a visual collective outlet of inspiration
a little recipe to try over the week end, the cactus omelette from artistalicious ed ruscha! wallpaper mag asked several design people like tom ford, william eggelston, hussein chalayan… to provide them with their recipe, which they then shot. there is some really cool ones but ed’s is definetly over the top with the master’s instruction typed. check all the other ones. by pp.
art
lid twelve: the magazine for the color-blind
liv tyler by david croland
h.g.wells 1939
the amazing pierre clementi and isabelle adjani 1981
stuart sutcliffe and astrid kirchherr – hamburg 1961
we love lid, and publisher/photographer david croland… picked up the twelfth issue for $15 and worth every dollar. beautiful black and white photography and a range that is quite supereb. my favorite is the image of pierre clementi by jurgen vollmer. in a sea of crap fashion mags its nice to have david croland around. well done. by dd
giasco bertolli – “blow up” maryon park
i first saw this story by photographer giasco bertolli in purple mag some years ago and i remember what i felt seeing it at the time. it’s so relevant. for those who didn’t get it yet, the guy shot the park featured in antonioni’s “blow up”, 50 years later. the park was indeed an almost as important part of the cast as the actors. very poetic. by pp.
martina hoogland ivanow’s book: far too close
beautifully dark, quiet, soft, and candid. the book of photographs by martina hoogland ivanow is available at dashwood books in NY and worth a look if not a purchase. the book is beautifully printed and published by steidlMACK in london. i have my signed copy displayed for your very observant eyes. by dd
ERWIN OLAF: FROM COMMERCIALISM TO MOMA
i’m not a huge fan of, dutch photographer, erwin olaf’s work, many of which i find to be derivatives of others, and seldom done with the finese that makes a fashion image current, but i do like this series from his body of work… by dd
for my dear KL
ok darling, you have to tell us how you came up with this… but i still like yours better : ) by dd
Freudsche Rektifizierung: Erwin Wurm
the 2004 c-print 40.98 x 35.07 by austrian artist erwin wurm who is better known for his one minute sculptures that usually involve him and some everyday objects. “my work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological and the political.” – erwin wurm. by dd
obsessed with ito
i don’t really know who is ito and it’s not as if his website was really helping to that matter but his pictures, man… they’re absolutely fab! if i was living in the place i want to live in, there would be a “beyond reason” size print from the man on the wall! and on a less capitalist note, i think what the guy captures is really different from the rest of the crowd but keep a really edgy and modern look… can’t get enough of it by pp.
Martina Hoogla: at dashwood book store Tonight
dashwood books in NY is a great venue for limited edition books. the small store is run by, fashion stylist anne christensen other half: david strettell, who carefully edits every title that makes it into the store. will try and stop by tonight to check out martina hoogland ivanow’s book “far too close” published by steidlmack. should be worth the walk. by dd
christina kruse ruse
not just a pretty face. christina kruse is someone i’m sure you’ll recognize from fashion and advertising over the past many years, but did you know she also makes art? supermodel + artist, what a thing to envy! i recently came across some of her work which you can see here, i hope it’s more than another style of visual stimulation. if anything the results have an atmosphere that speaks of identity and emotional travels. by kl
rob & nick carter – postcards from vegas
i think the following images belong to the category of the ” it’s so bad that it’s nice” or something like that. funny how men couple can achieve this level of suspicious taste, from gilbert & george to pierre & giles. anyway, this exhibition was shown in london at the “fine art society”, posh place indeed, where the contrast between the walls and what they hold might have been even weirder than the piece themselves… there is no absolute good taste, right?
“to create, this new body of work entitled ‘postcards from vegas’ the artists used one of only two remaining cibachrome machines in the world to enlarge the postcards, which are drawn from a collection the carter’s each collected as children in the 1960s and 1970s, to up to 150 times the original size. in addition, the couple have added replicated and reduced-to-scale vintage neon signs spotted on trips to las vegas.“
by pp.
therese + joel
striking images from photographers therese + joel, recently seen in some show at float gallery in nyc. how come i never heard about those two birds before? by pp.
