Last night was the brilliant launch party of The Hunger Magazine Issue 2. Thanks to everyone who came down – especially those who braved the HungerLive mini studio and had their pictures taken! All images are available to be seen on The Hunger Facebook and the magazine officially goes on sale tomorrow nationwide.
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INGRID DEUSS will debut “Rankin’s Rubbish” in Antwerpen, an exhibition inspired in part by Irving Penn’s still life images of cigarette butts and other ephemera. Rankin’s new work is an examination of the often-overlooked beauty inherent in the things we throw away, finding value in what we so happily abandon.
“Rankin’s Rubbish” is set to officially open on May 3rd – June 16th
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Too saucy for Penguin, Rankin’s nude image of Tuuli was banned – ironically like the book that it was originally shot to cover, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
The image is now set to be auctioned for Battersea Dogs Home as part of a sale of rejected and unwanted artworks helping to raise money for the charity.
The images can be seen at the Beach Gallery, 20 Cheshire Street, E2 from 1-6 May. On the final day an auction will be held.
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Damien Hirst: Hey Man, What’s the crack?
Rankin: We’ve got to do this conversation for the Myths book. Do you remember when we first met? That first shot we did? I was a big fan of your work and then I asked you to hold a knife against your cheek. I remember you pushing it in so hard that it cut you? (laughs)
DH: Yeah, I remember it, we both used to cane it pretty hard in those days. I’d probably had no fucking sleep and couldn’t feel pain.
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What made you wanna do this myths and monsters project?
R: It was you, man! You excited me about it. You had this whole thing in your head.
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DH: Don’t you know crime don’t pay?
R: The price of my work might go up though?
DH: Yeah, but you wouldn’t be around to enjoy it.
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R: Does any of your work attempt to take the piss out of the art industry and the art market? Or just out of the world in general.
DH: Nah, not really, I think taking the piss is negative – the art market is not really happening enough for me to want to say anything about it.
But the world in general? Sure. Earth is my favourite planet.
Art is about life, the world is about money – what about your industry?
R: That’s what I was trying to say I suppose, but at least when I look at some of your work, I do think about life. Not just about buying a fucking dress!
DH: I think you can find art in the most unlikely places, even when buying a dress. At least you get to work with bare ladies mostly and not dead animals. (laughs)
R: Yeah, look at Irving Penn. He sold loads of dresses but I think he was a true artist!
What made you want to be an artist in the first place?
DH: I just always drew and painted, I enjoyed it more than anything else. It took me years to work out I could get paid for doing something I enjoyed though.
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R: A friend of ours once said to me that the best piece of advice you’d given him was that ‘money is just a key to open doors’. Could you explain that a bit?
DH: Yeah, it’s like language. It’s something that helps you to communicate. I guess it’s easier for me to say that now I’ve got some. I think a lot of people fuck up because money somehow becomes the goal instead of a tool to help to achieve your goal – money should never be the goal.
‘Rachael’ Rankin’s new short film will premiere as part of Channel 4’s Random Acts strand next Thursday, 12th January at 11.05pm
Written by Irvine Welsh it stars Holliday Grainger, Suki Alice Waterhouse, Shaun Dooley and Maxine Peake. More information can be found here
It will also be available on the Channel 4 website for a month after broadcast.
Rolls Royce today launched a competition in which budding photographers can create their own interpretation of the Spirit of Ecstasy. The competition is to celebrate Rankin’s own 100 images celebrating the icons centenary. Enter here
On|Off, Tuuli and Rankin are excited to announce the return of the “Dig the New Breed” competition, which this year will offer up-and-coming film directors the opportunity to submit fashion films. The winning directors will be offered the unique chance to be part of “Dig the New Breed” exhibition at Rankin’s prestigious Annroy Gallery in London and feature in the second issue of On|Off’s Limited Edition printed fanzine.
The competition is open for submissions from now until 22nd December 2011. All work submitted would be personally selected by Rankin.The second issue of the On|Off Fanzine, produced and created in collaboration with Tuuli, will feature some of the most talented emerging fashion designers, artists, set designers, stylists and film makers of the moment. The Limited Edition Fanzine will be presented on February 16th at the Rook & Raven Gallery in London as well as at the On|Off Paris Fashion Week venue, Espace Commines between February 29th and March 3rd 2012.
CONDIITONS OF ENTRY
Competing directors are invited to submit 1-3 fashion films of their most innovative and interesting work for Rankin’s consideration. Selected work will be chosen on the basis of what Rankin believes to be the most innovative, interesting and well-produced work.
Only successful candidates will be notified.
Films should be submitted via web links to your film i.e. Vimeo, YouTube etc. to the following email address: info@onoff.tv
Please state ‘Dig the New Breed Competition’ in the subject box
Submission must include your name, age, website, full contact details, title of the film, full credit list for film.
Enter the D&AD Student Awards 2012 by submitting a story for The Hunger Magazine. Details here
