CORINNA BELZ » GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING 

(Source: youtube.com)

CHINATOWN » SUNSET x MARMONT

PETER STULTS » “WHAT IF…” POSTERS (DRIVE)

NEW ORDER » DREAMS NEVER END

OLIVIER ASSAYAS » CARLOS

A cinematic monster of 330 minutes. One 20 minutes intermission. Carlos, a self-defined terrorist pin-up, plays hopscotch with every Middle Eastern and European country, killing many along the way, in search of ‘glory.’ See it.

GO SEE THIS.

ONDI TIMONER » WE LIVE IN PUBLIC

See this film.

THE MERCURY 7

Witness these heros in action in When We Left Earth

MEGUMI SASAKI » HERB AND DORTHY

Watch this inspiring film now!

BLACK, WHITE + GRAY: A PORTRAIT OF SAM WAGSTAFF AND ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

80s NYC, Art, Music and Society. Recommend this movie.

ANIMOTION » OBSESSION

TAMRA DAVIS » RADIANT CHILD

Go see this movie now!

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So many aspects of Tamra Davis’ new documentary on Jean-Michel Basquiat inspired/interested me. The film is centered around an unreleased interview she did at the L’Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills. I highly recommend seeing it. A few things that stuck out to me in no order »

The best summarization of what others believed Basquiat was trying to express through his work:

Get with it!

See the complexity of our culture!

I’ll give you a few hints…

New York City// Great vintage footage of JMB’s studio on Greene + Prince, his apartment on Crosby + Prince and loft on Great Jones + Bowery - right in my orbit; food mainstays The Odeon and Dean & Deluca

Gray// Had no idea Vincent Gallo was in JMB’s first band

Fashion// The metaphor in JMB’s Armani suits; Bruno Bischofberger’s lime linen Arny’s jacket - the cult French clothing establishment

Hawaii// During times of mounting pressure, personal and professional, JMB would head to Hawaii to clear his mind and work. Similar story of another loved/hated contemporary great

Creative Process// Despite going out every night, JMB had great focus and worked in solitude - arguably the no.1 habit of highly creative people. This reminded me of my previous Einstein quote; the importance of devouring popular culture not only as a source of inspiration but in JMB’s case, the subject matter for artistic content

Music// Loved how Davis made a point in explaining how music was such an integral part of his creative process. It is hard for me to work or be creative without listening to music; Mike D and Ad-Rock were the music coordinators

Competition// A lot of time was spent discussing JMB’s competitive nature, especially with Julian Schnabel. He wanted to be the #1 artist in the world, an unusual aspiration for an artist at the time

LAMAMBA » COMPUTER DANCE