Thom Browne Fall/Winter 2012-13
Thom Browne fashion shows are never boring. Theatrics aside, the guy knows how to cut a jacket. Slim sleeves and really high arm holes.
Link: Thom Browne
Thom Browne fashion shows are never boring. Theatrics aside, the guy knows how to cut a jacket. Slim sleeves and really high arm holes.
Link: Thom Browne
At Art Los Angeles Contemporary, I was introduced to the amazingly humorous work of NY-based artist Federico Solmi, who is also a Guggenheim Fellow.
On view, at Jerome Zodo‘s booth, was one of Solmi’s most controversial works, The Evil Empire, a 4-minute video that chronicles the exploits of a porn-addicted Pope in the fictional town Vatic-Anal-City (A trailer of it is at the end of this post). I watched it a few times, back to back, and with each viewing, I chuckled and marveled at the genius of it. The subject matter definitely inspired conversation; it hit every scandal that the Catholic church should be ashamed of, and then some. But the beauty of it all was how it was presented – a series of crude, bright drawings strung together stop-motion style. This was probably the first time I ever gave consideration to owning video art. Well, this was before I came to know the price – $20,000! And being around since 2008, all 10 copies of this video are now accounted for. I was able to at least leave with a copy of the catalog.
In addition, there were a bunch of these panels from the film mounted on wood that appealed to me.
…and if things go my way, I may be able to acquire a few of them.
Instead of getting the tasting menu, this time I ordered a few a la carte items that interested me.
le animelle. crispy sweet bread, gnocchi, huckleberry, rapini.
To celebrate having 2 million Facebook fans, Porsche plastered the profile pictures of their supporters on a Cayman S…..HOW AWESOME IS THIS?!?
Searching by my name, I found that I made it on to the hood. Check it out….
Tried the new tasting menu….
From the 2012 Winter Cocktail Menu, had the Remedy X. rosemary infused bushmills black bush blended irish whiskey, ginger infused agave, lemon.
My absolute favorite item at Art Los Angeles Contemporary was Adam Belt’s Down The Rabbit Hole. It was at Quint Gallery’s booth. Though it’s only 3.5″ deep, the use of two-way mirror and LED lights made it look like it penetrated into infinity! Amazing stuff. Shortly after I took this picture, this thing attracted a pretty big-size crowd.
JL and I captured in a slideshow at WWD (Women’s Wear Daily). This was sometime in November of last year. We went to this art auction slash benefit party. Here, we were just talking and waiting for the auction to start, when I suddenly noticed someone about to take our picture. We were caught off guard. Oh well. At least someone deemed us worthy of being part of their slideshow, right?
Copy + Paste of the article that went with the slideshow:
In a season full of black-tie benefits, it was at the more dressed-down art events where Los Angeles’ most interesting fall fashion could be found. Last week’s LAX Art’s benefit auction, held at The Brick Building in the Culver City, Calif. gallery district, drew a mix of street-chic looks and vintage flair — from colorful coats and tights to quirky accessories to, of course, the requisite black.
Link: WWD
I really like this jacket from Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2012; the colors are rich, the fabric luxurious, and the craftsmanship is evident. It’s unabashedly flashy and in your face.
Link: Dolce&Gabbana
For me, Prada has always been an “intellectual” brand. I imagine their clientele (both women and men) to be bookish and worldly; the types to be sitting at cafes, drinking espresso, smoking cigarettes, and having lively conversations on art and politics.
In any case, at Prada, I’ve always found the cuts to be smart, the fabrics luxurious, and the construction built with quality. It reasons, then, that I’m always interested when Milan Fashion Week rolls around. And, scanning the photos from Prada’s Fall/Winter 2012 collection, this is definitely my favorite look.
I really like the contrast in pinstripe thickness between the pants and jacket. The accoutrements in the chest pocket are spot-on as well, adding color to an otherwise, somber palette.
Link: Prada (You can watch the show on their website)
Part of Glenn Ligon’s AMERICA, his mid-career retrospective at LACMA. I was particularly drawn to these paintings.
Notes from LACMA:
During a residency at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2000, Ligon held workshops in which children were invited to fill in images taken from coloring books from the 1960s and 1970s that were intended to foster cultural knowledge and pride among black children. The books included historical and contemporary African Americans, including Harriet Tubman, Malcom X, and Isaac Hayes.
The participating children hailed from diverse ethnic backgrounds and were mostly unaware of the figures they colored or the ideological agenda they were meant to promote. Sometimes they painted them a deep brown, but in other instances afros became bright orange, Frederick Douglass’ eyes blue, and Hayes’ beard blond.
These images became the basis for the paintings… “Icons are made and remade,” he has remarked. “The project is about getting at that mutability through these kids’ drawings and my reiterations of them… The slipperiness of the images…and the anxiety around that slipperiness was interesting to me.”