this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
william hogarth, marriage a-la-mode: 2, the tête à tête, 1743
stanley kubrick, barry lyndon, 1975
thomas gainsborough, the blue boy, 1770
stanley kubrick, barry lyndon, 1975
george stubbs, eclipse, 1770
stanley kubrick, barry lyndon, 1975
john constable, malvern hall, 1821
stanley kubrick, barry lyndon, 1975
jacob van ruisdael, wheatfields, 1670
stanley kubrick, barry lyndon, 1975
watch for more of the beautiful shots from the film here
a few references that kubrick used for this film. this guy was clearly a genius… even used my favorite composition of all time by franz shubert!! by tnt
winter, by wendy red star on display at ottawa’s national gallery of canada
no that’s not an ad for H&M winter collection, so what’s wrong with this picture? take another look and you may begin to understand what’s actually right about it…
that is a photograph by artists wendy red star who was born in billings montana in 1981 and is an enrolled member of the apsáalooke (crow) tribe. i think red start is in a way poking fun at the romantic notions and the stereo-types, we all have of the first nation people. when in reality they are here today strong as ever, many of them are living a life no different than ours as doctors, lawyers, business owners etc. and yet they are fully connected to their roots. this is not to diminish the reality and the crimes committed against them, but perhaps as a young woman born in 1981 you may get tired of all that generalization.
her work, and its kitsch references reminded me of the work of art photographer duo, pierre et gilles, and their silly portrayals of “gayness”. while i personally dress in a sailor suit all day, not all gay men look this way… so there… that is the art.
“…red star places herself at the center of her photographic tableau, dressed in the brightly hued traditional tribal attire, which she sewed herself. featuring elk teeth and beads characteristic of crow dress, her clothing is historically authentic.
artist wendy red star is debunking myths and upending clichés about first nation and native people using “humour as a bridge” and to insure not to offend the very people whose ancestors did “the deeds”
“…by making herself the main subject in each of her photographic seasons, red crow is asserting the continuing survival and presence of all indigenous people, says cross. “by wearing her tribal regalia, she is saying, ‘we’re here, we’re not going anywhere. and what she wears is not a costume, not a stereotype, it is part of a history that connects to her ancestors and her culture and will continue to do so into the future.”
“… the exhibition juxtaposes works by first nation artists with those of canadian settlers, british and european artists from the 19th to 21st centuries as a way to both celebrate and contemplate the experience of the season from multiple cultural perspectives.
in keeping with that theme, the differing ways in which each group perceives and misperceives – as well as sees and doesn’t really see – the others is what red star is asking us to reflect on in this work.
natural history museum new york
“…red star’s work talks back to the dioramas seen in natural history museums that often depict cultural habitats – including those of indigenous peoples – and treat these communities as if they were specimens for historical or anthropological study.
photographer edward s curtis (1868-1952)
“…they also critique the work of the us photographer edward s curtis, best known for his documentary portrayals of american indians – including members of red star’s crow nation – in the 1900s. still, red star regards curtis and his relationship to native people as complex. “his ability to photograph the different communities came through his interpreters, who were themselves tribal members… from my community he had alexander upshaw… so, when i look at curtis’s photos now,” she says, she thinks about upshaw.
that is fair but i must say i am glad that curtis managed to capture her incredible ancestors so we could stand in awe of them today. i simply wish there were more photographs documentary films and movies about their history and life. by xy
francesco clemente painting in his $5000 dollar italian suit – aey! what? hes italian!
francesco clemente terrible painting Nº 1 of model anna ewers… not that you can tell
francesco clemente terrible painting Nº 2 of model liya kebede.
francesco clemente terrible painting Nº 3 of model christy turlington.
oh well that’s how it goes. if you are mediocre at what you do and willing to go along down the river, you’ll get the money, and if not that, you at least get the girls. by dd
“i bet if we made a fucking brick with supreme on it people would pay $40 each…” so they did and they did pay. today you can pick one up for $300 on stock x
artists shit, original price unknown… piero manzoni’s shit now sells for $300,000 an ounce
demna’s vetements boots with plastic disposable lighters as heel – price for a used pair approx $450
the album cover to destroy all others… peter savilles fact 14 LP cover made of sandpaper, to gently destroy all your other LPs.
lou doillon in vanessa bruno, if video is unavailable click here
french fashion designer vanessa bruno is presenting a truly beautiful video to illustrate her winter collection. featuring lou doillon, the movie is perfect fit to this “no mistake” brand from their cloths, their unconventional campaign shot by mark borthwick to this movie. bien joué! by pp’
water tight ceramic – not cardboard – cool minimalist ceramic
at first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that if any of jacques monneraud’s vessels were filled with water, they’d soak right through and split at the seams. and that’s exactly what the artist wants you to think! incredibly, these vessels are made of clay.
monneraud’s pieces appear lightweight and almost haphazard as if repurposed quickly from corrugated cardboard. of course, only meticulous attention to detail could result in such fantastic visual trickery. “i really liked the idea of being able to freeze fragility,” he tells colossal.
the artist began working with ceramics only three years ago, establishing a studio in southwest france where he continues to experiment and expand upon his love for the medium. his new interest developed almost by chance, following something of a creative drought. he says:
what a cool clay teapot – in unglazed clay
i started as a graphic designer/illustrator and quickly became a creative director in an advertising company. during those years, i gradually drifted away from what i loved to do in the first place, which was creating. as someone who grew up in a family of artists and makers, i always pictured myself working with my hands someday. but here i was, spending hours in meetings discussing brand strategies. when i realized that, i decided that it was time to give this dream a try. after a few months searching for this “maker job,” i stumbled upon a video of someone working at the potter’s wheel. i was instantly hooked.
monneraud immediately booked a workshop to learn the basics, and a few weeks later, he quit his job to pursue pottery full-time. through the inherent process of trial and error, he learned and grew from failure. “i was unsuccessfully trying to obtain a specific glaze effect that i love, so i started thinking about a ‘raw collection’ made of unglazed pieces,” he says. read more at colossal. by ty
tobias wong’s witty cooking mittens for final home
i mean who doesn’t cook and smoke at the same time?
and no tobias did not die from smoking… *that said smoking does kill – we have all stopped smoking and you should too!
to be honest i cant remember if these were actually “cooking mittens” or just cold weather mitts… but i remember seeing these at final home and thinking they were hilarious. but not $300 hilarious. they were made of shinny porous material which made me think they were heat-safe, cooking gloves, but it could be that they were made of rain jacket material also! in any case very funny – very cool. we miss you tobias… you shouldn’t have taken yourself out like that. by ac
i have a bottle of v.o… 1/3 left maybe… i bought it at a small perfume shop in boston many years ago and i always loved the mysterious scent, but knew nothing about the brand. i bought it because it was reassuringly expensive (for the time, and my broke ass student state) but also because it was truely different, like nothing else i had smelled. i had no idea who jean marc sinan was but i finally looked him up…
the story of this interesting character is a complicated and twisted one… but with thanks to sergey borisov we can now take a glimpse into sinan’s life. “born in 1951 in sham country (greater syria, or levante), he was a homeless london hippie from 1965 to 1967, then spent five years practicing meditation in the southern algerian desert. he was then a mine-worker for 2 years…
mine-worker, florist, intern at christian dior, to youngest couturier in paris
and a florist for three years, then landed as an intern at christian dior for marc bohan for a year. leaving the house of dior in 1980, he opens his own couture maison in the 15th arrondissement of paris, where he was “rediscovered” by regular dior clients – and jean-marc becomes the youngest couturier in paris.
from 1981 to 1990 jean-marc sinan develops a holding company of his own name – among 70 companies that were created, including a perfume brand, which launched his first fragrances in 1984.
parfums jean-marc sinan paris
live and rejoice, you just made your way from desert dust to prosperous bourgeois! but… in 1990, he buys up all the stock of his inventory he could reach around the world – and mercilessly razed everything to the ground with a bulldozer in chartres.
now not a couturier or perfumer, he begins the early ’90s anew as an artist, sculptor and painter. travelling to new york, california, indian kerala, paris, italy, bahrain – he practices as an architect, sculptor, painter, furniture maker. he studied religion intensively and discovers his god, he then burns nearly a thousand of his paintings in india, started a family and starts painted a new.
limited edition rare perfumes in hand blown glass
he created his own contemporary art center in paris, with a holistic food restaurant. his paintings are devoted to the relationship between the human and the divine, and three fragrances in handmade bottles (lettre a une femme, par femme du coeur, paradise no people – the latter bottle in the form of a green cloud on wings carrying water to people).
from this story, it becomes clear why the old jean-marc sinan fragrances are so rare and iconic. they hadn’t been produced for long, only 6 years (1984-1990), and only the few bottles that weren’t destroyed in chartres have survived. his first women’s fragrance, sinan, is best known for its crescent-stemmed, green and spicy rose chypre with a thick animal base – but today i’d like to talk about his first men’s fragrance, v.o. jean-marc sinan.
v.o. version originale jean-marc sinan
fashion photograph for jean marc sinan paris 1987 and below v.o. jean-marc sinan: the brand’s first men’s fragrance
rare v.o bottle design : top notes: lavender, geranium, neroli, lemon and tangerine middle notes: pepper, rose, jasmine, carnation, ylang-ylang and lily of the valley base notes: musk, woody notes, cedar, sandalwood and tonka bean.
v.o. stands for version originale, as if the artist had been bored with numerous copies beforehand, even before the release of his original (?). and it is as rich and full-bodied a fragrance as a woman’s – it is created like a couple; its floral heart is similar to a woman’s fragrance (rose, geranium, jasmine, ylang ylang), but the whole composition is deployed in a dark, fougere direction. v.o. is one of those dark intense men’s fragrances that lived in black bottles in the 1980s.
a very roughly spicy scent (pepper, cumin, carnation), with a dab of dark greens (pine needles, wormwood) over powerful citrus and lavender in the beginning. with a sharp and sweet intoxicating accord in which geranium dominates over honeyed rose and sweet fir balsam supporting the coniferous pine needles – it smells like soap infused with crushed spices and pine needles. the dense, dark base of v.o. version originale, besides fir balsam, is a fusion of vetiver and patchouli, musk, coumarin and oak moss – a typical 1980s masculine fragrance uniform.
i find similarities with the old jules christian dior and macassar rochas, and in this comparison the original version looks heartier and warmer. one could say, more human and oriental. besides spicy-coniferous soap, the fragrance can be compared to some balsams of taiga origin, which have herbs, pine needles, spices and roots, and balsamic dense sweetness.
each person is reminded of something specific from the past – i recall the tart smell and taste of balsam made of rhodeola rosea roots, the popular siberian alcohol-based potion. it’s a dark brown liquid of folk medicine, which was splashed into the sweetened taiga tea to lift the spirits of hunters and tourists in the middle of the day.
the artist himself at his 70+ years still works as evidenced by his website : jeanmarc sinan.com , there’s a permanent exhibition in his art center, the restaurant eat god and art has a permanent menu (dishes are prepared by the artist with his wife) and there are three fragrances on sale – their half-kilogram glass bottles were blown by the designer himself and then signed with his own hand.
the fragrance v.o. version originale jean-marc sinan can still be found on online auctions, but the price goes up to $599, although it is possible to find some cheaper bottles, the most inexpensive option is the mini-bottles… just be weary of the fake copies as there are many. by uh
a visual collective outlet of inspiration
