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Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
9-11-2001
I can remember waking up late that day. I had a hangover. A bunch of us had been out very late the night before at the Marc Jacobs after party. I just can picture Perry Ferril and Roseanna Arquette spinning records. I had a few runway shows later in the afternoon on the 11th. I had the times and addresses saved in my voicemail on my cell. I called to check, but the network was not working. I brushed my teeth, and called my agent at Ford to get my call times. She answered.
Me// Hey it's Jesse Kamm.
Her// What is it?
Me// Oh, well, my phone isn't working for some reason. I need my call times for today.
Her// What do you mean everything is cancelled!!! We are under attack. Click
I sat there groggy trying to piece together what she had said. I looked at my friend Mickey. He was like, what? I remember opening the curtains and smoke was filling the street. I can remember we were just sitting there in silence. We were confused. We were suddenly scared. We went onto the front stoop of the building, and there were 5 dudes standing there yelling about something. "What's going on?" I asked. They told us that the planes had hit the towers.
We started crying. We roamed the streets lost and confused. Four days later we rented a car and drove across the country back to LA. I have lived here ever since. These photos are from the weeks before, and the days after.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
JK SS2012
Fashion week begins.
I present my new collection, SAIL.
Hilary Walsh is photographed by Jeana Sohn.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
THURSDAY NIGHT
My girl Sammy Shelton crooned in my ear at the Spare Room, while I threw strikes on the lanes... well, I threw one strike. Man that girl can sing! Check her out...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING
WHO IS MATT JOHNSON?
Matt is my friend. Matt is a prolific contemporary artist. Matt is the boyfriend of jewelry
designer Win Bowers. Matt is an oak of a man. Matt is mellow. Matt is humble. Matt
is focused. Matt is Private. Matt has been down to the Panama homestead with Luke. Matt lets me use his sandblaster. Matt's studio was the site of the JK lookbook shoot on Sunday. Matt has a one man show at Blum & Poe on September 10, 2011. Matt Johnson is aces.
Johnson's new work transforms materials commonly found in art studios and construction sites, such as dust, drywall, stone and steel, into unexpected forms, exposing the scientific and spiritual potency of these seemingly humble objects. The six new sculptures freely traverse the myriad paths of human expression in physical manifestations.
With the works Touch the Void (2011) and Pyramid of Dust (2011), Johnson subtly intervenes with matter found in the natural world. In Touch the Void, Johnson has meticulously carved and rendered the impression of his handprint on the face of a billion year old granite boulder. By leaving a physical mark, Johnson dates his contribution within the finite life of this stone, exposing man's ongoing impulse to alter his surroundings, even if only to leave evidence of his existence. In Pyramid of Dust, Johnson delicately balances notions of stability and instability, construction and destruction, through the creation of a four-sided temple built up from several months of collected studio dust. The work, appearing as if poised to crumble at the slightest shake, offers a bittersweet reminder of the temporality of the artistic gesture.
Rising nine feet high and cast in bronze, the monumentally scaled Nuked Buddha (2011), assumes a serene pose, yet its warped and blasted torso suggests a more violent history. Inspired by documentary images taken in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, this fictionalized artifact holds in suspension the velocity of human desecration alongside the endurance of an enlightened icon. In Star in a Jar (2011), Johnson illuminates a trapped light bulb within a Mason jar, with no visible electrical charge present. The spark of creativity is held captive, as if by magic, to be treasured like a caught firefly in a child's grasp. In the infinitely looping Trefoil I-Beam (2011) and the precariously leaning Dodecahedron (2011), Johnson creates "geometric readymades" from iconic architectural elements, such as steel and drywall. These familiar skeletal building materials give visual and tangible weight to the underlying mathematical ideas governing all physical structures.
The span of Johnson's new work investigates the human desire to interact with the given world through science, mathematics, religion, art and architecture. Johnson's exploration points to our inherent need to connect with the cosmos, our desire to understand it, and our attempts to control it.
Matt Johnson (b. 1978, New York) lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his B.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore and his M.F.A from UCLA. Johnson has exhibited widely in such international venues as: The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005, 2009); The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007); The Saatchi Gallery, London (2009); The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece (2011). Johnson was also included in the 2007 travelling exhibition, American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo; traveled to Bard College, New York, NY; Serpentine Gallery, London; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Matt is my friend. Matt is a prolific contemporary artist. Matt is the boyfriend of jewelry
designer Win Bowers. Matt is an oak of a man. Matt is mellow. Matt is humble. Matt
is focused. Matt is Private. Matt has been down to the Panama homestead with Luke. Matt lets me use his sandblaster. Matt's studio was the site of the JK lookbook shoot on Sunday. Matt has a one man show at Blum & Poe on September 10, 2011. Matt Johnson is aces.
BLUM & POE
is pleased to announce
MATT JOHNSON
September 10 - October 22, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, September 10, 6-8pm
Blum & Poe is very pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Matt Johnson. This marks the artist's second solo show with the gallery.
Johnson's new work transforms materials commonly found in art studios and construction sites, such as dust, drywall, stone and steel, into unexpected forms, exposing the scientific and spiritual potency of these seemingly humble objects. The six new sculptures freely traverse the myriad paths of human expression in physical manifestations.
With the works Touch the Void (2011) and Pyramid of Dust (2011), Johnson subtly intervenes with matter found in the natural world. In Touch the Void, Johnson has meticulously carved and rendered the impression of his handprint on the face of a billion year old granite boulder. By leaving a physical mark, Johnson dates his contribution within the finite life of this stone, exposing man's ongoing impulse to alter his surroundings, even if only to leave evidence of his existence. In Pyramid of Dust, Johnson delicately balances notions of stability and instability, construction and destruction, through the creation of a four-sided temple built up from several months of collected studio dust. The work, appearing as if poised to crumble at the slightest shake, offers a bittersweet reminder of the temporality of the artistic gesture.
Rising nine feet high and cast in bronze, the monumentally scaled Nuked Buddha (2011), assumes a serene pose, yet its warped and blasted torso suggests a more violent history. Inspired by documentary images taken in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, this fictionalized artifact holds in suspension the velocity of human desecration alongside the endurance of an enlightened icon. In Star in a Jar (2011), Johnson illuminates a trapped light bulb within a Mason jar, with no visible electrical charge present. The spark of creativity is held captive, as if by magic, to be treasured like a caught firefly in a child's grasp. In the infinitely looping Trefoil I-Beam (2011) and the precariously leaning Dodecahedron (2011), Johnson creates "geometric readymades" from iconic architectural elements, such as steel and drywall. These familiar skeletal building materials give visual and tangible weight to the underlying mathematical ideas governing all physical structures.
The span of Johnson's new work investigates the human desire to interact with the given world through science, mathematics, religion, art and architecture. Johnson's exploration points to our inherent need to connect with the cosmos, our desire to understand it, and our attempts to control it.
Matt Johnson (b. 1978, New York) lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his B.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore and his M.F.A from UCLA. Johnson has exhibited widely in such international venues as: The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005, 2009); The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2007); The Saatchi Gallery, London (2009); The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece (2011). Johnson was also included in the 2007 travelling exhibition, American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo; traveled to Bard College, New York, NY; Serpentine Gallery, London; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic.
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