better late than never… wait, it may never come
harold camping might have been wrong on his may 21, 2011 prediction and well see if hes right by moving the date back till october 21, 2011 in his revised prediction; i just hope if he is right the raptor jesus comes in style like this!! by jr
this is no pulp fiction: meet british publisher, faber & faber’s new editor-at-large
faber & faber, home to 12 nobel laureates and six booker prize winners, faber & faber is now looking to bring a little cocker magic to its list after hiring jarvis cocker as its new editor-at-large. “jarvis felt like a natural fit with the faber sensibility, both as author and editor, and i’m sure the small list of books he will develop will represent his eccentric and yet popular touch,” said faber editor lee brackstone. sign me up! by dd+ar
daphne guinness: the museum at the FIT
show will be on september 16 through january 7, 2012
if you missed the galiano show there is always this. the FIT exhibition, daphne guinness, will feature approximately 100 garments and accessories from guinness’ personal collection, including designs from the likes of alexander mcqueen, azzedine alaïa, karl lagerfeld for chanel, john galliano for christian dior, dolce & gabbana, rick owens, gareth pugh, and valentino. guinness’ own designs will also be on display. the exhibition is co-curated by daphne guinness and valerie steele, director and chief curator of the museum at FIT. by xy
cy twombly – bruce webber
ok, one more cy twombly portrait, but also the re-launch of bruce webber website. buy one, get one free. by pp.
nick cave – soundsuits
“nick cave is an artist who makes costumes for sculpture. actually, the costumes are the sculptures. he calls them “soundsuits,” because they’re loud. pitched at a decibel the eye can hear, they armor the body in dyed feathers, brilliant sequins, bugle beads and fake flowers, thatched twigs, strips of old sweaters and gaggles of pipe cleaners. they may have tall chairs or wicker baskets for heads. there’s no way to know if they’re male or female, or of what race or class, but they’re too dazzling for anyone to care.”
not the nick cave you think about, though it’s music related since those amazing costumes are featured in alvin ailey shows. mr. cave himself a former dancer for ailey, now turned artist knows what he’s talking about when it comes to dance. now on show at mary boon read more here by pp’
rag & bone – lovely pattern
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“understood in its metaphysical sense, beauty is one of the manifestations of the absolute being. emanating from the harmonious rays of the divine plan, it crosses the intellectual plane to shine once again across the natural plane, where it darkens into matter.”
—jean delville
wagon wheel – old crow medicine show
my favorite song this week. the actual ‘official video’ for the produced version of this song is absolutely horrendous, it almost ruined it for me, so i figured i’d spare all y’all and give you the only other version i could find online. not much better, but at least they’re not perfectly styled pioneer hipsters, and it’s a great song. by kl
mmmmmmmmmmmmm paris plus kubrick plus napoleon
in love with alexey, how bazaar
how cool was alexey brodovitch back in his day! diana vreeland wasn’t the only progressive nut-ball making harper’s bazaar amazing from the 30’s to the 60’s.
alexey was prominently influential in introducing into the united states the radically simplified graphic design of modernism. through his teaching, he created a generation of designers sympathetic to his belief in the primacy of visual freshness and immediacy. fascinated with photography, he made it the backbone of modern magazine design as photography was previously used sparingly, and he fostered the development of an expressionistic, almost primal style of picture-taking that became the dominant style of photographic practice in the 1950s.
basically, brodovitch is the model for the modern magazine art director. he did not simply arrange photographs, illustrations and type on the page, actively conceived and commissioned all forms of visual communications, as well as specializing in discovering and showcasing young and unknown talent. his first assistant in new york was irving penn. he also nurtured photographers such as leslie gill, richard avedon and hiro.
his impact on media, fashion and editorial expressions of harper’s bazaar made him a bit of a celebrity… for example, the film funny face which starred fred astaire as a photographer much like avedon, named its art-director character “dovitch.” by kl