10.12.09
18.11.09
I <3 THIS WALL
London-based Philip Smiley's installation "Freakscape" draws inspiration from his rural upbringing in Virginia. Philip explores the curiosity and carelessness of youth set in a mysterious environment of surreal wilderness.
Incorporating a variety of media including illustration, sculpture and found objects, Philip aims to convey the feeling of ever encroaching nature over what appears to be an innocent, and perhaps naive, scene.
Philip Smiley has been a freelance illustrator since graduating with an MA from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1999. He has designed graphics & illustrated for many major fashion labels (Burberry, Commes des Garcons, Stella McCartney). His work has also been featured in publications including Dazed & Confused, Spin, Blackbook and books such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
1.10.09
30.9.09
SI LE GRAIN NE MEURT
Here are some sleepy thoughts. I have just found an parisian artist, Christian Schloeler, his work is mainly distinctive because of the blend of traditional oil paints and a focal inspiration of contemporary fashion imagery. his sitters are all male, really geeky looking, selected of all personality and securities, known similar to Heidi Slimane's preference of Dior Homme models. Reading an interview on dazeddigital.com , i learn that his seclusion to conform as a child, withdrew a right to be a man in the very narrow society he lived in. But he now believes his unhappy experiences to be a positive thing, as he can draw upon them for material in his art. but this is what i found interesting....
"when i paint, i am not looking to make a deep social or political statement, i just want to represent beauty- or at least what i personally find beautiful'
esentially his work is male portraiture; this is what he claims.. (surely art is subjective.. no?) it is indeed a personal staatement of nostaligia, but the autobiographical qualities of what he is representing unavoidably challange the social idea of masculinity being in crisis.
ALSO WHILE IM TALKIN. fashion breathes art, it merely sits within the creative world just for its inspiration of fine art, and a similar creative process. without this, perhaps clever people would would think it was more pointless and shit than they already do. (although from recently watching the september issue i agree with anna wintour that people can be scared because they arent 'cool'. however, contradicting my lifepath, i also think that there are more important things, im not sure what i personally consider to be more important, but there are...) anyway it seems schoeler has defiantly used his art to breathe fashion...big taboooo that innit? his inspiration lies within the beauty that is seen in the fashion industry... its what he wants to demonstrate, which really isnt interesting because we see this everywhere, its boring. what is, is that i cant help but notice another political observation that he is challenging society as they debate whether fashion should be art?
to me his ignorance of having any political agenda dries his work of any potential substance. still what he doesnt intend to challenge is still being thought, so i dont suppose it matters.. im sleeeepy xoxox
CHOCOLATE RAISINS
I should be asleep :( but I have just fallen in love with Lina scheynius, so i thought i would write about it whilst i can still seeee. She is a Swedish photographer, she starts her day eating chocolate raisins, maybe this is her creative boost. she is currently based in Paris, she caught my attention in a feature for the digital magazine www.ilovefakemagazine.com. Distinct from the current fashion photographers who have walked into planet-art, what she shoots is (...never before until now) thought-provoking landscape parallel to memories that fearlessly confront subjective tension of sexual desire and personal emotion. She blames the run of similarity through her images on her view of the world around her. Everything is so romantic, glamorously fragile, and significant to the everyday but prob filtered through some fancy cinematic lens. She often uses herself as the sitter; she makes self portraiture seem understated, it’s usually just planned and really embarrassing. www.linascheynius.com/
28.9.09
MOONMILK
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Fleeing the bright, sunbathed landscapes of his past summers’ travels—but sticking with the cross-country American road trip idea—Ryan McGinley headed below ground to explore the bizarre topography of huge, ancient caves for a new show that opens Thursday night in London. With his troupe of naked models and muses in tow, McGinley hauled elaborate lighting down into America's subterranean bowels, turning the sprawling caverns into glowing, alien scenes.- I know where the summer goes
www.alisonjacquesgallery.com
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