Mixtape 02

Finally, another edition of the infrequent but delicious Mixtape. My grand plans of making it happen weekly didn’t exactly  get off the ground but hopefully there’s a few dirty, arty treats here that should make the wait worthwhile.

++  The J.G Ballard inspired Crash exhibition at the  Gagosian gallery has now ended (boo!) but there’s a great selection of images online here

++ Untitled Hardcore Zombie Project is probably the greatest name for an exhibition I’ve ever heard and there’s some very cool photos from this exhibition, of a project in progress by Bruce LeBruce, which was held in LA and is related to his upcoming film LA Zombie.  I love the blood smears surrounding the photos! As the title suggests, the images are hardcore, meaning you can see cock in them, so be careful clicking that link. As an aside, I saw Bruce working on part of this project at an event in London, I was totally in lust with his naked, bloody zombie guys.

++ Beautiful video tribute to the late, great Alexander McQueen, it contains many iconic moments from his incredible theatrical runway shows and is pretty moving.

++ Glass shells for hermit crabs! I found this strange, beautiful picture and had no idea really where it came from or what it was about, after a bit of research I discovered that some marine biologists in New Zealand created glass shells so they could study the crabs better by seeing inside their homes. More information can be found here. Fascinating.

++  IArtist kits allow you to make recreations of well known modern art works, from Hirst’s diamond skull to Emin’s tent. The one that caught my eye though was the Mark Quinn kit – your very own blood head sculpture for £20 – I have no idea if this is a spoof site or a genuine product, but it amuses me.

[Image = Crashed by Richard Prince. As seen at the Gagosian Crash exhibition]