First Works

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—01. Emerging Architectural Experimentation.
—02. The Retreat, Pill Creak, Cornwall.
—03. Diestre Transformer Factory, Zaragoza.

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"During a tumultuous period in the 1960s and '70s, a new generation of architects began their careers amidst a period of profound social change, new conditions for architecture and the city and lasting changes to popular and critical forms of cultural production. First Works tells the story of this period and reassesses the conditions of architecture and the beginnings of architectural careers through a selection of projects undertaken during the '60s and '70s."

—Available from AA Publications

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People Watching: Jesse Schlesinger

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—01. Food supplies and daily belongings.
—02. Fahey.

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"Working in a variety of media — site-specific installation, sculpture, drawing, built environment — Schlesinger creates works that are consistently imbued with a light, poignant touch and are rooted in exploring the ideas of home, ritual and space."

—Jesse Schlesinger from The New York Times
—Via EGMV

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Dead Men Don't Look Like Me by Paul Schiek

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—01. Carroll.
—02. Dunnell.

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Paul Schiek's show at Stephen Wirtz Gallery presents 15 portraits of men re-photographed from 1950's era mug shots that were found by the artists friend. Schiek edited several hundred mug shots down to only a select few, which he then cropped to remove all the official documentation, but leaving the stains, staple marks and other signs of age. The show runs until June 2nd, and Schiek's own These Birds Walk book imprint will release a companion publication, with a limited edition box set also available.

—Dead Men Don't Look Like Me at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
—TBW Books

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Mark Borthwick: Fountains of Ardor

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—01. Fountains of Ardor.
—02. 27 April – 24 May, 2012

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Coinciding with the biennial that began last week, Mark Borthwick's new show Fountains of Ardor opened over the weekend in the new Comme des Garçons store in Berlin. The show is as you would expect from Borthwick: collages of photos and polaroids are displayed alongside the artworks, poems, and flowers that adorn both the walls and the floor of the gallery space.

—Mark Borthwick: Fountains of Ardor

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Huge x Found Muji Opening Party

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—01. Huge x Found MUJI.

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Ryan recently highlighted both the new issue of Huge and their exhibition at Found MUJI in Tokyo. The Pop-up shop has now opened and Hypebeast have just put online a series of photos from the opening party.

—Huge x Found MUJI Opening Party

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Jonas Wood at David Kordansky Gallery

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—01. Hit Man.
—02. Calais Drive.

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The David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles opened a show of new work by Jonas Wood at the end of March. The artist often begins his work by collaging photographs he has taken, and these collages of composite scenes are then used as either standalone pieces, or as studies and drawings for future paintings. These paintings sometimes appear again in Wood's later work, hanging on the walls of the galleries or studios he is depicting. This body of work represents "a visual analogue to the multiple, unpredictable, and constantly evolving ways in which memory reconstructs the past. Accordingly, Wood frequently portrays his subjects by way of pre-existing representations like baseball cards, posters, and images from television broadcasts." The show hangs until May, should you live in the city, or else plan to be visiting LA over the next few weeks.

—Jonas Wood at David Kordansky Gallery