London, Hackney

The Penelopes, new single NOW NOW NOW

London-based The Penelopes have just released their new single Now Now Now which was also remixed by the C90s. The band will play live at The Nest on 20 January 2012 (Stoke Newington Road, Dalston).

and the C90s remix

Mark Maggiori

Mark Magiori is a French visual artist, former singer of nu-metal band Pleymo (the French Pleymo, not the English one), director, painter and photograph. Galerie Oberkampf in Paris opens an exhibition of his works on 3 December.

More info:
markmaggiorishots.blogspot.com
www.hkartagency.fr
http://www.galerieoberkampf.com/

M83 - New album

Anthony Gonzalez aka M83 released his new album, "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming"

 M83 will play at La Cigale, 15 March 2012.

Turzi

Turzi will play at Gaîté Lyrique in Paris on 7 September... More info www.myspace.com/turzi

Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore played at La Villette for the Villette Sonique festival, celebrating the release of his new album Demolished Thoughts.

Glenn Branca Ensemble

No Wave icon and mentor for Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, Glenn Branca played at La Villette in May 2011.

Beastie Boys are back !!!!

We love it !!! The Beastie Boys still rule !!!!

Beastie Boys and Santigold, Don't play no game that I can win !!!!!!

NEW! Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Game I Can't Win (feat. Santigold) (2011) - MusicPlayOn.com

Some Sonic Youth news...

Sonic Youth is back. The band released the soundtrack of French film "Simon Werner a disparu", a different musical experience from the latest release of the band. This is truly a soundtrack, not an album. It is however a great piece of music, experimental and electronic.

To celebrate the release of his latest solo album "Demolished Thoughts", Thurston Moore will play live in Paris at La Villette Sonic on 19 May 2011. Vicious Vitamins already got tickets !!!

http://www.sonicyouth.com/

Artus de Lavilleon a la Galerie Patricia Dorfmann, Paris

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Rétrospective II / LIEUX COMMUNS


Vernissage samedi 22 janvier 15h / 21h
Exposition 22 janvier – 26 février 2011

Galerie Patricia Dorfmann, 61 rue de la Verrerie, 75004, Paris

Après avoir vécu dans les vitrines du magasin Le Printemps, créé un mouvement artistique, « retourné ma veste en galerie », perdu ma mère, vécu en chine, montré un film à Beaubourg, exposé à l’étranger et dans des foires, et presque tout vendu à une exposition ou tout était bien encadré, bien montré, bien justifié, je me suis senti trahi par moi-même et par le système qui (enfin) me reconnaissait.

« Tant qu’à ce que l’art soit devenu un marché comme un autre », je me suis alors mis à développer les grands dessins noirs et blancs qui faisaient mon succès en publicité et sous forme d’illustration, tout en me servant de cette excuse pour exposer dans des lieux communs (boutiques, librairies, magasins) et continuer de témoigner de mon vécu et de son archivage quotidien de la façon la plus large possible (décalée ? Banale ? Populaire ? Marginale ? Posthume ? sans rapport avec ce marché).

C’est cette partie de mon travail que je vous propose aujourd’hui de découvrir, entre performance et revendication engagée, ce qui découle d’un refus du marché de l’art, et de ses conséquences, plus quelques peintures faites dans mon salon.

Artus Laviléon, 15 janvier 2011

Music auction at Philips de Pury

Auction house Philips-de Pury will held a Music auction on Friday 10 December at 5pm in London. Vicious Vitamins went to the exhibition and particularly enjoyed the Alan Vega/Suicide memorabilia and a picture feature the three legends David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed. A number of rare items will also be auctioned such as a collection of 52 vynil covers designed by Andy Warhol (including the Velvet Underground banana cover), a picture of Joy Division front-man Ian Curtis by Kvin Cummins or some Black Flag gig posters designed by Raymond Pettibon.
http://www.phillipsdepury.com/splash/music-2010/music.aspx

On a similar topic, we were happy to discover (probably late, sorry...!) that Rizzoli released a new book about Joy Division featuring photographies of Kevin Cummins with foreword by writer Jay McInerney and text by Joy Division founder Bernard Sumner.

Aleksi Cavaillez at Espace Fiction

Last week end to see "Espace Fiction - Drawings from the moon", exhibition by Art Posthume artist Aleksi Cavaillez at Espace OFR, 20 rue Dupetit-Thouars 75003 Paris (MOnday to Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 2pm-7pm). You can also download the beautiful catalogue here: http://www.dirloz.net/works/DIRLOZ_SCIENCE_REVIEW.pdf

Palazzo Grassi, Venice - Art Idea #87: make a portrait/self-portrait by captioning a mirror

Superflex in Metz

French industrial group Bel (The Laughing Cow, Babybel) launched earlier this year Lab'Bel, a program dedicated to promote contemporary visiual arts. For the Nuit Blanche, a night of events and visited organized in the largest cities throughout France, Lab'Bel invited Danish art activists Superflex.

Vicious Vitamins interviewed Superflex last year for the issue #2 released during Frieze and FIAC (issue 2 that you can download by clicking on the right margin of the site). For the Nuit Blanche in Metz, Superflex will present a work already featured at Art Unlimited 2010, Flooded Mc Donald. The performance will consist of a rise in the water of a Mc Donald restaurant until complete flooding. Mixing humour and tragedy, Superflex, here again, chalenges our lives of consumers and the power of brand in the developed world.

Flooded MacDonald's (2008), 1 October 2010 from 18.00pm to 1am
Salle des fetes du Lycee Fabert, Metz.

Info: http://www.superflex.net/floodedmcdonalds/
      : http://www.nuitblanchemetz.com/

Music

Here is the new track of our friend Christian Jay

Christian Jay new track

Too Cool For School - New-York hipsters in Paris and London

In September, two exhibitions in Paris and London will feature the hippest generation of New-York artists. Galerie du Jour-Agnes B in Paris will show works of artists the gallery has long-standing relationship with, Harmony Korine, which new film will be produced by Agnes B, Dash Snow and Ryan McGinley. East-End London gallery Ritter Zamet will present over ten emerging artists from New-York in an exhibition called The Coke Factory including Scott Campbell, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Aurel Schmidt, Agathe Snow and Dash Snow.


At Galerie du Jour, Ryan McGinley will show studio pictures of unprofessional models met in gigs and parties. Unfortunately there is nothing that has never been seen already although this serie should be seen in its entire context of 150 pictures of 150 models, left free to adopt the posture they want – Is Ryan McGinley trying to become a new Rankin? Let’s give him a chance but the pictures he originally took of his friends and daily life were so beautiful that it is hard to understand why he is now being so conventional and bourgeois in a professional studio. Although Harmony Korine probably spends most of his time working on film projects (Mister Lonely in 2007 and soon Trash Humpers that we are really looking forward to watch), he still finds time for other visual arts. At Galerie du Jour, he will present mixed-techniques portraits that somehow remind the fear and anxiety of Munch works. Harmony Korine is probably the most interesting artist of this generation emerged from street and skateboard culture. Dash Snow will be remebered with a beautiful dyptique made in 2007 (see picture below - click on picture to see the entire high def picture). In addition, Agnes B herself will show some of her videos.

Harmony Korine, Scumbag and baby, 2010, technique mixte

Ryan McGinley, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere , 2010, Photographie nxb. 30x45 cm

Dash Snow, « Untitled (Metallic trees) », God Spoiled, 2007. Photographie, dyptique.

At Ritter Zamet, a bunch of hipsters will take over the space and questioned their creative process in light with the over-mechanised and consumerist Western society. This show will include Dash Snow (the picture of the beautiful dyptique above will be shown at Galerie du Jour), a year after his death and who will also be at Galerie du Jour in Paris, his former wife Corsican borned Agathe Snow, and some Purple Diary characters (that gives you an idea of the hipness !) such as Aurel Schmidt or Scott Campbell. Pictures of The Coke Factory will maybe be added to the post soon(ish).

3+1 at Galerie du Jour Agnes B, 9 September-6 November 2010: 44, rue Quincampoix 75004 Paris – galeriedujour.com

The Coke Factory at Ritter Zamet, 9 September-23 Octobern 2010: Unit 8, 80a Ashfield Street E1 2BJ London (opening reception Thursday 9 September, 6pm-8pm) – www.ritterzamet.com

Artus in surfland

Our friend Artus de Lavilleon is in residency at Roundhouse in Hossegor (France), a villa openned by French magazine Clark with the support of Nike (who is now entering the surf industry). During his time at Roundhouse, Artus will produce drawings in an studio left only for him. Drawings and parties ahead... sure that Artus will share that with Vicious Vitamins very soon... More info on the blog of the Roundhouse: www.clarkmagazine.com/roundhouse (in French only)

Ich Bin Ein Berliner 2.1

Vicious Vitamins was at the first party season 2 of Ich Bin Ein Berliner at SO36 in Berlin and it was great !!!!

David Mars and Emmanuel(le) Hubaut, two of the three promoters of the party

Stephane Herve and Alexis Gaffuri, two third of Dead Sexy Inc

Valery Renay (Noblesse Oblige)

Alexis Gaffuri (Dead Sexy Inc) and Jemek Jemowit

Sebastian (Noblesse Oblige) and Randy Twigg backstage

Shopping selection from Vicious Vitamins

Dear Vicious Vitamins Friends !!

It's been a while I haven't put anything on this blog, believe it I'll make more work going forward and I already added a shopping selection on the right hand side margins. From there you'll be able to access DVDs, CDs, books selected by Vicious Vitamins... To start with I highly recommend the new album of Berlin-based duo Noblesse Oblige, Malady. A masterpiece !! More to come... You can also follow my travels on Dig For Voodoo, the B-side blog of Vicious Vitamins: www.digforvoodoo.com.

Love to All,

Antoine

ICH BIN EIN BERLINER - The compilation

Vicious Vitamins' friends Araknid records alongside with DJ and Dead Sexy Inc singer Emmanuel Hubaut are releasing a double CD compilation featuring the best of SO36 parties Ich Bin Ein Berliner.

Ich Bin Ein berliner festival is a monthly event organized by Andreas Schwarz, David Maars, and Emmanuel 5 at legendary club from Kreuzberg SO36. It's an Electro Glam & Rock party with “a touch of Queer” where you can see and listen to Bands, Performers, Djs, who are based in Berlin and often a special " just for one day " Berliner act. It started august 2009 and became one of the best and freaky party in town. Many artists already played there such as : Gloria Viagra, Steve Morell, Noblesse Oblige, Mount Sims, Snax, Aerea Negrot, Randy Twigg, Squeezebox Band, Nachlader, Scream Club, Electronicat, Bürger P, Glamour to Kill, We are Enfant Terrible, Mittekill, Sue Denim, Kamikaze Queens...


You can listen and buy the CD on Araknid Records web site: www.araknidrecords.com