My boyfriend, knowing my obsession for English Style, gifted me with an amazing book: Luella's Giude to English Style, which is all but a mere guide. It's some kind of inspirational breviary. More of an anthropological study than a style guide...The book is very funny and informative. Bartley dissects how in England style is inevitably tribal and inextricably linked to class. The upper classes believe that to look posh, nothing should look new (Sloane style) while the lower classes believe that to look posh everything should be new and shiny (Wags). Luella (who, for those who didn't know is a wonderful fashion designer) provides a combines chapters full of information about British style tribes and typically English clothes with more humorous shorter chapters.
lunedì 13 giugno 2011
What's about English Girls?
My boyfriend, knowing my obsession for English Style, gifted me with an amazing book: Luella's Giude to English Style, which is all but a mere guide. It's some kind of inspirational breviary. More of an anthropological study than a style guide...The book is very funny and informative. Bartley dissects how in England style is inevitably tribal and inextricably linked to class. The upper classes believe that to look posh, nothing should look new (Sloane style) while the lower classes believe that to look posh everything should be new and shiny (Wags). Luella (who, for those who didn't know is a wonderful fashion designer) provides a combines chapters full of information about British style tribes and typically English clothes with more humorous shorter chapters.
giovedì 7 aprile 2011
SU BLACKWELL
Su Blackwell is an english artist from Sheffield, who turns second-hand books into amazing artworks.
In 2010 The Brontë Parsonage Museum has commissioned Su Blackwell to create new work in response to the Brontës and the museum collection.
”I often work within the realm of fairy-tales and folk-lore. I began making a series of book-sculpture, cutting-out images from old books to create three-dimensional diorama’s, and displaying them inside wooden boxes”.
"For the cut-out illustrations, I tend to lean towards young-girl characters, placing them in haunting, fragile settings, expressing the vulnerability of childhood, while also conveying a sense of childhood anxiety and wonder. There is a quiet melancholy in the work, depicted in the material used, and choice of subtle colour.”
"Paper has been used for communication since its invention; either between humans or in an attempt to communicate with the spirit world. I employ this delicate, accessible medium and use irreversible, destructive processes to reflect on the precariousness of the world we inhabit and the fragility of our life, dreams and ambitions."
mercoledì 6 aprile 2011
Scott Campbell's Eggshells
venerdì 11 febbraio 2011
I want to be a child again, just to grow up in one of her paintings...
Kris Chau’s lines are elegant and clearly feminine. Graceful girls, whose clothes seem to move delicately in the wind, contrast with portraits full of irony about female life after the so-called emancipation. The intricate details and lines recollect some younger works by Andy Warhol...
Kris Chau was born on the Hawaiian Island of O’ahu and now currently resides in the city of Philadelphia. She dreams and draws girls all day long and often mistakes her paint water for her coffee. She will continue to draw till she can’t draw no more.
Selected exhibitions:
"Not For Nothing", Group show with Ben Woodward and AJ Fosik, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan September 15th-November 6th 2010
“Work to Work” Solo show of new works Urban Outfitters Gallery 543, Philadelphia June 9th - July 10th 2010
“Draw Show” Traveling group show Fuse Gallery, New York Museo De La Cuidad Mexico, Mexico
“PuppyFace: New Work from my Brain” Topstitch Gallery Boutique, Philadelphia Feb 9th - March 28th 2010
“Game Over” Group Show Giant Robot SF, March 2010
“Ma Vie En Rose” Group Show Kris Chau, Kime Buzelli, Derek Ihnat, Jess Schnabel Ambrella Sugary Sweet Gallery, Philadelphia, 2009;
“Talk Story” Solo show of new works, Rowan Morrison Gallery, Oakland 2008
“Plaits and Fringe” Project Room Solo show of new works Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles 2008.
giovedì 10 febbraio 2011
Rabbits all around...
Just runned in these beautiful rabbits by Beau Buck that were in a show at URBN 543 Gallery in Philly.
Price range is from 348$ to 548$, they still have some at the gallery, just write to Lauren Addis and ask for them.
venerdì 21 gennaio 2011
GIFTS FROM PHILLY...
giovedì 2 dicembre 2010
TAUBA AUERBACH
2010 Quarry, Whitney Museum Construction Site Installation, New York
2010 New Year, Western Bridge, Seattle
2009 Here and Now/And Nowhere, Deitch Projects, New York
2008 Passengers, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
2008 The Uncertainly Principle, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2007 The Answer/Wasn’t Here, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Yes and Not Yes, Deitch Projects, New York
2005 All Time, All the Time, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California
2005 How to Spell the Alphabet, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California