining true to the spirit of beauty. Whether it be through fashion show production, fabric choice, or execution, what you know to be McQueen becomes more evident with development and time. The suit and dress with the black and white print and cut out stitching looks like a real life futuristic version of The Nightmare Before Christmas. In a knock out fashion kind of way.

Glamour.

Out of the Box

Style.com has the most user-friendly website when it comes down to fashion show coverage. It's excellent because the pictures are specific to your catagory of interest. I always begin with the beauty section, so that I can get a feel for where the collection is going, then the details, and finally the complete collection, which I do in a slideshow rotation. Galliano always uses Pat McGrath to construct the faces. She is the global creative director of Max Factor Cosmetics and an absolutely phenomenal artist, check the record. The creativity between the two of them pushes the limits of conventional beauty which offers a spectrum of opportunity for anyone to achieve a desired look no matter how 'out of the box' it may appear. The John Galliano collection was so much fun to go through. I decided to highlight these amazing shoes, they truly defy the standards for footwear, love it. As well as some makeup and hair. The rest of the commentary on the collection can be handled by the people that were there and the man himself with the video attached to the post. Apprécier!



Love how the lip gloss looks like it is dripping off of Jessica Stam's lips.

Cheap and Cheerful!

Fresh off tour with the Raconteurs

The Kills are playing a FREE SHOW this Monday October 6th in Baltimore, MD! The show is being sponsored by the social engineering BEAST that is, Myspace. The Kills are promoting thier latest album, Midnight Boom, which front to back is filled with punk influences and has all of the rock elements needed to get you going. I'm so stoked for this show, I've only been to Baltimore once and I think it's time for a visit.

Breakin down the details:

FREE! ALL AGES!
Doors @ 8:00 PM

The Ottobar
2549 N Howard St
Baltimore, MD 21218

(410) 662-0069

I'm totally obsessed with this chicks voice right now. A few posts back I posted up the video for Last Day of Magic. If you never clicked on it, do so. The video is angst filled and undeniably sexy.

The show in Baltimore will be the last before they leave the states for awhile, so worth the trip! They are playing tonight and tomorrow night in Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Willamsburg, but both are sold out.

Tonight

This is at Temple University. Over in Mitten Hall's Great Court. Starts at 7pm. Performances and fashion from local talent. This flyer and whole theme of this reminds me of the shows I did with the Just B girls in Springfield. I miss those chicks. In fact, they are having an event this Friday. When I get a flyer, I'll post it.
AND THEN...

Tickets are 25 dolla. Starts at 8pm
Get in where ya fit in homeboys and girlz.
xo-
J

Quick Fire

-Upper Playground is opening up shop soon in New York. Next door to the Giant Robot gallery which is on E. 9th street between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village. yessss

-Lazarides is putting together a group show for two weeks in Manhattan. The cast looks pretty dope.


-Alex Pardee's new book "Awful/Homesick" is available for sale online at zerofriends.com. We will also have it soon at Omoi.


-J

New Album! New Tour

As I sit and bite my nails...
Only By The Night is the name of the new album. So excited.

The countdown begins.
November 15th in Philadelphia, PA at the Electric Factory. Presale on September 10th at 10 am.
If you can't wait and your in the Northeast check em out in New York at the Webster Hall September 23rd. Tickets available now.
God, I love these boys.

Performing the first single, Crawl, off of the new album.

Sick, Sick, Sick

Check out this interview with Alex Pardee over at SlamXHype. He talks about the show, Scratches and Abrasions, he has debuting at the SURU gallery in LA, upcoming projects, how he has progressed artistically in the past few years, as well as what is next to come for Chadam! The character that he initially created of the band, The Used. He has continued to develop a fantasical world for Chadam, and you will have to check the interview for more info.

FREE SHOWS

Mark your calendars!

The Breeders
Matt and Kim
The Whip
Sunday July 13th
BROOKLYN NY
2pm- dusk
McCarren Pool
FREE!

Liars
Fuck Buttons
Team Robespierre
Sunday July 20th
BROOKLYN NY
McCarren Pool
FREE!

Santogold
Diplo
A-trak
Kid Cudi
Sunday, July 20, 2008
From 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage
FREE!

The Black Lips
Deerhunter
King Kahn & His Shrines
Tall Firs
Sunday, August 3rd
BROOKLYN NY
McCarren Pool
2pm- dusk
FREE!

Aesop Rock
Panther
Special guests
Sunday, August 17th
BROOKLYN NY
McCarren Pool
2pm- dusk
FREE!

SF

My homegirl took to me see this band,Lilofee, at 111 Minna in San Francisco. Check em. I like the 'We Belong Apart' track. She works with the singer Kimi, who has an amazing voice. The set was met with some technical problems but Kimi kept it going with an impromptu acapella version of Ace of Base's 'I Saw The Sign.' It was awesome.

Photo by Sarah

Photo by MO

Boston Boys!

They did it. After 15 years apart the New Kids on the Block performed together this morning on the Today show. I'm not even getting into all of the New Kids stuff my sister and I had as kids. Jordan was my favorite and Donnie hers. I have New Kids trading cards at my house right now if anyone REALLY wants to get into it...They even have 'fun facts' on the back. Just sayin.
ENJOY!

Ladies. Tell me these boys ain't lookin good after all these years! Haha. I love it.
Fun Fact- the turnout for today's show was the biggest ever with 3000 people at Rockafeller Center.

Itinerary

Just got an email with an updated list of all of the trade shows, fashion weeks, and fashion events being held around the world. There are plenty more that aren't on this list. I narrowed it down to relevance. It's basically just an outline of dates to keep in mind if you are traveling, or interested in going to any of these events. Check websites first to see what you need as fas as credentials.

Event
Surtex- Art and design for sale and license- New York- May 18- 20
Luxe Pack- Luxury Goods Packaging Exhibition- New York- May 21-22
ASR - Action Sports Retailer- Costa Mesa, CA- May 28-29
Dallas Fabric Show- Dallas- Trade Show- May 29- June 1
San Francisco Fashion Week- San Francisco- June 21- 24
Milan Menswear Ready to Wear- Milan- Fashion Week- June 22- 26
Paris Menwear Ready to Wear- Paris- Fashion Week- June 26- 29
Paris Haute Couture Collections- Paris- Fashion Week- June 30- July 3
International Fashion Fair- Tokyo- Trade show- July 15-18
Madrid Fashion Week- Madrid- July 17- 19
Berlin Fashion Week- Berlin- July 17-20
Miami Swimwear Shows- Miami- July 18-21
Capsule- Trade Show for independent menswear lines- New York- July 21-22
Eco Trade Show- Las Vegas- August 24- 27
MAGIC- Las Vegas- Trade show- August 25- 27
New York Fashion Week- New York- September 5- 12
London Fashion Week- London- September 14- 19
How To Start A Fashion Line- New York- Seminar- September 15
Vintage Fashion Expo- San Francisco- September 20- 21
Milan Fashion Week- Milan- September 20- 27
Trafik- an independent and contemporary trade show- South Beach- September 24- 26
Paris Fashion Week- Paris- September 27- October 5
Stylemax- Chicago contemporary trade show- October 18- 21
San Francisco Fashion Week- October 25- 28

List courtesy of FashionWatch.com