MEATYARD AND HIS GOTHIC AROMA

Dolls, children, abandoned houses, suburbs and masks, a lot. Heavy, realistic, grotesque scenery. Humorous, at times. The images are totally or partially blurred, highly emotional, sweating humanity.

Enigma and paradox of human behavior. Charming, comic and repulsive. Sometimes troubling. 

In the very process of destroying anonymity by denying particularity, the masks refuse to let us dismiss these figures as anonymous “other people.” They become instead effigies of ourselves.

 

 

 

It's a continuous celebration of paradox, an excursion into the metaphysical human territory with an ironic taste. Meatyard is a visionary, realist.

IT'S ALL ABOUT BIRDS: KOBI LEVI

"When I design a shoe I think about it as a sculpture to wear, an art piece you live with. You and your  body affect its look and it affects yours. Footwear should have its life with and without being on the feet, on the contrary to cloths that exist only when being worn". Kobi Levi

 

'bird series' uses well-known iconic appearance of some feathered friends, such as a mallard duck and swan, incorporating into footwear. the colors and shapes represent the color types of feathers, while the beaks become the heel.

 

Kobi Levi is not your average shoe maker; and his shoes are not your average shoe. Choosing to blur the lines between art and fashion, Bezalel academy of art & design graduate Kobi creates handmade “wearable sculptures” that entertain, challenge and perplex their audience. With the shoe as his canvas, Kobi uses humour and social satire to fashion absurdly original footwear that has been exhibited around the world. Having designed commercial footwear in Italy, China and Brazil, Kobi is currently collaborating with both Israeli and international companies to develop his own women’s shoe line.

YOKO ONO "EYE BLINK" FILM

Enchanted by this silent minute...

Camera: Peter Moore. Entry by George Maciunas: “High speed camera, 200fr./sec. view of one eyeblink.”

GAGA'S WORLD(S) AT BARNEYS

There’s always something special happening in NYC and no visit could ever be the same. This year alone there were several exhibits, including the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the MET which I had to miss due to timing, unfortunately.

I was in Ny last week, and for this Christmas the Barneys windows (and the store’s entire 5th floor) are designed by Lady Gaga and her team, which includes her Mom!

A take on Santa's iconic workshop, the project has been realized through the eyes of renowned creative talents: Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, and Eli Sudbrack and avaf, in collaboration with Barneys' creative director Dennis Freedman.

Gaga's Budoir

Created in collaboration with renowned hairstylist Bob Recine, this window is a surrealist take on Lady Gaga’s own personal boudoir. Constructed entirely out of hair, the room is filled with iconic references to hair styles and fashions from Gaga’s past.

Gaga Crystal cave

 

This mysterious ice world is a light installation featuring a mermaid sculpture reminiscent of Gaga.

Gaga Machine

This window plays with the idea of Lady Gaga physically morphing into a gilded motorcycle.

Gaga Constellation

Q4, an NYC-based experiential digital agency, collaborated on this window, which features a film by director Tim Richardson and Nicola Formichetti. The interactive short film portrays Gaga as a series of evolving constellations.

BE AMAZED. 20 YEARS OF DAZED&CONFUSED EXHIBITION

Preservation Vamp, 1995, photography by Donna Trope, styling Katie Grand

Celebrating 20 years of their controversial magazine content, the Dazed and Confused exhibition at Somerset House brings together a host of various photo shoots, cover shots and artwork. Having used a variety of different ways to tell visual stories, the magazine commissioned work from many influential photographers, designers and artists over the years, all of whom left their mark on the publication and it's reputation for being a cutting edge voice of the new media.

 

 

 

Within the exhibition, two smaller courtyard rooms are dedicated to the late Alexander McQueen’s involvement with Dazed & Confused. There is a room solely devoted to the 1996 ‘Fashion-Able’ shoot which represented disability in a way that no other magazine had ever attempted, both then and now. The images in this room highlight McQueen’s ability in powerful social commentary and also his passion for seeking innovative ways to get a message across.

 

CHRISTIAN DADA: PURE CREATIVITY FROM TOKYO FASHION WEEK

The Spring Summer 2012 collection of Christian Dada is very dark but absolutely addictive and cool. The black aura that hovers look by look to increase the pathos and to highlight the subtle creativity of the designer.

This season’s theme is entitled “SIGNAL/NOIZE.”  This is the second runway show for the brand, and they exclusively presented womenswear. The collection was developed with influence by dumb type’s work [S/N].  “Signal” represents cloth and “Noise” representing mixed media.  In this vein, they have likened the icon “death” to that of bones, and then created a collection based on this visual.   

THE STUNNING CREATIVITY OF LISA WALKER

“I’m not really a technical expert in anything”, claims jeweller Lisa Walker, and many of her pieces certainly look like it. This is jewellery that seems to leave all traditional notions of skill behind. If you are drawn to a brooch like this one, it is not in admiration of the handwork that lies behind it, but something else. 

Lisa Walker is a New Zealand designer who lives in Germany since many years. An eccentric and bizarre art, which is observed in its exaggeration. These jewelry pieces are stunning and you definitely do not let go unnoticed.