flash god han hoogerbrugge in the great damn magazine: perfect combo!
go get issue 27 with this super cover & see more of han’s work on prostress, in nails, @ the hotel, in sala parpalló & of course on the happy famous artists website :-)

julien salaud‘s show “dreams of a nyctalopic spider” @ palais de tokyo is unfortunately already finished, but definitely not forgotten. the young french artist, interested in the survival of endangered plant and animal species, manufactures his own universe of heavenly creatures, chimeras made of birds and insects, embellished with intriguing ornaments from beads, crystals and embroidery. he mentions jan fabre & thomas grünfeld as his inspirational figures.

there haven’t been much input for our “pass the sickbag” category lately, which is def a good thing, but this treasure above – some sort of heraldry for the edl – cannot be left unnoticed. it scores on all grounds: visually, ideologically & hey, they even managed to misspell the title!

crocheted olek (moniker for polish-born & ny-based artist agata olek) hits the iconic wall street bull statue in her latest guerrilla action.
in the artist’s own words: “it lasted 2 hours but it was there…”
hell, yeah! thumbs up, agata!

looking back @ 2010, here’s our list of the shows we loved most (in no particular order):
francis alys – a story of deception @ tate modern, london
han hoogerbrugge – la grande fête #1 @ sala parpallo, valencia
systematic @ zabludowicz collection, london
dead or alive @ museum of art & design, new york
whitney biennial @ whitney museum, new york
marc quinn – allanah, buck, catman, chelsea, michael, pamela and thomas @ white cube, london
hans van houwelingen & jonas staal – a history of violence @ torch gallery, amsterdam
john baldessari – pure beauty @ lacma, los angeles
felix gonzalez-torres – specific objects without specific form @ wiels contemporary art centre, brussels
sophie calle – rachel monique @ palais de tokyo, paris

& the extra one is from dec 09/jan 10:
didier marcel & tomas saraceno @ mudam, luxembourg

needless to say there were many other great shows we’ve been to, please see the ones we captured on our flickr. enjoy!