Art Interiors VI

Artworks Johannes Spehr

The naive interiors of Johannes Spehr are inhabited by (half-naked) bodies and builders. Executing naughty practices and performing routined acts. And while doing so, they create chaos, fire, holes, stains and puddles. Demolition, a new kind of home decoration.
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"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art VI

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)


1. Francis Bacon Study (Self-Portrait), 1976
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

Prada's Fall/Winter 2013 inhabitants are twisted bodies à la Francis Bacon. Dropped shoulders, twisted collars. Hanging down, letting loose. Layers of fabric, misplaced, distorted luxury. A motif that calls back the tablecloth pattern which interweaves the whole collection. The tablecloth as symbol of the commonplace, the rustic and homey, often accompanied by Dirndl shapes. Why? The ordinary is used as 'distortion' technique within Prada's multi-million luxury context.
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