Rachel Gregor Presents Summer as an Inescapable Purgatory for Teenage Girlhood in Still Summer @ Hashimoto Contemporary

Still Summer by Rachel Gregor, Stickleback and the female nude

Rachel Gregor, Stickleback, 2023. Images courtesy of Hashimoto Contemporary.

The rules of adolescent girlhood are convoluted and often unspoken, something painter Rachel Gregor seeks to highlight in her first solo exhibition with Hashimoto Contemporary, Still Summer. The Kansas City-based painter portrays the summer before ninth grade (remembered through overexposed point-and-shoot film photos) as the tense passage into true young adulthood: newfound independence is at odds with a lack of agency, infantilization discredits budding knowledge about the world. Based on versions of herself, the characters in these new paintings are wolves in sheep’s clothing, rebelling to escape their physical and psychological barriers, or at least survive the small hell of Arcadian juvenility.

Still Summer is on view through December 2 @ Hashimoto Contemporary, 2754 S La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034

 
 

CELINE Women Summer 23 La Collection de Saint-Tropez Collection Customized Vintage Mini Moke

For the Women Summer 23 La Collection de Saint-Tropez, CELINE presents a customized a vintage Mini Moke vehicle. the small summer beach convertible car originally designed for military purposes, which first appeared in 1964 and quickly became a symbol of freedom and pleasure in many seaside towns, especially in Saint-Tropez where the car was famously driven by French actress and myth Brigitte Bardot. For this special project, the car has been customized with a Triomphe wooden steering wheel, a Triomphe canvas hood, and a dashboard featuring tan leather elements, wicker seats, and spare wheel protection. a golden Triomphe signature appears on the wheels and gear shift. photographs by Hedi Slimane.

Brother's Breeze & Sister's Ease

Marlene
dress: Nimph 
Mathilda
full look: Filippa K.
bag: Lou de Betoly
Arthur
shirt: We Are Dagger
necklace: Tine Kozjak Paris


photography & art direction by Emma Ball-Greene
photography assistance by Bohdan Yermak
art direction & styling by Camille Naomi Franke
fashion assistance by Antonio Chiocca
hair by Wataru Suzuki using “Less is More Organic Haircare”
makeup by Victoria Reuter using Mac Cosmetics
makeup assistance by Eleonore Ising
set design by Stefanie Grau
casting by Lilly Meuser @ Neu_Casting

Beck
vest: Magliano
trousers: Arket
belt: Off-White
Mathilda
full look: Filippa K
bag: Lou de Betoly
Ohm
suit: Paul Smith
blouse: Prada archive
tie: models own 

Sarah 
dress: Rui
pants: Old Celine via Vestiaire Collective @reference studios
Masa
dress: Pucci
Richard
trousers: Hugo Boss
belt: stylist’s Own

dress: Rui
pants: Old Celine via Vestiaire Collective @reference studios

fake fur top: Filippa K.

dress: Katharina Dubbick

Ohm
cardigan: Filippa K.
jeans: Our Legacy 
Mathilda
dress: archive 
shoes: Balenciaga
turtle neck: Filippa K.
Arthur 
blue jumpsuit: Paul Smith
shoes: Puma

top: Calvin Klein

top: Rui

top: Rui

Masa
dress: Pucci
Mathilda
suit: Prada archive

Sarah
pink suede blouse: Magliano
Mathilda
pink ciao bella shirt: stylist’s own 
Beck
shirt: Magliano
trousers: Arket
shoes: Scarosso

Marlene
dress: Nimph 
Arthur
shirt: We Are Dagger

Presentation of Yazbukey Fitness Club Spring Summer 2019 During Paris Fashion Week

A lithe group of dancers, acrobats and contortionists graced the stage for the high-voltage presentation of Yazbukey Fitness Club – surrealist designer, Yazbukey’s full-throttle spring/summer 2019 collection. Her latest works inspired by the current obsessions with fit culture, fitspo, and the like are a welcome alternative to the dominating athleisure forces as of late. photographs by Flo Kohl

Alex Israel Emits Summertime Vibes in His Second Solo Exhibition at Galerie Almine Rech in Paris

For his second solo exhibition at Galerie Almine Rech in Paris, Alex Israel presents a series of recent works, entitled "Lenses," which are essentially large scale renditions of sunglass lenses that look as if they have been removed from the frame and propped against the wall. It is a nod to the easy breezy lifestyle of Los Angeles - a city that the artist romanticizes through multiple conceptualizations and mediums that range from sculpture to set backdrops to self portraiture to found objects and even a talk show. The show, entitled "As It Lays," features the artist in dark sunglasses asking off the cuff questions to the likes of Bret Easton Ellis, Larry Flynt, Vidal Sassoon, Rosanna Arquette and more - all against a backdrop of canvases painted with bright shades of orange in a depiction of a California in the throes of a permanent Summer sunset.  In fact, the "Lenses" in this exhibition are the same color as some of the backdrop paintings, for which Israel is known, that are also included in this presentation. You will also be able to find a miniaturized prop car - a Chevy Corvette - parked next to a tiny cactus; set against the fire orange backdrop painting, it gives the sense that you are riding off into the sunset in a classic Hollywood movie. Alex Israel "Summer" will be on view until July 27, 2015 at Galerie Almine Rech in Paris.