Musique Plastique at Agnès B

Now open at Agnès B's Howard Street gallery an exhibition entitled Musique Plastique, a group exhibit "exploring the ongoing interaction between the visual arts and music." Curated by Jean François Sanz, the show will feature music-themed pieces by the likes of Jean Tobias Bernstrup, Hisham Bharoocha, Etienne Charry, Brian DeGraw, Daniel Johnston, Jonas Mekas, Thurston Moore, David Shrigley, Alan Vega, Ben Vida and Liz Wendelbo. Musique Platique is on view until August 25 at 50 Howard Street, New York, and be sure to head to the Agnès B gallery website to download a compilation by the artists involved. 

Allen Jones Retrospective

The leading British Pop artist Allen Jones caused an international furor in 1969 with his provocative furniture sculptures. In 1979, the first large-scale retrospective was devoted to the artist, forty-one at the time, in Liverpool, London, Baden-Baden, and Bielefeld. His 70th birthday was celebrated in 2007 at the Tate Britain in London with an exhibition of current works as well as several early pieces. In time for his 75th birthday, the Kunsthalle Tübingen is extending an invitation to rediscover the oeuvre of the internationally influential artist in the most comprehensive retrospective to date. Allen Jones: The Retrospective on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday will be on view until September 16, 2012 at the Kunsthalle Tübingen, Philosophenweg 76 72076 Tübingen Germany

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Pace Gallery and Pace/MacGill in New York announce that they will represent legendary american photographer Lee Friedlander, who shot Madonna nude for Playboy (above)— he will continue to be represented by San Francisco’s Fraenkel Gallery — and will present a two-part exhibition of his work at their 32 East 57th Street locations in the fall. Follow Autre Magazine on Instagram for more updates like this: @AUTREMAGAZINE

The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan

"Messy, isn't it," his suicide note read. Confident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable. Brautigan’s career wove its way through both the Beat-influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the “Flower Power” hippie movement of the 1960s; while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period, Jubilee Hitchhiker also delves deeply into the spirited times in which he lived. Part history, part biography, and part memoir this etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius.

Lisa Solberg STALKER at THIS Los Angeles

THIS Los Angeles presents Stalker, a solo installation of mixed media by Lisa Solberg opening tonight. Lisa uses reflective insulation panels and cutting techniques to create a world of poetic, bold and thoughtful imagery focused on the sublime. The combining of ink and paint to the finished surfaces compliments the inherent dynamics of the material. The work is intimate and echoes the bold and provocative sentiments of public spaces. Lisa Solberg has presented an aesthetic both primitive, subjective and haunting, her uninhibited display of passion and talent with both the imagery and materials have displayed a unique world and quality of otherness. The panels on view mimic pieces of a large puzzle to complete the Stalker environment and thought, exposing Solberg’s personal expressions, desires and intimacies. Lisa Solberg, born 1983 in Chicago, is an expressionist artist currently living in Los Angeles. Stalker will be on view from June 15 to July 14 at THIS Los Angeles, 5906 North Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California

David Byrne & St. Vincent Collaboration

David Byrne & St. Vincent  have just released the opening track Who from their collaborative album Love This Giant, to be released worldwide September 11 by 4AD under exclusive license from Byrne’s label Todo Mundo. Recorded over two years largely at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ, the album is a collaboration in the truest sense of the word, with Byrne and St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) co-writing ten of the album’s twelve tracks, and each artist penning one song individually. The album centers around an explosive brass band and is propelled by John Congleton’s drum programming.

Wim Delvoye at the Louvre

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The Louvre invites Wim Delvoye, most famous for his tattooed pigs and x-ray sex series, to intervene at various locations within the museum and nearby: in the galleries of the Department of Decorative Arts, under the Pyramid, and in the Tuileries gardens. On view until September 17, 2012. Follow Autre on Instagram for more updates: @autremagazine

Abstract Painter Georges Mathieu Dies at 91

French artist Georges Mathieu died in Paris on June 10 at the age of 91. Georges Mathieu was a complete artist: writer, architect, author of Désormais seul en face de Dieu (1998), graphic designer, painter and inventor of a genuine and independent pictorial language orientated in opposition to geometrical abstraction. He wanted his work to be one of speed, in order not to be overshadowed by doubts. He fought for an art liberated from the classic boundaries that he called “lyrical abstraction." There have been over a hundred exhibitions dedicated to the artist. Georges Mathieu never had any art education. In 1947 he was working for American Express in Paris, France and rented a chambre de bonne near the Palais Luxembourg. There he executed a number of large canvases with a black background on which he painted colored scrolls, whorls and other shapes. He subsequently refined his technique, using a white background on which he painted simple geometrical forms, most often a single line in color.

Cristóbal Jodorowsky Exhibition in Chile

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Currently on view at a gallery in Santiago, Chile a series of recent works by Cristóbal Jodorowsky (Mexico City, 1965), son of cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky, in his distinct style of mixing pop iconography with religious symbolism. The exhibition, entitled  Reflejo de Soñados (Reflection of Dreaming Bodies),  will also be accompanied by the release of a new book of poetry.  On view at the Local Arte Contemporaneo Gallery, Av. Italia 1129, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

.45 POINT BLANK

In December of 2011 while walking on Sunset Blvd, near the intersection of Vine Street, Gregory Bojorquez was caught in the crossfire of a shoot out between a gunman and LAPD. As Bojorquez instinctively snapped pictures, police shot the gunman dead in the street. One innocent bystander was also shot and later died in the hospital. Bojorquez’ photographs were carried by hundreds of newspapers around the world, but have never before been available to view as a sequence of fine art prints. Using these series of photographs as a backbone, Bene Taschen (son of Benedict Taschen) has curated a retrospective of sorts of photographs by Bojorquez from the 90s and 2000s. Gregory Bojorquez .45 POINT BLANK will be on view at the Hardhitta Gallery  until July 12, East Annex, 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

Daniel Angeli: Icones

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Alain Delon et Mireille d'Arc leave a party. Photograph by iconic French paparazzo Daniel Angeli, whose exhibition of photographs from the 60s and 70s, entitled Icônes, is on view until June 19 in the Galerie Art District at the Hôtel Royal Monceau 41, av. Hoche 75008 Paris.