The Sculptures of Kevin Francis Gray

Haunch of Venison presents London-based artist Kevin Francis Gray’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will showcase several of Gray’s porcelain, bronze and marble sculptures that merge elements of both classicism and the sculpted human form with an aesthetic that contextualises the work firmly within the visual landscape of contemporary society. On view from September 4 to September 29, at Haunch of Venison, 550 West 21st Street

Rare Photobook by Brian Griffin Recently Discovered

A discovery of a small number of copies of Brian Griffin’s extremely rare classic photobook Open, which features in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s The Photobook: A History, vol. I. is soon available by Dewi Lewis Publishing. Published in 1988 in an edition of only 350 copies, Brian found himself too occupied with other projects to be able to focus on selling all the print run and put the balance into temporary store. Over twenty years later he rediscovered them. Quirky portraits, enigmatic still lifes and landscapes in a similar vein, all appear in Open, which was self-published along with a number of other photobooks by Griffin under the imprint Black Pudding. These were projects of self-expression as well as being ‘calling cards’. Orders are now being taken and the edition will be released in November 2012.

William Klein & Daido Moriyama @ The Tate

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Coming to the Tate Modern this October, an exhibition that explores the relationship between the work of William Klein (born 1928), one of the 20th century’s most important and influential photographers and filmmakers, and that of Daido Moriyama (born 1938), the most celebrated photographer to emerge from the Provoke movement in 1960s Japan. Taking as its central themes the cities of New York and Tokyo, it traces the influence of Klein’s landmark 1956 photo-book, Life is Good & Good for you in New York: Trance Witness Revels, on Japanese photography, using Moriyama as a focus. It brings together for the first time, vintage photographs from Klein’s New York work, as well as those taken in Tokyo and Paris, with work made by Moriyama in the same cities, including landmark projects from the 1970s such as Moriyama’s Another Country in New York, and Farewell Photography. In addition to exploring the central role of the photo-book in the history of avant-garde art, this exhibition examines the use of film and photography in the representation of urban experience and political protest. On view from October 10, 2012, to January 20, 2013, at the Tate Modern.

José Lerma and Eddie Martinez

Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton presents a two-person exhibition of new works by José Lerma and Eddie Martinez. Both artists use creative material approaches to painting and its history as the starting point for their practice. Inhabited by voracious marks and a motley cast of characters, their works display the political histories of nations imagined and conflicts all too real, through the interplay of their denizens. On view until August 29, 2012 at Halsey McKay Gallery, 79 Newtown Lane East Hampton, NY

El Perro Del Mar New Single From Pale Fire

Photo by Xavier Encinas

Swedish sensation El Perro Del Mar (aka Sarah Assbring) released the first single, Walk On By, off her upcoming album Pale Fire due out this November by The Control Group. Sarah says about the single: "I see it as an hommage to the songs I loved in the early 90’s."

American Sugar

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American Sugar, a solo exhibition by J.M. Giordana, takes a confrontational look at America's addiction to sugar, sex, and insulin. Giordino's photographs and sculptures are also aiming to reintroduce "pop" to Balitmore's art scene. American Sugar is on view until August 31, at CA Gallery, 440 E Oliver Street Baltimore, Maryland

The Early Photographs of Joel Sternfield

On view now at the Albertina, in cooperation with the Museum Folkwang, Essen is dedicating a retrospective to the American photographer Joel Sternfeld showing around 130 works from more than three decades of artistic activity. Joel Sternfeld is among the most important representatives of New Color Photography, which discovered colour for artistic photography in the 1970's. On view until October 7, 2012 at the Albertina, 1010 Vienna, Austria.

[RISE] Introducing GRMLN

Born in Kyoto, Japan and raised in Southern California, 19-year-old Yoodoo Park is the man behind indie rock outfit GRMLN. In the summer of 2010 in between sessions on his surfboard, Park began recording guitar-driven dream-pop in his garage to soundtrack the journeys in his car. Park chose the name GRMLN to echo the feelings of otherworldliness and disconnect he felt during those summers. Currently a student at the University of California Santa Cruz, Park pens songs there when he's away from his makeshift recording studio and his live band, in which he plays with his brother. Entitled Explore, Yoodoo's debut EP is just that: a young artist inspired by the scenery of his coastal surroundings, discovering and developing his singular voice to create a wistful palette of blues, greens and golds.GRMLN will release his Explore EP on October 23rd with Carpark Records.