Portraits Of An Artist V

1. Yves Klein Gelsenkirchen Opera, 1959
2. Andy Warhol The Velvet Years, 1965
3. K.P. Brehmer Berlin studio, 1974
4. Marina Abramović Rhythm 10, 1973
5. Joan Mitchell Paris studio, 1957
6. Yayoi Kusama Infinity Nets, 1961
7. Yayoi Kusama Infinity Nets, 1961

While portraits of male artists often show the subject dirty and proud, either right before completion or while revealing the final result, female artists seem to be captured in the sensual act of creation itself - in an almost meditative manner, pausing, thinking.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture XIII

1. Raymond Pettibon No Title, 1987
2. noeditions Spring/Summer 2014
1. Raymond Pettibon No Title (Entering Marlboro County), 2005
2. noeditions Spring/Summer 2014
1. Raymond Pettibon To Wit, 2013
2. noeditions Spring/Summer 2014

The quick stroke. Who does not love the gentleness, the warmth and promptness of a gestural moment. The strong and intense handcraft of Raymond Pettibon. Expressing everything within the rapid act of expressive self-unloading. The collection artwork of no editions. Big, raw brushstrokes, applied within a few seconds.
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"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art IX

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)



1. Otto Dix Portrait Of Dr. Heinrich Städelmann, 1922
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

But why is Miuccia Prada referring to conservative codes? To suits, coats, ruffle shirts. Why is her proposal so bourgeois? Why is the movement of 'Neue Sachlichkeit' fashioned into 'Neue Spießigkeit'? Or, in other words: Why are 'we' re-evaluating conservative patterns?
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