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Erik Brunetti: Oval Parody

29 October 2022 in Books Comment

Hardcover, 60 pages
26 x 32,5 cm

ISBN 978-88-971852-22

Language: English

Published by KALEIDOSCOPE, edited by Alessio Ascari, and designed by Swiss-based art direction firm Kasper-Florio, “Erik Brunetti: Oval Parody” is a new artist book published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title at Spazio Maiocchi, Milan.

Inspired by FUCT’s now defunct parody of the Ford logo—the iconic graphics that cemented Brunetti’s authority as the original subverter of what is now called streetwear, and played a key early role in establishing reappropriation as a fundamental gesture within its lexicon—“Oval Parody” centers on a new series of twelve acrylic paintings furthering Brunetti’s thought-provoking feedback loop of reference, interpretation, and creation.

Featuring an essay by Adam Wray, the book is punctuated by Brunetti’s annotations, first-hand anecdotes, and rarely-seen images stemming directly from FUCT’s archives.

Erik Brunetti (American, b. 1967) is an American artist, designer, and founder of the cult Los Angeles brand FUCT.

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Capsule Issue 1

20 August 2022 in Books Comment

Capsule Issue 1
– Mario Bellini Cover

A hybrid between a magazine and a book, paying homage to a lineage of Italian radical design publications while indulging in a lavish physicality, Capsule will be released annually during Milan Design Week. Delving into the world of design in its broader definition through a genre-bending line up of designers, architects, and creators, the first issue comes with a set of three covers.

Featuring: Nanda Vigo, Alessandro Mendini, Green River Project, Mario Bellini, Nakagin Dreams, Plastic Drip, Karim Rashid, Atelier Van Lieshout, Devon Turnbull, and Eugene Whang.

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Mario Ayala, Breaking News, 2020

2 April 2020 in Art Comment

Mario Ayala (American, b. 1991)
Breaking News

Spazio Maiocchi is excited to announce a digital initiative curated by KALEIDOSCOPE, inviting visual artists from different countries and generations, and practicing in different media, to virtually take over the space’s iconic billboard. While the space remains closed to the public until further notice in compliance with the national lockdown guidelines, this initiative wishes to foster participation and creative exchange, and redefine the role of today’s cultural spaces beyond the physical realm.

Mario Ayala (American, b. 1991) kicks off the initiative with the first billboard commission. Follow the series on Spazio Maiocchi’s Instagram account over the next few weeks.

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Sterling Ruby, HRG Suite, 2006

14 June 2019 in Art Comment

Sterling Ruby and H.R. Giger
KALEIDOSCOPE, Milan / Italy
June 14–July 14, 2019

Spazio Maiocchi
Via Maiocchi 5/7
Milan
Italy

Spazio Maiocchi presents two new exhibitions curated by KALEIDOSCOPE which bring together one of today’s most acclaimed artists, Sterling Ruby (American/Dutch, b. 1972, lives and works in Los Angeles), with one of his creative heroes, legendary Swiss artist and concept designer H.R. Giger (1940–2014).

In the courtyard of Spazio Maiocchi, the visitor is greeted by Ruby’s billboard commission featuring STRIP STRIP (RB) (2016–19)—an artwork from the artist’s “poetic posters” series which reflects his sculptural concerns on the public space, expanding it through the use of poetic language.

In the main gallery, the centerpiece of the exhibition is the European premiere of Ruby’s STATE (2019), a single-channel video projection that the artist has spent the past five years researching and producing, working with a videographer and helicopter pilot to film aerial views of the 35 adult state prisons of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

In the video, a repetitive, structural rhythm is created as the scenes cut back and forth between the landscapes and the sites of the prison grounds, accompanied by a drum track which Ruby himself has composed and performed.

Outside of the video room, leading the viewer onto the next gallery, is Ruby’s HRG Suite (2006), an assemblage of 9 unique collages on paper referencing the sci-fi, dystopian imagery of H.R. Giger and bringing an uncommon, visceral perspective to the oeuvre of the Swiss artist.

Unfolding throughout the space, a selection of works including furniture, prints, paintings and sculptures displays the staggering variety of media employed by Giger across his practice, resulting into a non-linear retrospective exhibition with the immersive quality of a wunderkammer.

As told to Hans Ulrich Obrist and Patrick Frey in the cover story of KALEIDOSCOPE’s most recent issue, the work of the late Swiss artist is a journey from abstract to figurative, from organic to apparatus—culminating in his concept design for Alien, which catapulted to fame his daunting vision of death and futurism.

On the occasion of the opening night, drone metal guitarist and composer Mick Barr aka Ocrilim will perform a monolithic live act of stratified sounds and brutalist abstraction.

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Kaleidoscope — Virgil Abloh Collector’s Edition

25 November 2018 in Magazines Comment

Virgil Abloh Collector’s Pack

KALEIDOSCOPE is delighted to launch a collector’s edition of the Fall/Winter issue created in collaboration with Virgil Abloh. The pack, printed in 300 numbered copies, comes with a copy of the magazine graced by a special cover; a KALEIDOSCOPE x Off-White t-shirt in safety yellow; and a limited-edition artwork, in the form of a stark white flag with the inscription “QUESTION EVERYTHING.”

Customers of the limited edition pack will also be granted access to an exclusive talk and signing event held on 30 November at Spazio Maiocchi in Milan, where Abloh will unveil a new installation and billboard commission.

Pre-order now for 300,00€
Orders will be shipped on 3 December 2018 with fast tracked shipment

Box size: 30 x 42 cm
Magazine size: 23 x 30 cm
Flag size: 100 x 150 cm
T shirt size: One size L

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