Fashion in Art

[faustian bargain]

here's an interesting photog exhibit: Melanie Pullen at Stephen Wirtz Gallery

 

[designprofessor]

Nice.

Goya also portrayed the criminal element in some of his work.

If you like the feel of these photos, check out Greg Crewdson -goes to movie production lengths to set up still photo shots. Creepy ambience.

 

[Ivan Kipling]

I love the creepy, off center, and the perverse, in art. Remember those Venus Paradise Coloring Sets?? I never followed the rules . . . always chose my own colors, instead of the ones the manufacturer, suggested. I turned out some truly, eerie pictures. Always thought El Greco's paintings, were somewhat weird.

 

[Gericaux]

Tee Hee. Pun. Funny.

 

[LabelKing]

My ultimate is still the French photographer Guy Bourdin:

I also like the Teutonic S&M fortitude of Helmut Newton. Interestingly enough, another one of my favorite photographers, Diane Arbus was a fashion photographer before turning independent.

 

[Ivan Kipling]

Very strong, Label King . . .

 

[faustian bargain]

yeah, i was going to mention diane arbus in this context as well. also cindy sherman. both had an eye for the creepiness inherent in the mundane.

 

[faustian bargain]

Originally Posted by Ivan Kipling

.... Remember those Venus Paradise Coloring Sets?? ....

now i'm curious. is the Venus Paradise set any different from the regular paint-by-number stuff we all know and love?

 

[Ivan Kipling]

The one I'm talking about, used colored pencils. Not oils . . . but, I remember paint by number, as well.