M.A.C donats 100,000 EUR to NOAH

The M.A.C AIDS fund and the Viva Glam program are the heart and soul of M.A.C Cosmetics. Established in 1994 to support men, women and children affected by HIV and AIDS globally, Viva Glam has achieved tremendously gratifying success over the years.

This was no different when Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper became the faces of the new Viva Glam lipsticks. M.A.C was able to donate a check of 100,000 EUR to the “Koning Boudewijn Stichting/Fondation Roi Baudouin”.

This money will be used to support NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of Aids for Humanity), an organization that takes care of about 30.000 orphans van vulnerable children in South-Aftica.

Kaleidoscope issue 5

Kaleidoscope is a platform consisting of the first international free magazine of contemporary art and culture, an independent publishing house editing books and catalogues, a project space for exhibitions and an art agency.

Kaleidoscope issue 5 contents: Markus Miessen, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Zak Kyes, Ryan Gander, Slavs & Tatars, Dexter Sinister, etc . . .

Prix Fernand Baudin

De Fernand Baudin Prijs is een initiatief van een aantal leraren grafische vormgeving die actief zijn in de wereld van het boek. De eerste Brusselse edite wordt ondersteund door Brussel Export.

België en meer bepaald het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest heeft een indrukwekkende traditie wat ‘het boek’ betreft. Deze Belgische know-how wordt te weinig gewaardeerd in vergelijking met, bijvoorbeeld, de manier waarop Nederland, Duitsland of Zwitserland hun boekproductie ondersteunen. Door de creatieve en innoverende krachten achter de boekproductie te steunen zal deze prijs een aanzet zijn om deze Belgische know-how meer bekendheid te geven op een internationaal niveau.

www.prixfernandbaudinprijs.be

Stijn Cycles

Say no more. www.stijncycles.com

WHAT HAPPENS HERE, STAYS HERE * Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

WHAT HAPPENS HERE STAYS HERE (12), 2009
Spray and lacquer on wood – 116 x 89 cm

Every Moment Is All Mine
Oil and lacquer on canvas – 146 x 114 cm, 2006
Trained as a painter, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet initially worked at the fringes of abstraction before introducing, in 2004, his first words in painting with the disillusioned sentence I have lost my Illusions. Drawing from the consciousness of loss, an extraordinary energy and creativity, this work inaugurates an extremely fertile series of painting of words. A pivotal painting, I have lost my Illusions, announces the prominent characteristics of Jean-Baptiste Bernadet’s recent work.
From the start, the choice of English language immediately raises doubts regarding the author’s sincerity. The meanings of Bernadet’s ready-made sentences oscillate between dramatic confidences and B-movie dialogues. This ambiguity between the touching authenticity of a personal revelation on the one hand, and the contempt for the commonplaces of communication and self-construction at the dawn of the twenty-first century, prevades the whole series of word paintings.
The French artist’s graphic style is more immediate and expressive, like the background on which words appear. Visible erasures, run-outs, garish colors, de-centered compositions or recycling of abandoned works which transparently appear under new creations, Bernadet’s painting expresses an extreme intensity, which I shall name, according to the artist’s own (painted) word of, “hhardor”.
Exhibition 22 January 2010 - 6 March 2010
More info and images:
www.jb-ba.com
www.maesmatthys.be

THE VANITY FAIR * PAUL CASAER

Solo Exhibition by Paul Casaer – still running till 06.03.10
Paul Casaer (°1967) lives and works in Belgium. He is represented by Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp.
for more info and images check out:
www.paulcasaer.com
www.koraalberg.com

Bob Noorda Is Dead

Bob Noorda, an internationally known graphic designer who helped introduce a Modernist look to advertising posters, corporate logos and, in the 1960s, the entire New York City subway system, died on Jan. 11 in Milan, his adopted city. He was 82.

“Don’t bore the public with mysterious designs,” Mr. Noorda once said, and he put that dictum into practice. He was a master of spare, elegant and logical designs that caught the eye, from minimalist corporate logos for the Italian publishing house Feltrinelli and the ENI Group of Milan to impressionistic posters for Pirelli, the Italian tire maker.

Human Fly

The Cramps – Human Fly – From the Psychedelic Jungle album – 1981

The Google Story

Death Pedal 2 Premiere

Hell Yeah!
(http://deathpedal.bigcartel.com)