So, I have a friend, Allessandro Guiliano. We met during fashion week in Paris about a dozen years ago and have been the best of friends ever since. Ale’, like me, is a gypsy. So, when he hit me up last week from HOng Kong and said he had left New York via India and would be coming through LA I was not surprised. Oh, the life of a jet-setting gypsy! I was however shocked when he arrived and told me his plans. He travelling to 11 art galleries in 7 countries in 2 weeks for the Damien Hirst Global Spot Challenge!
Ale’ is not only a jet-setting gypsy, he is an artist. He is on this mission as a part of an installation he is creating surrounding this crazy challenge. Art breeds art. So, of course- I wanted in! Above you will find pictures taken by, well, yours truly :) from the show in Beverly Hills I took last week. Ale’ got his stamp- proof of his passage through LA and the Spot show. All 11 stamps and he will be gifted a special Damien Hirst print.
I have never been particularly fond of Damien Hirst, but those spots .. . hmmmm . .. While at the exhibit, a group of kindergardners walked in. I had a flash that I wanted to bring my little misses, so after school the next day I did. She loved the spots. The guy below, maybe not so much.
And you . . . what’s your take on the whole thing?
Make LOve, Make Art!
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OMG. I love that video! That dude Hennessy Youngman’s ART THOUGHTZ on Damien Hirst! Straight real-talk clownin’! Yeah, I think these Spot Paintings are kinda lame… but I do like the idea that your gypset friend Ale’ is doing the Global Challenge to see the series in galleries around the world. That Gagosian scene is crazy though, as far as I’m concerned. I would prefer to hang out with you and Noa for a day than any over-hyped art snobs! : ) hahaha. Love this post! Keep ’em coming, Faith!
Aw, thanks Shan!! SO happy you dig this post. ALe’ is great- next time he is in town we should all hang. Yeah Hennessy is hilarious. Mad love to you Shan!
XX F