Luke Austin "Soft Instant" @ Jason Vass Gallery In Los Angeles

Jason Vass presents Soft Instant, featuring new works by Australian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Luke Austin. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Known for his intimate nude male portraits, Austin captures images that reveal the individuality of his subjects in a moment of disarming contact. Austin intuitively conveys the vulnerability of his sitters through the empathetic quality of his photographic gaze, extending a care to his subjects and humanizing their masculinity beyond the momentary arrest of the frame. Luke Austin "Soft Instant" will be on view until April 16, 2016 at Jason Vass Gallery in Los Angeles. photographs by Douglas Neill. 

Cult Chinese Photographer Ren Hang Debuts His New Series, Athens Love, This Week In New York

“Athens Love” consists of snapshots Ren Hang took in Athens and other parts of Attica, Greece, during an artist residency in April, 2015. The images evoke faded memories of escapades with friends and lovers against the saturated backdrop of the Mediterranean. An incandescent face rises from a tumble of long black hair, bordered by a blue sky and sea; protruding genitals cheekily reflect the surrounding natural landscape. Linking these images is a narrative Ren Hang subtly pursues in all his work, in which man and nature each react to the other’s magic. Ren Hang will be signing copies of monograph, Athens Love, at New York’s Dashwood Books on March 25, 2016 with an exhibition at Klein Sun Gallery  in New York from 24 March 2016 to April 30, 2016. Click here to read Autre's short interview with the photographer. 

S!X Pop Up Presentation at Sarah Scout Gallery During the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2016

Cult Aussie label S!X was stablished in 1994 by Denise Sprynskyj and Peter Boyd in response to the local industry’s lack of originality, over-consumption and over-production, S!X combines traditional tailoring, dyeing and fabric manipulation techniques with the practices of recycling and deconstruction. The presentation, photographed and art directed by Good John, was held at Sarah Scout Gallery during its present exhibition, Veronica Kent: I Get Nervous Around Bulls and Eagles. Styling by Peter Boyd and Denise Sprynskyj (Designers of S!X). Shoes by MM6 Maison Margiela and Nine West. Hair and Make Up by Beth Haywood. Models: Jessie, Sunny, Tyrone, Lucy, Scarlett, Ariele. 

Julian Schnabel Takes Us On A Tour Of His New Exhibition "Infinity On Trial" @ Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles

Blum & Poe gallery in Los Angeles presents forty years of painting by artist Julian Schnabel. This exhibition marks Schnabel’s first solo presentation with Blum & Poe. After a hiatus from the West Coast art scene for nearly a decade, this first exhibition at Blum & Poe takes the form of a concise overview of an exhilaratingly divergent painting practice—making a forceful case for the historical importance of Schnabel’s oeuvre as well as his ever-growing relevance to a new generation of artists. Julian Schnabel "Infinity On Trial" will be on view until April 30, 2016 at Blum & Poe gallery in Los Angeles. 

A Peek Inside The New "Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles" Book

Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles, from the Rizzoli imprint, is a delicious peek inside the legendary former residence of Finnish erotic illustrator and painter of all your gay fantasies, Touko Laaksonen. The home, on a quiet suburban street in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, is where Laaksonen, most famously known as Tom of Finland, lived and worked during the last ten years of his life. The men and muses he lived with still live there to this day and maintain the home just as he left it, albeit with a lot more of his artwork on the walls. To the un-gay eye, this house may seem like a den of iniquity, but in reality it is a shrine to the late Tom of Finland and it is a testament to freedom of sexuality and desire. Straight or gay, Tom’s House is a must visit when you spend time in Los Angeles, and the book is an excellent way to visit if you can’t actually be there. All in all, the book is also one of the best testaments to the legacy of Tom of Finland.  Click here to purchase Tom House: Tom of Finland In Los Angeles.

A Visit To The Rodnik Band's Chateau Marmont Bungalow Hideaway

Autre got a chance to step into the whimsical and surreal world of The Rodnick Band, and what better place for the United Kingdom-based fashion-label-cum-art-collective than the famed Chateau Marmont where Philip Colbert, the brain child behind the brand, and his wife Charlotte, have been holding court for the past month at their private bungalow. The mid-century Craig Ellwood-designed bungalow was a temporary diorama replete with The Rodnik Band's wide range of delectable offerings, from lobster rugs to raw meat tables sitting on cigarette legs and pop art furniture. Philip modeled the brand's range of tailored suits, one with an exploding popcorn pattern. Charlotte donned a beaded and sequined dress inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's famous sunflower paintings. At the end, Philip took us for a spin in a BMW 7-series vinyl wrapped with his signature fried egg pattern. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper