Surprise Salad
Funny & Odd
Here are some pieces from Matthew Cox’ s series “New Embroidered X-rays 2011″. Funny or odd, this is the Imaginarium of Mr. Matthew Cox . He’s an American artist, playing a lot on the body-X-rays theme.
I’m just delighted to see what happens when you mix such different mediums of expression. Looks like he found a new way of dressing the figure. That’s pretty cool, huh?
Art vs. Fashion
Jana Sterbak is a Canadian artist, known worldwide for her conceptual projects, especially for her works constructed from meat, as her Chair Apollinaire (1996) and her Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic (1987). Actually, it was Sterbak’s work that inspired Lady Gaga’s infamous flesh outfit at MTV Video Music Awards Gala last year.
However, Jana Sterbak has many other interesting works, worth to talk about. Yet, some of them are strangely connected with the fashion world. I selected below some pictures from her projects: Sisyphus Sport (1997) and Remote Control (1989), and, of course, the Vanitas Flesh Dress. Basically, she shows out a bag, a cage and a dress. Always shifting perspective, she opts for an exploration in depth. And there’s a lot of irony, too.
Prabal Gurung
From time to time, fashion needs a kick, in order to restart brighter and fresher. No wonder that the creative twist comes from “outside” – from another culture, with another vision, with much more enthusiasm. This is the case of talented Prabal Gurung.
Prabal Gurung, a Nepalese American fashion designer, trained in New Delhi and then at Parsons, has a long experience of collaborations with great designers, such as Manish Arora, Donna Karan and Bill Blass. He shows his collections at NY Fashion since 2009. His new collection Spring/Summer 2012 comes along with a quite impressive look, sophisticated silhouettes, graphic and color, plastified details. Plus, the belts and harnesses by Zana Bayne.
I appreciate the colors, the way he worked out the surfaces, the cut out details of the dresses, the mix of printed silk with plastic. Definitely, Prabal Gurung has a particular way to dress a woman.
Check the entire collection on vogue.com
Wear Me Out
Erwin Wurm is an Austrian sculptor, inspired by popular culture, well known for using everyday objects (furniture, houses, cars, clothes, plastic bottles) for his particular exploration of space, potential form and volume. In his particular quest the human body has a prominent role and is considered as the perfect canvas of experimentation. His art is smart, humorous, interactive.
This summer, Erwin Wurm presented his “Wear me out” project (29 May to 25 September 2011), an exhibition held in open air at Middelheim Museum of Antwerp. He also invited fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck to collaborate for the occasion.
History Is Nothing But Muscles In Action
Alex Mirutziu / Razvan Sadean
12.9 – 24.9 / 2011 – “History Is Nothing But Muscles In Action”
This project marks a new collaboration between Alex Mirutziu and Razvan Sadean, both working within specific performative frames, debating powerful and controversial narratives with personal instrumentation. Their most recent work will be presented within Portugal’s legendary art center, Ze Dos Bois (ZDB). Connecting with their avant-garde contemporaries like John Romão, Rafael Alvares and Daniel Schmitt, their new performance refers to the study of human action as research taken into the palladium of muscles economy.
Avant- Garde
Vogue Italia, September Issue – Avant – Garde. On the cover – Stella Tennant; the editorial – photographed by Steven Meisel. No Comment.
view more on vogue.it
What Lies Beneath
What about this dark-romantic-surrealist editorial in the Fall issue of LOVE Mag? Stunning indeed!
Editorial : What Lies Beneath / LOVE Magazine, Fall issue/ Photographers : Mert & Marcus/ editor-in-chief Katie Grand / models Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, Saksia de Brauw, Kristen McMenamy, Anais Pouliot, Guinevere van Seenus and Xiao Wen Ju/ images via fashiongonerogue
