Last Friday, I attended the opening of Westwood Gallery’s exhibition of Douglas Kirkland’s intimate and never before seen photos of Coco Chanel at work taken over 3 weeks in 1962. At the young age of 27, Douglas Kirkland, at the time a staff photographer for Look Magazine, and who is best known for his famous photographs of Marilyn Monroe, spent an unprecedented amount of time behind the scenes with Mademoiselle Chanel capturing her intense daily routine of designing, fitting models, seeing clients and meeting friends.

This exhibition will be open until November 29th, 2008, and I highly recommend seeing it in person if you would like to experience the passionate inner workings of the process of the one and only Coco Chanel.

The photos are also available in this book by Douglas Kirkland, Coco Chanel: Three Weeks 1962.

All photos are copywritten in 1962 by Douglas Kirkland, and printed in 2008. Most of the following photo descriptions came from the gallery, when I could capture them.

Westwood Gallery
568 Broadway, NYC
212-925-5700

Coco Chanel at her private apartment at the House of Chanel

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Crewest Gallery Presents…
Syndrome
“I Learned It By Watching You”
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
7:00pm

Crewest Gallery is putting on an art show which observes the effects of mass media on the public. The title “I Learned It By Watching You” was inspired by a popular, Reagan era PSA that aired on American television during the late 1980s. Each piece of art will show a different perspective about the influence media has on our opinions, beliefs, and lives. With so many people tuning into television these days and being sent so many different messages, this should be an interesting exhibition. DJ DAZ will keep your head nodding all night long.

Syndrome is composed of artists Micah Hancock, James Larese and Mars
Sandoval. It first started as an LA based art collective showing in galleries in New York City as well as LA. Not too long after, Syndrome went on to start a creative boutique under the same name.

If you attend the opening reception, you can check out their first limited edition toy which will be released at that time. The toy will be signed by the artists and draws its inspiration from the accompanying art exhibition.

For updates on the show and to see photos of some of the works in progress hit this up.

Ogilvy New York presents: Yo! What Happened To Peace?

Yo! What Happened To Peace?
Thursday July 17, 2008 - September 17, 2008
5-8pm
Ogilvy New York
309 West 49th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY

Ogilvy New York is presenting, Yo! What Happened To Peace?, a powerful collection of artistic social commentary. The show started in 2003 with 14 prints and has grown to travel worldwide and continuously adds both new artists as well as new artwork. Yo! What Happened To Peace? includes hand-crafted prints from across the globe, with the majority of prints by American artists and printmakers. The show focuses on highlighting the beauty of hand-crafted printmaking techniques as a form of visual protest while inspiring thought and encouraging discussion. A Yo! What Happened to Peace? book was published in 2007, featuring 144 color pages of over 200 prints from the show, a die-cut stencil cover and an introduction by Winston Smith. Come out to see some beautiful art and think about some issues facing our world today.

Nanospore and Ronald Kurniawan will be releasing their new tote designs for the first time this weekend at Nucleus in Alhambra, CA. To celebrate this event Nucleus will be hosting an artshow in their gallery to showcase some of Nanospore and Ronald Kurniawan’s other amazing works. The artists will be there for signatures, doodles, and chit chat. And there’s more!

-These bags will not be available anywhere else till weeks after the show
-All other totes by theoutfit will be on sale on the night of the show. (Angry Little Girl, Artist Series)
-Purchase a bag and any store item you can put into that bag will be 10% off. This includes already discounted items.

Raffel Prizes:

1st Place: A tote bag of choice + a Nucleus shirt of choice + $20 gift card
2nd Place: A tote bag of choice + $10 gift card
3rd Place: A Nucleus shirt of choice + $10 gift card

September 29 - October 1
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 29
6:00 pm - 10:00pm

Jeez! There are so many great art shows opening this weekend - I need a private jet plane to hit up all the openings!! Haha. Well, here’s a show for the good people of New Haven, CT called "Getting Over" featuring works by: Bezerc, Eros 16T5, Demo, Keph 78, Reo, Curse, Cey, EGR, Muck, Cap, Too-Fly, Targe, Yes 2, Ces, Mitch, Cope 2, Monte, Med, Jive, Miss-17, Cycle & Special Guest Queen Andrea. Toofly was kind enough to send us a sneaky peak of her train . . .

Details & Flyer after the jump . . .

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