Out Of Touch

Si Chan Fall/Winter 2012

What could have sprung from Erwin Wurm's walking sculptures, is a rubber glove inferno wrapped around a man's body. Dangling from the neck, finding especial grip in the male crotch. What makes it charming rather than disturbing is the naïve colour palette.
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Simulating/Rubbing Off Modernity/Art

1. Bruce Nauman Raw Material - Brrr, 1990
2. Bruce Nauman Flesh To White To Black To Flesh, 1968
3. Ed Atkins Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths, 2013
4. Bruce Nauman Studies For Hologram, 1970

An exhibition of beauty that seeks international comparison. Juxtaposing the old master with the young master. Video experiments with the self (Nauman) and a 3D-modelled self (Atkins). 1968-2013. Poetic, disgusting, sentimental.
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Ed Atkins | Bruce Nauman, July 7 – October 26 2014, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany

Twombly Dialogues II

1. Cy Twombly Untitled, 1959
2. Rick Owens Kacper Kasprzyk for Dapper Dan, Fall/Winter 2010

Known for a parallel block stripe incorporated in each garment, Rick Owens' knitwear celebrates the fine delicacy of surface. Using repetetive structures as his geometric signature, replacing branding, tags and visible labels in a Margiela-ist manner.
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Twombly Dialogues

1. Cy Twombly Cycnus, 1978
2. Helmut Lang Fall/Winter 2004

When looking at Cy Twombly's sculptures from 1953 to 2009 I see Helmut Lang, Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester. And I will attempt to compile a synchronous collection, restricted to white. Starting with a palm leaf in pleated organza.
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Frills, 2013

or 'Bring In The Clowns'






























T-Shirt Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Waistcoat Issey Miyake
Sleeveless shirt Valentino
Frill bib Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Trousers Acne
Sandals Damir Doma

Staged in a Comédia Japonais, we are witnessing a frivolous play in three parts. A tragic costume drama based on the true story of a rose-frill shoulder, a crinkled stripe and a rushing collar piece.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture VII

1. Bertrand Lavier Walt Disney Productions, 1947-1995
2. T. Kelly Mason Lifestyle (Red Balloon), 2013
3. Erwin Wurm The Artist Who Swallowed the World, 2006 & Untitled, 2008
4. Thomas Scheibitz Captain Amely, 2007 & Sumpfblüte, 2008

The comic/al in scultpure. If taken and misused as a literal idea, recreating a Disney scenery in 'real' life (Bertrand Lavier) or using comic sculpture as static performance of an ironic story (Erwin Wurm) - enriched with the seductive quality of pop, the materialized comic strip slowly turns into 'strip-tease'.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture

1. Imi Knoebel Canapé, 1987 - 1991
2. Roy Lichtenstein Whaam!, 1963
3. Joe Brainard I Remember, 1970
4. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2009
5. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2011
6. Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2013

The onomatopoetic 'explosion' star. We encouter it in isolated form (in sculpture), as contextual placement (in painting and poetry), as well as random object (in fashion) - which, in turn, would lead us to a loss of meaning through its recycling in fashion and therefore speak for a reduced cultural value of the latter. But we will have to investigate further.
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Second Life, 2013

or 'Avatar'



























Shirt RAF by Raf Simons
Cropped trousers Whyred
Boots Ann Demeulemeester

When virtual identity turns into overstaged reality, the self-portrait becomes a patch. Distinctions are being made between first and second life. Yet, one cannot sim-ulate what has not been created before.
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