Wednesday, May 30
The 3 states I’ve lived in outside of my birth-state… sandwich style.
Sunday, May 27
Friday, May 25
I am against museums and exhibitions in fashion. One woman said to me — ‘In my world, the world of art’ — so I said: ‘Oh, don’t you make dresses anymore?’ A thin smile and then: ‘If you call yourself an artist, then you are second-rate.’
-Karl Lagerfeld: the Telegraph, 2012
(Image: ‘Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations’ at the MET)
Art is art. Fashion is fashion. However, Andy Warhol proved that they can exist together.
-Karl Lagerfeld: NYT, 2008
(Image: ‘Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations’ at the MET)
Wednesday, May 23
Botero’s Fruits, 2009, oil on canvas
(mid-week deliciousness)
Monday, May 21
Sachigusa Yasuda’s series: “Aerial”
Flying #18, Digital photograph
courtesy of the artist and Base Gallery
Kimbra - “Cameo Lover” (Live at Sing Sing Studios) (by kimbramusic)
Finally…over 2 years in the making Kimbra’s album Vows drops stateside tomorrow!
Open up your heart…
More news of modern architecture threatening a masterpiece-seems to be a trend.
Giotto’s frescos in the Scorvegni Chapel in Padua, considered one of the most important works in Western art history.
(Image detail of the panel: Lament over the Dead Jesus Christ)
Sunday, May 20
Animaniacs episode Hooked on a Ceiling
(I remember this from childhood…minus the toga and what you have is actually a very interesting and intuitive take on one of the most famous artworks in history).
Happy Sunday night…
(Source: youtube.com)
Friday, May 18
The first steps in attempting to rewrite one of the 20th c. greatest urban failures: the destruction of Pennsylvania Station-here is a peak at stage one.
(Time will tell… )
