Read Our Intimate Text Interview With Exhibitionist and Performance Artist Alexandra Marzella →

Alexandra Marzella is an exhibitionist in the purist form – zits, bodily fluids, and armpit hair are all on full display. She is also beautiful, but eschews many of the expectations that society has for women: she rarely wears makeup, her eyebrows are unkempt and her selfies are the opposite of the countless duck face tragedies that bombard most social media feeds. Basically, she lets her freak flag fly and doesn’t give a fuck what you think. I first saw her perform at the Standard Hotel Miami back in December – in a little poolside bungalow – as part of an exhibition by Petra Collins presented by nightlife impresario André Saraiva. In a small, cramped room she writhed as she stripped naked, while getting water poured on her from friend, collaborator, and fellow artist India Menuez – Wet’s “Don’t Want to Be Your Girl” played in the background. It was exciting, erotic, strange and captivating – Marzella was not only stripping off her clothes, she was also stripping off parts of her soul and the audience was too close not to get splashed, which felt intrusive, but also incredibly viscerally engaging. It’s almost like Marzella has created a new form of art out of stripping. Indeed, Marzella, who is based in New York, is part of a new wave of young female artists that are using their youth, bodies, and femininity to say fuck you to the jock rapist culture that dominates the culture. Whatever she is doing, she should keep doing it. In the following text interview Marzella talks about her initial inclination to shun art, her time as a cheerleader and her take on nudity in performance art. Click here to read the interview. 

Read Our Convo With Composer and Musician Holly Herndon on The Future Of Dance Music →

Photograph by Maria Louceiro. 

Many people are quick to label San Francisco based musician and composer Holly Herndon a “futuristic” artist, but the truth of the matter is that she may actually more present than many other artists that are working in electronic music genre. Present in the sense of her intentions and her use of the tools of our time. It is the music of the future imagined ten or fifteen years ago when composers were still primitively discovering and harnessing the power that computers can offer in terms of the construction of music. Moreover, Herndon is coming to the electronic music genre with a scholarly background and a deep understanding about the processes of music – after leaving Tennessee for the Berlin club scene where she immersed herself in the sounds of that culture, she received her degree from Mills College in Oakland. She studied under the likes of John Bischoff, James Fei, Maggi Payne, and Fred Frith. This year, Herndon saw the release of Platorm on the 4AD label. It is her second official album and it is being lauded by critics across the board. Autre was lucky enough to catch up with Herndon for a convo – she discusses the state of club music, her early experiences as a choir girl growing up the South, and her blurring of the line between academia and pop music. Click here to read the full conversation.  

Here Are Ten Things You Need To Know About Elio Fiorucci Who Passed Away On Monday At the Age of 80 →

This Monday, the fashion world was saddened to hear of the death of Italian designer Elio Fiorucci. Known as “The King of Jeans,” the Milanese designer’s raunchy, colorful fashions “sold America back to America.” His kitschy, recycled style broke the harsh, conservative boundaries of haute-couture, gaining international popularity with his low-cost materials and everyday fashions. The Fiorucci name was a staple in the jet-set world of youth and alternative culture in the New Wave era. However, despite fame and acclaim, poor management and legal issues separated Fiorucci from his brand into the 21st century. Interior design guru Rossana Orlandi said Fiorucci was “the point of reference for an entire generation.” Giorgio Armani called him “revolutionary.” Fiorucci recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Click here to read ten things you need to know about Elio Fiorucci. 

"Tiger Tiger" Group Show At Salon 94 in New York

Salon 94 presents Tiger Tiger, a summer group exhibition. Tiger Tiger features work from Michael Assiff, Jules de Balincourt, Brian Belott, Katherine Bernhardt, Karin Gulbran, Shara Hughes, Marc Hundley, Misaki Kawai, Makiko Kudo, Nikki Maloof, Ryan Mrozowski, David Benjamin Sherry, Yutaka Sone, and Paul Swenbeck. The exhibition includes plastic on canvas works by Michael Assiff, counterfeit children’s art by Brian Belott, ceramics by Karin Gulbran and Paul Swenbeck, metal sculpture by Yutaka Sone, and more. The exhibition will be on view until August 21, 2015 at Salon 94 Bowery in New York. 

Read Our Interview With Director Stevan Riley and Rebecca Brando On A New Documentary That Explores Her Father's Life In His Own Poetic Words →

Marlon Brando may be the most famous and iconic movie actor that ever lived, but he may also be the most misunderstood. In his younger years, he was handsome and brilliant and celebrated. He bulldozed his way through each flicker and celluloid frame with supernova luminance. The ladies loved him, and men wanted to be him. However, there is a side to Brando that many people have never seen before. A side that they will soon get to see in a rare, intimate documentary that culls together over 200 hours of his personal voice memos that the actor kept throughout his life. Recently, Autre got a chance to speak with Stevan Riley, as well as Brando’s own daughter, Rebecca Brando, about her collaboration on the documentary and how she would like her father to be remembered. Click here to read the interview. 

Lorn's New Music Video Features Cheerleaders In the Afterlife

Directed by Julian Flores, Pavel Brenner and Sherif R.Alabede of Los Angeles based film collective Room 113, the new music video for mysterious musical artist Lorn's track Acid Rain, features a squad of cheerleaders who emerge from the wreckage of a vintage convertible and dance their way through the naugahyde booths and kitchen of an old 50s diner. 

Go See Artist Dan Graham's "Observatory / Playground" Atop Le Corbusier's Radiant City In Marseille

On view now, atop Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) in Marseille, France you will be able to find a stunning presentation of works by iconic conceptual sculptor Dan Graham. Curated by French designer Ora Ito, who purchased the rooftop of Corbusier's stunning apartment complex in 2013 and named it MAMO, or MArseille MOdulor. The space has become an outdoor gallery of sorts - set against the masterful surrounding architecture. Presented here are two of Graham's classic pavilions, seven maquettes, as well as a selection of films. "Observatory / Playground" will be on view until September 20, 2015 at MAMO, in Marseille, France. 

"Queer Fantasy" Group Show Opening at OHWOW Gallery In Los Angeles

OHWOW Gallery presents Queer Fantasy, a group exhibition curated by William J. Simmons. Featuring work by ten artists – A.K. Burns, Leidy Churchman, Jimmy DeSana, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Mariah Garnett, Jacolby Satterwhite, David Benjamin Sherry, Jack Smith, A.L. Steiner, and John Waters – this show seeks to recount and preserve a frequently marginalized history of queer voices within contemporary art. Queer Fantasy will be on view until August 15, 2015 at OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles. 

Read Our Interview With Strokes Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. On Being a Blip in the Universe and His Third Solo Album →

photograph by Guy Eppel

Most people know Albert Hammond Jr. as the nicer dressed guitarist of The Strokes – with his signature curly-cue mop and cigarette cocked askew. After a little more than a decade of being in the band that defined a generation and kicked off a garage-rock revival, Hammond started exploring his own artistic journey, which has resulted in two solo albums – his third, Momentary Masters, is set to drop at the end of this month. This latest album is much more personal for Hammond – who is an artist realizing his place in the universe outside of himself. After emerging from the cocaine-dust-choked atmosphere of his youth, Hammond is learning about home, family and security. He has survived the shipwreck of his own self and is now clinging to newfound shoreline. Read the full story and interview here. 

Check Out Our Review of Asaf Ganot's Spring Summer Collection, Which Just Hit the Runway at New York Fashion Week: Men's →

Are the next J.W. Anderson’s and Sibling’s of the world about to erupt from New York, who knows? Is Asaf Ganot, who just showed his SS 2016 collection, one of these designers? I am learning towards no, at least not from this collection. But, I am of a fashion generation brought up on experimental electronic music, Rick Owens, and Raf Simons. Ganot’s bright and sharply tailored clothes adorning the bodies of hulking beefcake types is different than the fashion world that I have been attuned to appreciate. And maybe that makes it radical? Or, at the very least, different. Click here to read the full review by Adam Lehrer.  

Go See Joe Sola's Live Painted Horse On View At Tif Sigfrids Gallery in Los Angeles

Tif Sigfrids presents A Painted Horse by Joe Sola (with Matthew Chambers, Sayre Gomez, Rudy K. Slobeck, and others). This is Joe Sola’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. For this show, Sola explores the use of everyday materials and techniques common to contemporary animal grooming practices and presents us with a painted miniature horse. Originally bred as pets for nobility in the 17th century and known to be amongst the rare species of animals in King Louis XIV’s menagerie at Versailles, Sola embraces the animal’s potential for visual pleasure and transposes an abstract language onto this rather unconventional painting surface. With palatial images in mind, the artist will transform the gallery to resemble the dining room of a prosperous collector of contemporary art. Surrounded by walls adorned with new works by Matthew Chambers. Sayre Gomez, and Rudy K. Slobeck, Riba, the painted horse, will roam freely as if at home. Don't worry, the horse is very well taken care of. Only four visitors at a time will be permitted into the gallery to view the exhibition. Visit the Tif Sigfrids website to learn how to make an appointment. 

Read Our Convo with Sean Baker, Whose Transgender Sex Comedy Shot Entirely on the iPhone 5S Will Be Playing At A Theater Near You →

Tangerine is a film to celebrate, not only because it brings a bright beautiful shade of blooming reality to transgender issues, but also because it is a return to the inventiveness of filmmaking. Shot entirely with iPhone 5S smartphones, the film is a triumph of cinema’s capacity to capture the human condition using whatever means necessary. With past projects that include Greg the Bunny and Starlet, director Sean Baker could have gone with much more expensive cameras, but decided to stick with smartphones and all the inherent challenges – challenges that were worked out with special, newly invented rigs and filmmaking apps. The decision lends an atmosphere of spontaneity to Tangerine that wouldn’t have been captured otherwise. The film, which takes place on Christmas Eve, follows Sin-Dee (played by Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (played by Mya Taylor) as they search for the former’s pimp through a landscape of lascivious pleasure seekers involved in all manners of sins of the flesh – all among the neon hued and gum stained sidewalks of Tinseltown’s soiled boulevards. Click here to learn more about this film and to read our interview with the director. 

Melike Kara “Lunch” Salon Kennedy in Frankfurt, Germany

Salon Kennedy presents Melike Kara “Lunch” – her first solo exhibition in Frankfurt. In her work, Melike Kara first and foremost allows the being to emerge without any evaluation. She questions the notion of duality between form and formlessness, incurrence and dissolution, focusing on the correspondence between groups and singular figures. Attitude, gesture and facial expression visualize social constellation, transmitting undefined content without ever being specific. Yet, by reflecting common, everyday social encounters, the figures seem utterly familiar. Emanating from the being, the artist allows the canvas to react upon all these emotions. The color however, is deliberately selected to provide a form and frame to the painting´s inner life. Melike Kara “Lunch” will be on view until July 31, 2015 at Salon Kennedy, Cultural Avenue HQ Frankfurt am Main 

Bad Boys Bail Bonds Adopt A Highway Group Exhibition at Team Gallery In New York

Team (gallery, inc.) is pleased to announce Bad Boys Bail Bonds Adopt A Highway, a group exhibition of sculpture, drawings, photographs, paintings, and video by fourteen Los Angeles based artists and practitioners. The exhibition will take place in both gallery spaces and run from 28 June through 31 July, 2015. Team Gallery is located at 83 Grand Street, cross streets Wooster and Greene, and at 47 Wooster Street, cross streets Grand and Broome.