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fashionable bodies
No shoe was too bone breaking, nor corset too breathtaking, nor bodily alteration too excruciating fro man not to have tried it out in his continuing pursuit of the fashionable body. The urge to alter his body is felt by … Continue reading
ahmed: melancholy imperfections
…Ahmed came from the forests of Mount Marsabit in Kenya. The only elephant to be declared a living monument, President Kenyatta also provided him with a permanent guard against poachers. A loner and quite elusive, Ahmed was seldom seen and … Continue reading
6 degrees of derealization
Its a paradox of sorts, that the great technology of reproduction which ostensibly is supposed to serve memory, in fact tends to make us forget what is memorable: namely a real experience, a conjunction of thought processes and emotions reduced … Continue reading
let it bleed: lame brand images
Missing You. Memo From Turner: the Rolling Stones graphics really suck. Lame and tame. You can’t always get what you want, but….. unless you really care….. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This poster/advert/whatever for the 1975 Rolling Stones world tour (specifically promoting … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andy Warhol, annie leibovitz, Charlie Watts, christian piper, Elton John, graphic design, guy peeleart, john pasche, jon van hammersveld, Keith Richards, mark marek, Richard Avedon, robert brownjohn, robert frank, stefan sagmeister, steve sagmeister, The Rolling Stones, tibor kalman
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their favorite game
He was considered the most glamorous name in photography and his fusion of commercial and high art brought him controversy, but also redefined fashion photography. It was high-end marketing with a pop sheen to it. Cinema noir with a trace … Continue reading
SOCIAL CLASS THEORY: Breaking Through the Skin of Human Culture
August Sander photographed German citizens from all classes and walks of life. Rich, poor, men, women, revolutionaries, artists, tramps, professionals, children, laborers, Communists, Social Democrats, Anglo Saxons, Gypsies,Nazis and Negroes stood or sat squarely in front of his camera, fully … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Abraham Maslow, Ada Riphahn, Arthur Kroker, August Sander, Bertolt Brecht, Diane Arbus, Erik Olin Wright, George Grosz, George Ritzer, Heidegger, Irving Penn, Jay Rothman, Karl Marx, Lee D. Baker, Liz Kay, Max Weber, Paul Hindmith, Paul Strand, Richard Avedon, Sandra Marker, Willaim Lloyd Warner
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WHEELS OF FORTUNE & FAME
The bicycle. It doesn’t make smoke, it doesn’t make smog and it never makes a bad picture. In the 1880’s the bicycle was young then; it antedated the automobile by only a few decades. it is hard to believe now, … Continue reading