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New Art

Today I felt "generous" and bought some art...
Three little drawings (two of them shown above) by the munich (?) based artist Thorsten Knebel. He isn't really famous, but I liked these and for the price of 2,50 EUR each buying them didn't feel wrong at all.

I love the idea of putting all my drawings together on a wall as shown on the image at the left hand side.

Credit: kunstforum heidelberg

Maxence Cyrin

Are you still searching some christmas presents? This might be the perfect gift for an electric music fan who's longing for some quiet moments. Maxence Cyrin's new album Modern Rhapsodies.
The french pianist and DJ Maxence Cyrin interprets some electric music classics in an unheard way.

Here you can listen so some of his tracks. And you might also like to visit his myspace

I highly recommend his CD. I constantly listen to it.

Enjoy...

Please watch my back...

...series

New Dress

I instantly fell in love with that look the moment I saw it on THE SARTORIALIST.
Yesterday I was so lucky to find the dress at H&M (Trend) and on Sale!!! Unfortunately no dress in my size left. So I went for the smallest size left (US8) which is a bit too large, since the dress turned out to be quite huge. I liked that in the dressing room but back at home I realised that it doesn't look exactly the way it should... ;-(
Anyway. I'm going to keep it. The last time I wore a similar dress my mother asked me if I was pregnant ;-)

Lack, Leder und Latex

Susie Bubble posted some of her personal rubber experiences lately. Not only since then I'm fascinated by latex. Today I've ordered my very own black fetish leggin at an online sexshop called rubberfashion and will definitely share my experiences with you. I'm really excited!

It so happend that Italy's December Vogue published an "rubber editorial" shot by Steven Meisel starring Karen Olsen. To be viewed on foto_decadent. It shows the contrast of the materials I'll try to achive with my rubber pants perfectly well...


Credit: Thanks to a_valleyofdolls for sharing ♥

PORN

December 2006 / Issue No. 64
in cooperation with Diedrich Diederichsen texte zur kunst

out now / featuring an English section of the main contributions

PORNO

What does art want from porn? – between affects and abstractions / The effects of the index – unwritten histories of indie porn and indie pop / “Why not fuck different?” – the performative counter-strategies of Post Porn Politics / Alternative Porn – sexual aesthetics beyond obscenity? / Exploitation, again – porn, labor, internet / Why Porn now? – a survey on pornography

Reviews from Basel, Berlin, Bristol, Chicago, New York, Munich, Kassel, Dublin, Paris, Cologne, Columbus/Ohio, Munich, Los Angeles, London and Vienna

Exclusive new artists’ editions:
Thomas Hirschhorn, Mark Leckey, Michaela Meise

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Credit: texte zur kunst

Simon Starling

Simon Starling at Heidelberger Kunstverein
November 24th till January 21st 2007

Turner Prize 2005

Credit: neugerriemschneider, Berlin

dem toten hasen die bilder erklären

Joseph Beuys and Aino Kannisto

masked

mask | part 01

Berlin Berlin

Ellen Alien | Stadtkind

That's so icky...
but I love it. I miss Berlin, by the way.

Turning the Tate into a Playground

"German artist Carsten Höller has taken slides — the kind found on playgrounds — and turned them into art. Höller's installation of architectural plastic and stainless steel tubes, titled Test Site, has taken up residence in the Tate Modern, lending a visceral thrill to the usually composed confines of the museum's Turbine Hall. The tallest slide measures 184 feet high, replete with a rollercoaster-worthy 88-foot drop. Explaining the appeal of his new work in an interview, Höller said, "There is no reason why [slides] should be for children only." One adult, fashion queen Miuccia Prada, clearly tired of taking the company elevator, recently commissioned a slide from Höller that will transport her from her Milan office to the street below...." (artkrush.com)

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Credit: Guardian, October 10 | Via: artkrush.com

Do muslims dislike Bellmer?

"A curator at a British art gallery alleges several works by surrealist Hans Bellmer, known for his life-size nude dolls of girls, were removed out of concern that they might upset Muslims [...]"


How far is this "muslim fear" going to bring us? Do we have to deny our western culture just because of the "maybe"? Will the non-muslim women have to wear headscarfs soon? What's next?

For more Bellmer pictures please visit my lj.

Credit: ac-amiens.fr

Please don't miss me...

Dear readers.
If I'm not here I might be there...

There's not much to read but a lot to see.
Sometimes I haven't got the time to post in both blogs.

So please check out fashion is a constant revolution..." regulary.

Kind regards.

Credit: style.com

WHOA

And Tracey Emin just f****** rocks. I kind of hate-love her. And I guess she's as bitchy as she says she is!
Anyway. I love her Frieze styling. (Unknown?) sneakers and leoprint dress. That's something I would wear!!! But I hope that's not a backpack lying next to her!!!???

Frieze Art Fair 2006

The Frieze Art Fair London opened yesterday, another event I decided not to attend - don't ask me why (maybe the money???). Besides a lot of interesting - I hope so - art you'll find many interesting people there. Claudia Schiffer might be one of the better known guests - I wonder what she's buying there!? (And besides that: Sorry Claudia, your styling just failed - in my opinion! I never recognized your knock-knees... Last years Frieze styling was so cute!).
And there was Tracey Emin (UK Representant at the Venice Biennale 2007). Since this is an fashion AND art blog I'll comment on some of the exhibited art works (at least the ones photographed for paul getty, since I simply wasn't there.) in my Lifejournal.

Das Achte Feld

On my way back from Hamburg two weeks ago I had a quick stop at cologne and the chance to visit "Das Achte Feld" (="The Eight Square") the current exhibition at the Museum Ludwig, curated by Frank Wagner and Julia Friedrich (architecture by Eran Schaerf).

Since I'm always interessted in the exhibition itself, the cooperation between architecture and curatorial concept I regulary shoot a lot of photos to analyse them afterwards.
Here're some images (I'm sorry for the bad quality. I wasn't allowed to use a flash!).
See the video here (sorry, only in German!!!)

Enjoy and visit cologne, especially if you're interested in "Gender, Life and Desire in the Arts since 1960".

Credit: Catalogue Cover by Wolfang Tillmans.

Robin Rhode

While in Berlin last week I met Robin.
The southafrican born (*1976) was the youngest artist participating in last years Venice Biennale. His art is someting in between drawing and performance and if you haven't heard about him before you definitely will in future. There's his exhibition at the carlier | gebauer gallery, Berlin right now until 11/11/06.

View a flash animationof three of his works here

ZWISCHENBILANZ

There're so many thing happening the last couple of weeks. I've been quite on the road (Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin, to be continued...) and there's so much stuff to write about. I really don't know where to start. I even quit my trip to paris fashion week - YEAH - this must sound crazy to the really very fashion addicts!!! But since I didn't get a single invitation and would have been dependent on a friend (who gets pretty much invitations to a lot of interessting independent shows. She's also very smart to sneek into the bigger shows...) I chose to stay at home for a while and concentrate on the things to come. I'm planning my first absolutely independent and on my very own behalf curated exhibition and I'm working on a publication (which I'll write about when it's in the shops) and WHOA my final final final exam is still ahead but not that much ahead. I'll be a post-graduate soon there's still a lot to do e.g. writing my master thesis ;-)

So hang on.
I will.

Credit: 90bpm.net

::: MOIN MOIN:::

I'm off to Hamburg. I'll try and blog from there, but there's just so many thing to do in this fantastic city. I'll definitely check out the Helium Cowboy Artspace...
And I'll look so hot in my new grey Replay Jeans (Fantastic. If you need at least an 36 inseam buy these and wear them turned down (normal!). They're incredibly long and be sure to buy them very very tight, so they'll make a perfect pair of skinny jeans - I bought mine two sizes smaller - YUMMY!!!).

I'll see you around...

Viktor & Rolf ::: Because they're worth it

We all love them. For their fantastic art inspired designs and for their upcomming collaboration with H&M. Femke Wolting - former initiator and programmer of the International Film Festival Rotterdam - presents in her documentary "Viktor & Rolf - Because we're worth it" an intimate view of the Dutch designers over the course of a year. More information at artkrush

Listen to Tilda Swinton explaining the art of Viktor & Rolf and explore the documentary's website - many many clips!!!

Discover the latest creations from Viktor & Rolf — including Antidote, their fragrance for men — by logging onto their blog and check out their dynamic designs in the Skin + Bones exhibition at MOCA LA, opening November 19. That's definitley worth a visit and I'm definitely not going to make it - LA is just not on this year's list ;-(

Credit: artkrush, jc report

Tracey Emin for Britain

As a German I probably should be writing about Germany's Venice Biennale participation!? Just to mention it - it'll be Isa Genzken. But for fashion and art lovers Britains representative is much more interessting. Tracey Emin is known as one of the so called "Young British Artists" (YBA's). These are a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists based in the United Kingdom, most (though not all) of whom attended Goldsmiths College in London. The term Young British Artists is derived from shows of that name staged at the Saatchi Gallery from 1992 onwards, which brought the artists to fame... MORE).

Besides a lot of freaky, cool, interessting and disgusting art works and her nearly winning the Turner Prize in 1999 Emin is in the fashion world famous for her collaboration with the french luggage label Longchamp back in 2004. The result of this collaboration was patchwork on mostly "les pliages" bags. I can still remember me wanting on of these bags badly. But their price outweight my little students salary. I thought it a brilliant way to stick out all the other students here carrying their little monocoloured Longchamp bags to uni "hey I got the same, but mine is just better, you know it was designed by TRACEY EMIN!!! You don't know her? Oh .... anyway. Mine's still better ;-)"

Credit: Longchamp

Fashion ♥ Art ♥ Fashion

Deitch Projects is taking art to the streets via the second annual Art Parade, and in turn designers are bringing fashion into the museums and galleries. Miss Sixty has secured the Guggenheim for its show, and Hermès the newly renovated Morgan Library for its short film fest. Aussie-import Josh Goot chose Matthew Marks's space for his NYC debut; Hanuk is presenting at Wallspace, and CFDA/Vogue finalists Jovovich-Hawk will show at the Adrian Ruehl gallery. Injecting some drama into the proceedings are Marchesa's Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig (also up for the CFDA/Vogue award), who follow De La Guarda, Sandra Bernhard, and Ben & Jerry's into the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square. Curtains, please.

Yummy Yummy. That sounds VERY intersting indeed! Hope some of you're gonna be there taking some photos - not only the runway shows, but also some of the decoration. Fashion and art are getting closer everytime.

Have you heard of Schnittpunkt??? Maybe it's worth a visit. Pack your bags and detour on your way to paris. St. Gallen offers some nice exhibitions.

Credit: style.com, Schnittpunkt

Sock Dreams

My sock dreams order arrived on friday. Every tall and slim girl should wear overknee stockings, short skirts or shorts and heels - accept she can stand the staring people...
Ha Ha at the age of 26 I'm still not really one of these confident "girls". But I'm working on it ;-)

Puma NUALA

Yesterday I've been to Metzingen for the first time. Special about this little southern Germany city (near Stuttgart) is, that it's the place where Hugo Boss comes from. Metzingen is an outlet shopping city with lots of bargains to be explored. I've been there for the Boss, Escada, Strenesse, Wolford and Puma Outlets. My boyfriend bought some really nice and cheap stuff (Boss shoes, Nike 180s, pants and Boss sweaters) I left Metzingen just with some Boss underwear and a pair of Puma Nuala Boxer (Yoga) pants (for just 70 EUR!!! It's around 150 EUR in stores) in black. Although I'm a non track suit, sweat pant wearer I instantly fell in love. They feel so comfortable and are very very long, which is very perfect. The first fitting "sweat" pants ♥

I want more!!!

Credit: Puma Nuala

Yorick arrived today...

Yeha! I love these days when I come home after a long day at work/in the library/on the road/wherever, totally exhausted and there's a cute little something waiting for me in the postbox ♥ Many, many thanks to fashionologie I LOVE YOUR SHIRT!!! So ladies go ahead and order yours!

so where the hell is my order from sock dreams???

Very much Yohji like pants...

Yeah. I love these black wide legged trousers!!! What an inspiration for tomorrows outfit and what a contrast to the skinny pants. I feel really weired switching from wide to skinny all the time. Everytime when I put on one of my skinny pants after wearing wider ones for a while I'm like "whoa did I gain weight or what????"

Wider pants are just so much more comfortable!

With thanks to the Face Hunter ♥

T-post | Subscribe your shirt today

I just found this link on rojo-magazine. One of the coolest ideas which came across my way these days. "T-post is a lot like having a subscription to a magazine but instead of receiving magazines in your mailbox - you receive T-shirts. Every six weeks we take a news story that catches our attention and design a T-shirt based on that story. ... The story behind each shirt's design is printed on the inside of the T-shirt." MORE

I ♥ printed T-shirts and that's why I'm going to subscribe to t-post (as soon as this months salary reaches my account ;-)

Credit: t-post
Via: rojo-magazine

Art Review | September 2006

ART A LA MODE
Armani at the Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton Art Talks, Cartier Foundation, the artful extravagant of Hussein Chalayan and Viktor & Rolf and artist-designed sneakers galore. In its annual Fashion Survey, published this September, ArtReview investigates the melding of two creative cultures.

FASHION LOVES ART
Christie's Philippe Garner takes a look at the current stock of fashion photographers and makes an educated guess on who will be the mainstays of tomorrow. "Think of Steven Meisel's stream of witty, wildly inventive and provocative stories for Italian Vogue, Steven Klein's tableaux starring Madonna or Tom Ford, and Juergen Teller's self-indulgent self-portraits with Charlotte Rampling and Cindy Sherman for a Marc Jacobs ad campaign and you will quickly realise that fashion has become the highly visible and commercially effective site for picture-making every bit as challenging as that being pursued by so many photographers who define themselves as independent artists."

Miuccia Prada talks about the influence of contemporary art on contemporary fashion. "Maybe art is not enough. Maybe it's not the place anymore for radicalism. My view is that right now we need thinkers, people who can analyse the current world."

J.J. Charlesworth argues that fashion and contemporary art are just having a fling. "The misunderstanding is that 'making art' is something you can only do in the 'art world'. But when you look closely at fashion/art crossovers, you realise that what they really do is perpetuate a dismal lie about the place of creativity in mass culture."

I'm on my way to the newsstand...

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Credit: e-flux

Madonna for H&M

So Ladies, Now's the day we've been waiting for. But have we? Who actually is going to buy this tracksuit? I was like "hey, Adidas tracksuit Madonna is doing one for H&M. Guess that's pretty cool". But wait... "When am I going to wear it???" I've lived for 26 years without one, why should I start running around the Paris Hilton way? I'm gonna stay in bed tomorrow morning and save some money and energy for the Viktor&Rolf hunt.

Credit: Dlisted

ADDITION LATER THE SAME DAY:
Guess what. I'm hopeless! I've just bought the black jacket. There're plenty in stock at my local H&M. Just no fashionable people around here. The tracksuit fits VERY well. Just the bottoms are - as usualy in my case - to short. Took some photos with my mobile's camera. Try to upload them later.

Vogue Germany September 2006

Oi. This months Vogue Germany cover (Hana Soukupova - in case you didn't know) reminds me a bit of the Vogue UK's (Thanks to FAD for posting...). Nevermind. There're some really nice editorials inside:

"Kunstücke" with Lily Cole, by Koto Bolofo
1 2 3 4
"Pop UP!" with Drielle Valeretto by Thomas Nützel
"Form: Schön" with Sophie Holmes by Thomas Schenk
"Dark Angel " with Hannelore Knuts by Knoepfel + Indlekofer
"Zart Besaitet" with ? by Jenny Gage + Tom Betterton

With thanks to Estella Mare and helligirl from tFs

Alas, poor yorick...

The sweet fashionologie has a shop online now. There's just one item for sale so far and I've already ordered it ♥
Nice little shirts with hamlet quotes on it. Oh how I love this sophisticated stuff.

Credit: fashionologie

Liselotte Watkins

TUSH 03/2006 proudly presents Liselotte Watkins. A reason for me to start a little research. The Swedish illustrator is one of the most succesfuls in the fashion and cosmetic industry. She has worked for several big names like Mac cosmetics, Victoria's secret, Max Mara, Anna Sui, to name a few. Unfortunately she's less known in Germany. While illustrating for the british, the american, the japanese and the italian VOGUE and for ELLE in the US, UK and France etc. she was never published in Germany until now in TUSH and Squint.

Hope to see more from her soon ♥ And maybe some more little animations??? Like this musicvideo "You can't hurry love" from "The Concretes" or "Warm night".



Credit: TUSH

I'm back...

Actually I haven't been away... anyway. Now I'm back.
And here's some personal stuff.
A photo of my first birthday.
When exactly is my mothers hairstyle going to be really fashionable again?

The Party is over...

...und ich kann es noch gar nicht richtig fassen. Das Finale war in greifbarer Nähe. Ich bin so unendlich traurig. Einfach am Höhepunkt der Party die Musik abgedreht. Überall fassungslose Gesichter, Tränen, Stille. Und jetzt? Das kann es doch nicht gewesen sein!? Wir hatten alle drei wunderbare Wochen. Deutschland ein Land, Mein Land, endlich durfte jeder von uns mal spüren, was es heißt, Deutsch zu sein, einfach so stolz zu sein, spüren, dass es gar nicht so schlimm ist, Deutsch zu sein. Heute werde ich meine Flagge aus dem Fenster hänge, als Dank für eine wunderbare Leistung einer wunderbaren Mannschaft eines wunderbaren Trainers (wer hätte das gedacht!) und als Dank für eine wunderbare Zeit mit dem Wunsch dass es so bleibt und wir Deutschen vielleicht wieder ein bißchen mehr stolz auf unsere Heimat sein können.
Ich werde am Samstag in Stuttgart sein und ganz doll die Daumen drücken. "Schwarz und Weiß wir sind auf eurer Seite..."

Sorry. This was very offtopic! But it had to be said...

Credit: MEIN Jens Lehmann ♥ fifaworldcup.com

Drawing Restraint 9

In cinemas all across the world now. A new incredible work by Matthew Barney. Music by his wife Björk ♥ For your country please check here. In Germany it is on screen in Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich and Hamburg .



What the fuck is this about???? Please check HERE (you lousy philistine ;-)

Fashion Department Antwerp ::: 2006

Lucky Susie - she managed to be in Antwerp for the 2006 Fashion Deparement shows. She informs us about all important news from Antwerp for the next couple of days. Some nice pictures are already posted on pretty pretty.

More information about the Antwerp shows here.

Not to be forgotten - La cambre mode(s) show 06 Brussels on pretty pretty and lacambre.be

Credit: pretty pretty

New .:: rojo ::. issue out know

An Email reached me today asking me to promote the current issue of the Bacelona based magazine rojo. Absolutely no problem, since the magazine looks VERY recommendable and since I've already linked to their website a couple of weeks ago. Now I wait for my first printed issue to write about it in this blog.

By the way, rojo is the official media partner of Bread&Butter Eurovision held in Barcelona (July 5th - 7th) and Berlin (July 14th - 16th).

Credit: rojo-magazine.com