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
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