Summer 2011 Preview. Handmade in NYC and Italy.
Photos by: Rob Kulisek.
Models: Johnny Knapp & Alex Soroken
Kamakura, Japan is home to some of the biggest small waves in the world (in the summer). Here you will find Cher Shore – a well curated boutique inspired by the aquatic lifestyle. Our good friends at Cher have stocked up on Baron Wells shirts and boardshorts this season. The staff is a crew of fun ladies and gents who all surf and make party on the beach in front. Kamakura is the perfect escape from the hot Tokyo summer days.
We attended the Free Arts 11th Annual Art Auction Benefit at Saatchi and Saatchi with our friends and featured artists Rob Kulisek and Todd DiCiurcio.
Rob, above, wearing the Baron Wells safari shirt in white and black round necktie in front of his piece – Chapter 80 (The Spine).
Wow, Baron Wells only hit the shelves at Bows + Arrows a few weeks ago and we have already almost sold out our shirts! Don’t fret, we sill have plenty more items for sale – handmade silk/cotton oxford neckties, indian head nickel cufflinks and hand-lathed wood stud links by Gregory Buntain.
This is one of our favorite stores EVER. Lauren, the very cute owner, curates with a focused eye that is unparalleled in the Austin area. Clean, smart and sharp. Stop by and say hello to her and the crew. 215 S. Lamar / Suite C / Austin, TX or virtually www.shopbowsplusarrows.com.
Lastly, bookmark their blog and read daily for inspiration: http://arrowandarrow.com
Baron Wells friend Kate Neckel recently graced the ACE hotel nyc with her beautiful work.
I looked and looked and looked around the hotel. I picked up some black acrylic paint markers and I drew the stories of the owls, birds, people and objects in the Ace.
*note the Baron Wells for ACE neckties and bow ties on some of the spectators. room 1208
kateneckel.com
http://kateneckel.blogspot.com/
photos: cara bloch (carabloch.com)
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NEW YORK –– Baron Wells and Pharos Art Advisory present Out East, the first major exhibition in New York from emerging artists Rob Kulisek and Ty Williams. The exhibition will be held at the Atelier on west 42nd street from April 1st to May 31st.
Out East is a compilation of large format prints and mixed media paintings that concentrate on social and cultural themes from the Northeast of America. A heavy influence is drawn from the costal lifestyle – marked by the ocean and the people, animals and objects that embody it.
Nine beautifully lit prints of endangered fish reference an encyclopedic arrangement in Kulisek’s series Red Listed Fish, 2010. Adjacent to that, the portraits of a Norwegian fishing family hang with accompanying text, and together tell a social narrative of the ocean’s ability as an industrial entity to provide resources for both profit and survival.
For “Brian”, which massively hangs in the front window, Kulisek worked with the renowned Alexander Heinrici who printed most of Andy Warhol’s work in the 1970’s, to create a larger-than-life painting that showcases his more romantic images of youth and loneliness as caused by the overwhelming presence of the sea.
Ty Williams’ paintings and mixed media portray the Northeast in an unpasteurized fashion, focusing primarily on the aquatic lifestyle and the characters and activities surrounding the ocean. Ernest Hemingway becomes a jester, youthful men wear colorful life vests, and ship-in-a-bottle images come to life in his witty dialogue with the sea. The result is a marriage between the playfully sarcastic and fanciful sublime with an element of innocence and heartbreak. It is this idiosyncratic subject matter and simple composition that has attracted companies and institutions from around the world to collaborate with Ty on creative direction in film, fashion, publishing and education.