Friday, January 22, 2010

 

 

From February 4^th to March 13^th, JF Bouchard (Sid Lee’s president) presents his third photography exhibition at Gallery SAS .

 

Still Life explores the surprising relationships that people maintain with vibrantly realistic erotic dolls - beyond sexuality. Treated as spouses in every respect, these female replicas play a role in the daily emotional lives of an ever-increasing number of men.

The iDollators, the term they coined to refer to themselves, form a lesser-known but active online community where advice is exchanged on matters ranging from the romantic to the technical.

This group is one of the many modern sub-cultures that Jean-François Bouchard depicts in his photographs. For Still Life, he chose a more abstract representation of this reality but kept a journalistic approach by researching the owners’ varied points of view on their relationships with the dolls.

Exhibition presented by Gallery SAS in collaboration with Sid Lee Collective.

Friday, January 22, 2010

On the 29^th of January Sid Lee Collective Amsterdam presents a finger-licking opening of the exhibition by fine artist Joe Holbrook.

What happens at night when everybody is left wandering home? After the clubs have blasted their last basses, after the fried chicken take away's are attacked by hungry hipsters? The city is left with the residue of nightly escapades. .

“I've been noticing every time you get in a bus or tube in London nowadays somebody is eating out of a chicken box. And nobody really sees it, if you know what I mean?”

In the new exhibition Tender 'N Tasty fine artist Joe Holbrook searches for these residues. He finds vultures roaming the streets, deers wondering around town and heaps of empty and half full chicken boxes. In his realistic painting style Joe knows how to capture the energy and dynamics of his spirit of time. For the exhibition Joe created eight new bodies of work, plus 4 framed drawings that have all been created in his London studio. Joe doesn't only observe and document the world that he sees, he lives that world.

 

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Kriss Créol is the moniker of Danish Art Director and multi-disciplinary designer Kristian Grove Møller. Kriss joined Sid Lee in the Fall of 2008 as AD and creative on the global adidas Originals assignment. Kriss is well-known on the danish design scene and also runs the popular Créol Brothers blog (creolbrothers.cover.dk) together with his brother Mads Emil. Kriss is also a jury member at the Danish Creative Circle Awards and a judge at the infamous Favorite Website Award.

Kriss Créol and Sid Lee Collective were invited to take part of Vinyl CPH. The exhibition is set in motion by a great passion for designer toys - a phenomenon where the established art scene meets urban culture. The aim of the project is to break down barriers between art and graphic design, by letting a selected group of artists give life to 30 blank 20-inch vinyl toys.

He received a blank white Qee. In return, he had to come up with a brilliant idea of how to decorate the little fellow. There were no restrictions on which tools to use or materials to apply.

The outcome, dubbed 'Sid Qee', is an insight into the crooked mind of the Sid Lee artisan. Replacing the head of the Vinyl toy with a TV showing a slightly disturbing video loop.

The exhibition will run at Danish Architecture Center DAC from the 1st of December to the 2nd of February 2009/2010. It will also be showcased on the website www.vinylcph.dk which will be promoted worldwide.

During the period all the Vinyl Qee's are up for auction at a starting price around 1000 EUR. The proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.

The opening took place last Wednesday in the fashionable meat-packing district in Copenhagen. The evening was a great success, with a huge turnout of art- and party-loving people and with Djuna Barnes and legendary Dj Trentemøller in charge on the decks.

 

Friday, November 27, 2009

This week we open our doors to EUROBEST, the European advertising festival. We thought that is the right occasion to celebrate OUR MONTREAL! We break down the borders and bring Canada to Europe for one night. Sid...Lee Amsterdam will celebrate our beloved mother-city with Montreal-influenced posters created by our very own Sid Lee employees. So if you love Montreal, creativity, Sid Lee or simply enjoy watching Canadian people feeling homesick, come celebrate with us tomorrow!!
The posters were all created by our staff to celebrate Montreal nomination as one of Unesco's Cities of Design.The show was first exhibited in Berlin last year. We are happy to share it with you in Amsterdam.