Post London IV

A 'False Encyclopaedia' double feature with Bryan Rapp, discussing:
J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014

When I was a kid, I used to play a lot of sports. I tended goals in both ice hockey and football. The former required wearing a jockstrap. For a short period of time, I tried my luck in the game of handball as well (but not as a goalie, mind you). It was one of my then-best friends, with the most common Swedish surname Andersson, who brought me to my first handball practice. I remember that our coach was a pregnant woman and that our team colours were red, blue and white. I quit the team after only a couple of weeks. Handball was not my cup of tea.

/BRYAN

When -isms collide and the gender revolution neutralises itself, anti-masculinity becomes the mere image of womenswear worn by men. Or men wearing womenswear. Plus. Minus. Zero. Slowly, the J.W.A. concept becomes a papier mâché set, loosely glued together, juncture points still visible. A reflection of one's own deconstruction:
Ad novum mundum creandum, primum delendus est vetus. Scissors, pins, ready.
/HORST








1. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014
2. Jeff Koons One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985
3. Joe Lally Pop 421, 2013
4. Wayne's World Game On, 1992
5. J.W. Anderson Fall/Winter 2013
6. Maurice Scheltens Forms Of Boredom, 1999
7. Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2011
8. J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2014

All about Bryan Rapp

Twombly Dialogues IV

1. Cy Twombly Rotalla, 1986
2. Helmut Lang Jürgen Teller, Backstage Fall/Winter 1999

The second pairing of Twombly and Lang. Here, we can most certainly speak of a direct 'dialogue' - having Lang's shredded clothes sculptures in mind, his series 'Make It Hard' from 2011 vividly seeks in continuing the artistic tradition of Cy Twombly.
/HORST

Govern/Mental

1. Sonia Rykiel Fall/Winter 2013
2. Mugler Fall/Winter 2013
3. Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2013

If the circle is a symbol for my beliefs, we are witnessing the rise of a renewed pact. The primitive form as icon for a world order between feminism and futurism. Woman as soldiers, men as toys.
/HORST

Convent Disciple, 2013

or 'A Reversed Chronology'

























Top Jil Sander
Shirt Raf Simons
Necklace Cockring
Shorts H&M
Backpack Topman
Shoes Raf Simons

After impersonating Pervert Priest, German Psycho and Golden Boy, I took a formal lesson in convention and discipline. I listened, I learned, I studied. The circle as symbol of an aesthetic school, my beliefs. Dressed in a crisp white shirt and polyester knit, dressed in Raf Sander.
/HORST

History O-Hole

1. Saverio Cardia Playing Fashion, 2011
2. Mel Bles The Clash, Arena Homme + Spring 2012

From X to O, to XOXO. We pair the X-neck scarf with an O-hole sweater. We combine 'cross'-dressing with 'circum'-size. Peek-a-boo, cutting through. Fashion that gives away the 'inside' of you.
/HORST

Garage Martin Margiela

1. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2010
2. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2011
3. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2011

Hardware as neutral (metallic) matter to be evolved into 'whatever' form of man-made design. Therefore, it is best described as 'substance'. By combining and manipulating its elements, the raw becomes 'something' luxurious.
/HORST