King of Senses

• 2012-10-14

  Crayon photography: Christian Faur

  On my last visit to New York city I visited Kim Foster Gallery and saw this Christian Faur exhibition that I found playful, beautiful and full of craftmanship. 

  Faur explores the power of the pixel in photography by substituting them by crayons. The result are photographies that end up being sculptures, perhaps giving a step back from the so desired super HD quality photography. I’d love to grab a piece of paper and just rub it in front of one of these and see what happens. For your beautiful trained-to-complete-the-image brain: The art of Christian Faur.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  Kim Foster Gallery
  Christian Faur

  

• 2012-05-01

  Cartoon Carnage: Sam Gibbons

  This artist based in Baltimore brings together elements taken from human sentiments like lust, greed, corruption, etc and mixes them in a cartoon debauchery that reminds me -in some cases- to the Aztec Calendar and the symbology associated with it. The emphasis on the symmetry creates an interesting psychedelic effect and his illustrations are reminiscent of the early work of cartoon artists. For your fucked up childhood memories: Sam Gibbons’ cartoon art.
  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  Sam Gibbons

  
  

  

• 2012-04-30

  Ephemeral beauty: Myeongbeom Kim

  Like taken out from a dream, the work of this korean artist is a mix of surrealism and everyday objects and situations. Nature and manmade objects get together in satiric and playful ways that evoke otherworldly and dreamy scenarios. I wonder what Salvador Dalí or Luis Buñuel would have thought about this. For your gorgeous dreams:  The art of Myeongbeom Kim
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  

   Myeongbeom Kim
  

  
  

  

• 2012-04-29

  Sculptural Drawings - Becoming the object: Tomohiro Inaba

  I’m back! Sorry for abandoning my beloved blog! I’ve been working on my own beautiful things. Anyways, to continue with the thread….I just came across this amazing japanese sculptor who creates beautifully stylized objects that seem like drawings that have come alive as volumes. The movement, the lightness of the images are a great contrast to the weight of the materials. I think that the brain-completing-the-image trick is fantastic as it leaves room for everyone to imagine and fantasize about them. Wish I could see them live but here’s a preview I found just googling him. For your beautiful brain: Tomohiro Inaba
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  Tomohiro Inaba

  

• 2011-03-22

  Movie Directors and their Operatic Debut: Sky Arts Opera Shorts

  I was browsing one of my favorite music genres on Youtube and came across this. The English National Opera and Sky Arts teamed with 3 outstanding visual artists: Dougal Wilson (Director of music videos for LCD Soundsystem, Coldplay, Goldfrapp, etc); Werner Herzog (Director amongst other things of “My son, My son, What have ye done”, a new version of Aeschylus’ Orestia, originally performed by a killer during the 70’s which I personally didn’t love but found interesting) and Sam Taylor-Wood who recently directed “Nowhere Boy”, a movie about John Lennon’s childhood.
  
  Descriptions and curricula aside, these guys made three short films for the English National Opera Season and brought the good old fashioned genre to the XXI century videoclip format. For your beautiful eyes and ears: Sky Arts Opera Shorts.
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  www.eno.org

  www.skyarts.co.uk

  

• 2011-03-13

  Sunday Mix - Music for your beautiful ears: M-2011

  Today I took some tracks I’ve been listening lately and tried to mix them in a 1 hour compilation. I’m not a professional DJ but I think it went pretty decent. I used Traktor Pro and it worked like charm. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did doing it. For your beautiful senses: M-2011 Mix by The King of Senses. Enjoy!
  PS: There’s a limited number of downloads….so Hurry up!
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  King of Senses Mix M-2011 by REXMTL
  
  
  
  Track List:
  
  1.- Rain of Gold (French Horn Rebellion Remix) - Young Empires
  2.- I Am The Beat (Treasure Fingers Remix) - Señor Stereo
  3.- Invisible Light (House of Stank Remix)- Scissor Sisters
  4.- Holidays (Sam Sparro and Golden Touch Remix) - Miami Horror
  5.- I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) - Likke Li
  6.- Spaceship (EDX Remix) - Benny Benassi Ft. Kelis & APL & Jean-Baptiste
  7.-  Take Me Over (Flight Facilities Remix) - Cut Copy
  8.- Inviters (Lipelis & Simple Symmetry Remix) - Pompeya
  9.- You Can Dance (Gemini Club Remix) - Chilly Gonzales
  10.- Hot Mess (Duck Sauce Remix) - Chromeo
  11.- Metropol (Original Mix) - Christoph Andersson
  12.- Bad Gal feat Robyn - Savage Skulls
  13.- Don’t Turn The Lights On (Christina Martin Remix) - Chromeo
  

  
  

  

• 2011-03-11

  Book Dissection: Brian Dettmer

  This artist from Chicago takes surgery to a whole new level. He manipulates the pages and spines of different books and then dissects them by using surgical instruments. The catch? He doesn’t add anything new…he just removes parts of the book in order to expose what’s already there. In an era where information is showed in digital formats in real time and it can be accessed by clicking rather than turning pages, this books show a new way of interaction with the traditional medias. It is also a way to reveal -or build- new stories out of old ones. 
  “My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception” Brian Dettmer.
  For your dissection coffe table: Brian Dettmer.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  www.briandettmer.com/

  

• 2011-03-10

  Psychedelic Painting: Holton Rower

  I just came across this New York Artist. His paintings are a bit Psychedelic but what I found more interesting was the process itself. By pouring paint over solid objects he creates a beautiful effect similar to the one found in old marbled papers. Look at the artist in action and enjoy the ride: Holton Rower

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  www.holtonrower.com/

  

• 2011-03-07

  Chile’s brightest star: Altaïr Vineyards & Winery

  It was time for me to write about one of the things I enjoy the most: Wine, and I decided to start with one of my favorite south american vineyards. Altaïr is located at the Cachapoal Valley on the slopes of the Chilean Andes. The fresh air that comes down the Andean mountains and the dry soil, make the perfect combination for the grapes to stay longer in the vine and develop the distinctive subtleness and delicate flavor that gives life to this resplendent  jewel. That’s on the side of nature. On the side of man, the craftsmanship and attention to detail of the wine harvest or “vendimia”, is a key factor on this winery where quality prevails over quantity.
  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Altaïr is the brigthest star on the constellation Aquila and it represents a Greek myth where Zeus transformed himself into an eagle to kidnap Ganymedes -a beautiful young man- in order to make him the God’s cupbearer.
  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Delicate, brilliant and extremely elegant, the Altaïr’s wines are for sure the brightest star in the Chilean Andes’ night. Try to find it near you or to online stores. You can find it in two presentations: Altaïr and Sideral. 
  
  Sideral is a sophisticated and complex blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Carménère with some hints of  fruits and earth.
  
  Altaïr uses the same blend but with an accent on the Carménère stock (this grape, originary from Bordeaux, was considered lost and extinct until it was found in the New World, specifically in Chile and Argentina) and it’s a very good example of a fine Chilean Wine, with a beautiful crimson color and hints of red fruits and smoked wood.
  
  For your anxious taste buds: Enjoy the shine of Altaïr.
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  www.altairwines.com/

  
  

  

• 2011-03-04

  Worlds within worlds: Hugo Lugo

  Just discovered this Mexican artist and I’m in love with his work. The way his sketches cross the barrier between reality and well…other realities is just amazing. The carefully presented objects and the way his characters interact with them makes you think twice about their context and shows how easily this artist offer an alternative world… a world within worlds. For your beautiful brain: Hugo Lugo.
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  www.hugolugo.com/