King with no crown

In all its glory

Contact

CONTACT is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at more than 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 15 years ago, the festival is devoted to celebrating, and fostering the art and profession of photography. It stimulates excitement and discussion among a diverse audience that has grown to over 1.5 million. CONTACT is the largest photography event in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada. This years theme is  "Figure and Ground", the concept is simple, it relates from the subject and the environment where it lives and how it impacts the way we negotiate it within our world.  I want to be part of this event next year!

Rybel

"Rybel" This is the 1st piece Ryan and I made together when we moved to our Portland condo.  We wanted a giant art piece that would be colorful and easy.  Nothing complicated.  We spend  time outside working on it and it was a very special time.  We played with colors and made them carefully drip and become one image.  This piece makes me happy because it defies gravity.

Wow

I wish I had time & $$ to go to NY for this.  I am so upset I am going to miss it. This very special inside look into the exhibition is just amazing. I am so moved and I wish I could touch smell and feel it all. I can only hope this amazing installation makes its way to the West Coast in the near future. On a side note, I heard something very interesting about Sara Burton yesterday! She may be pointed the new creative director for the house of Dior!!! That's amazing!

High Price

The new issue of Visionaire, a multi-format album of fashion & art  made exclusively in limited editions only. Published 3 times per year this is a collectors dream. Visionaire explores various themes along with innovative formats with every new issue.  Artists collaborate with Visionaire to achieve amazing Art moments.  Collaborators  are given unparalleled freedom to push Visionaire's original formats taking them to the next level.   I am really excited about the current  guest- editor  Riccardo Tisci, he is the creative director for the Givenchy label right now and he's rumored to be the chosen designer to continue as the head of the house of Dior.   Riccardo chose "religion" as its theme, fashion-worship, to be specific and has given us a great moment in Art and I will forever want it, and I say want it because I could never justify paying the high price.

Tisci convinced a few of his fashion pals to get to work for him  here we see Carine Roitfeld, for one, who let Karl Lagerfeld photograph her with lace over her mouth, there are reenactments of  various biblical scenes for photo spreads. Giovanna Battaglia styled Tisci's  muse Let T as a martyr , and  Lara Stone got lashed to a burning cross and photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Finally, Tisci's own portrait shows him suckling at the breast of performance artist Marina Abramovic. This whole book comes bundled up in a wooden box, meant to evoke an altarpiece, and costs $495!!! Would you buy it for me?

MET

New York City on Monday night for the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. This year’s event, “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” honored the work of the late designer, who committed suicide in February 2010 at age 40. “I miss him terribly, not only as a person but as a designer,” said a visibly emotional Madonna, who was wearing a gown by Stella McCartney.
“I think the fashion business is a little bit dull without him and I loved his provocative punk rock attitude. I think his designs were brilliant. I think he was brilliant. And I hope he’s having fun wherever he is right now.”

Brazil

no words needed!! Why can't we be more open minded in America!?!!?!