VENA CAVA SPRING13

NICOLE WERMERS

12/10/12 13 notes

While hanging out on the internet late one night, I stumbled across the work of Nicole Wermers.

Her work is blowing my mind.

The German born artist living in London makes incredible collages as well as sculptures.

Her sense of color, material, and minimal/earthy/surrealist combinations are spot on beautiful and weird.

We love her oversized ash trays and rock and lucite coffee tables.

Her collages would make amazing textile prints or wall paper.

Untitled Ashtray, 2010, 102 x 60 cm, powdercoated steel, sand, pigment, cigarette butts

Untitled bench, 2009, 50 x 224 x 60 cm, perspex, golden quarzite, mixed glacier, purple slate, granite, purfleet, fixings

Untitled Forcefield (copper door), 2006, 200 x 60 x 50 cm, steel, copper, sand

Sand Tables, 2007, ca. 40 x 80 x 90 cm, patinated steel, sand, gravel

Installation view “Masse und Auflösung”, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, 2007, Double Sand Table, 2007 72 x 450 x 115 cm (2 pieces)steel, sand, cigarette butts,

Untitled (Stern), 2005, 35,5 x 25,5 cm, magazine pages

Untitled (black spheres and blue vases), 2007, 40,2 x 30,8 cm, magazine pages

Untitled (Fingernägel), 2002, 37 x 23 cm, magazine pages

Untitled (rattan), 2008, 35,7 x 30 cm, magazine pages

Untitled (golden rings, black sticks on grey), 2006, 34,1 x 26, magazine pages

Untitled (Perle), 2005, 35 x 27 cm, magazine pages

ICE CUBE CELEBRATES THE EAMES

12/03/12 7 notes

Here’s some more Eames designs that we think Ice Cube would be way into…

PORTRAITURE

11/28/12 5 notes

What a great way to pass the time on a boring flight…

Artist Nina Katchadourian’s project Seat Assignment: Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style

via: Sad and Useless

Perfume

11/26/12 10 notes

We’ve always fantasized about doing a Vena Cava Perfume. We discovered this amazing catalog of perfume bottles the last time we were doing research at the library.

What would a Vena Cava perfume smell like?

Nocturnes de Caron by Caron. 1981.

Fleurs de Rocaille, by Caron.

Fete des Roses, by Caron. 1936.

Empreinte, by Courreges. 1971.

Champs-Élysées by Guerlain. 1904.

Candide Effleuve by Guerlain. 1924.

Vol de Nuit by Guerlain. 1933.

Parfume d’Hermes. 1984.

K.L by Lagerfeld. 1982.

Visa & Baghari by Robert Piguet. 1945 & 1950.

SHEILA HICKS

11/19/12 4 notes

Sheila Hicks was a pioneer of the 70s fiber art movement and is a VC inspirational high priestess. Here are our versions of her metaphors:

(Arthur Danto take note……)

This weaving is a metaphor for post-holiday weight gain

Bad-hair day

This weaving is meant to evoke a shitty high school ska band

This weaving is like the time you went to the Bahamas with your family and all got braids with plastic beads at the end

That hot guy at the Healthfood store you met in the live kefir yogurt section

Teenage Angst

80s chicos tunics

FROM THE VC ARCHIVES:

11/08/12 47 notes

WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD

Images courtesy of thehairpin.com

PHONES

11/06/12 18 notes

Does anyone else miss the glamour of having one of these in your house? Holding the phone up to your ear with your shoulder, dragging the cord around, dramatically hanging up on people….

There is something about the shape and color of the plastic, the buttons and dials, and having a little piece of functional art at your fingertips.

GATHER JOURNAL

11/01/12 4 notes

We just picked up the premiere issue of Gather Journal and can’t stop fawning over the beautiful food photos. The magazine has some amazing recipes (Spiced Lotus Chips!) but we can’t help being the most appetized by that giant looking Cheeto.

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT/SCULPTURE

10/31/12 4 notes

Who wouldn’t want to work out with equipment like this?

PILATES

10/26/12 20 notes

We at Vena Cava Love Pilates. Something about the dance-wear outfits, the leather and metal S&M looking reformers, and the eccentric old ladies that do it. Who doesn’t love exercise you can do while laying on your back, wearing dark glasses?

Photos - Joseph H. Pilates

YOU DONT OWN ME

10/22/12 4 notes

“You Don’t Own Me” PSA- Official from You Don’t Own Me on Vimeo.

Attention fellow women!

Our vote alone can win this election- we will not go backwards.

A vote for Obama is:

a vote for your health and your right to choose

a vote for equal pay and equal rights

a vote for our families

a vote to marry who you choose

a vote to start a family when you choose

a vote to ensure that our daughters will grow up with the same rights that we’ve had.

HALLOWEEN: A THESIS

10/18/12 2 notes

Halloween is hands down my favorite holiday of the year- and the best excuse to walk around in public looking like an asshole. I pride myself on coming up with great Halloween concepts, but my execution is pretty hit or miss. Ive had some real good times and some real dark times over the past few years.

Here’s a brief survey:

GOOD:

Patrician electrician- half marie antoinette, half electrician. Most people thought I was Egon from Ghostbusters, which was cool with me.

Grand Opening Bodega! a very successful costume for several years that included jams from La Mega spanish radio, drunk people “hanging outside” and lots of Goya products and condoms

Paula Poundstone- so easy. I already have a bob and an oversized blazer

Bruno Plays Football (my version of Bruno’s football themed spread in GQ in 2009)

Baby Colin Powell

BAD:

Laika- the first dog in space. Poorly executed and confusing- it looked more like MOG from spaceballs. Half Freddy Mercury, Half Freddie Prinze Jr. Also confusing. And crappy.

Deep down, I just want to come up with the ideas for the costumes so that you, gentle reader, can make them for yourself! Here’s some ideas for this year- submissions are welcome!

Annie (I think this only works if youre a really overweight man with naturally curly hair)

A Shower Stall

Beach Community

Detroit (for the advanced Halloween-er)

Sexy Mummy

And my favorite: a podium