Many of the works by Ruvan W. featured in the show have been exhibited earlier. The photography above to the left has been exhibited at “Since forever is gone” in New York, 2009. Ruvan Wijesooriya is known for his exhibitions where the audience may take the work home. In that way, Wijesooriya says that an image is never for him to keep. It is also a pretty cool thing to do, and really artistic.
“All of Ruvan’s pictures remind me of that feeling: That your life could be saved if you could get there right then. That you’re geographically fucked, and it’s all happening right now, somewhere else, without you. There is an enormous amount of intimacy in them, and promise, and intrusion.”
(The work left to the staircase is by Aaron Young. Its a panel from the project “Greeting Card”)
Aaron Young (Born: 1972 in San Francisco, CA. Lives and works in New York).
Aaron Young created uproar when he invited a local biker to drive a motorcycle until he either could not see through all the smoke or his tires were burned, in Francisco Art Institue’s gallery. As payment, Young gave the biker beer. The artist on the other hand was nearly expelled from the school.
(Panel from the “Greeting Card”. Was up for auction at Christie’s March 2011. Close to the one in Gossip Girl).
The result of the wild, but short drive was a drawing on the floor-which had been Diego Riveras earlier studio. In spite of the unconventional performance, Aaron Young was allowed to continue his education, and has later participated in many important shows and exhibitions. The artist is now highly requested.
Young is also known for his collaboration with Nate Lowman, but mostly known his teamwork with different representatives from different subcultures or rebels like bikers and skateboarders.
(The text was posted earlier on March 21, 2011).
Aaron Young is also known for beeing a part of the “Warhol’s Children”, a group of NewYork-based and Warhol-inspired artists who have achieved a lot of attention in the art world.
In collaboration with the Art Production Fund and the Park Avenue Armory, Young held his first public show in New York, placed in the Drill Hall, september 2007. The project was named “Greeting Card”, inspired by Jackson Pollock.Young painted 288 panels of plywood in colors of pink, red,orange and yellow fluorescent, painted with black on the top concealing the brighter colors. He then placed all the panels out on the floor, forming a 128 x 72 feet canvas on which twelve motorcycle riders performed after direction from Aaron Young. The movements from the tires formed a pattern of burnouts on the panels. It is one of this panels which is placed in the Gossip Girl- show.
Miltos Manetas “Cat Panties”, 96 x 72 inches, oil on canvas, 2005 (Private collection)
Miltos Manetas (Born: 1964 in Athens. Currently lives and works in London and New York. Educated from Accademia di Brera, School of Fine Arts, Milan 1985-1989).
Manetas is an international artist known for his “Internet Art, with paintings of cables, videogames, computers and websites. Earlier in his career he decieded to abandon the ferformance art, a long with objects and site specific installations, and began making paintings on canvas about computer techonology. The artist experimented with computer games as object for making art.
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Miltos Manetas,” Cat Panties” on the wall in the background
Manetas is popular among collectors world wide – (Charles Saatchi as an example), and art houses. He has also been commissioned by well- established institutions. The artist is also known for having founded the Interne -based art movement “Neen”.
Season 3, Episode 3. Chuck and Blair attending a Sotheby’s auction. “Photo by Patrick McMullan”
(Digital image altered with Nik Software’s Color Effect pro to look like a black and white film photo. Made so it looks like one of McMullan’s photos from the 80′s by the Patrick McMullan Company).
Patrick McMullan (born in New York), is an American celebrity photographer, columnist, television personality and socialite. His works focuses normally on persons, especially celebrities, fashion designers, artists, actors, models and the power elite.
McMullan’s photographs from the 80’s are the most sought after pieces among collectors. Patrick McMullan’s original works are also represented in the Gossip Girl set.
Patrick McMullan in the background on the blue wall. On the right hand: Ryan McGinley.
The scene from the auction at Sotheby’s in New York, Season 3, Ep. 3
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