A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture XV

1. Jamian Juliano-Villani Me,Myself And Jah-Jah, 2013
2. Marlie Mul Cigarette Ends Here (Do-Gooders), 2012
3. Tilt Alix Sofa, 2013
4. Roy Lichtenstein Atomic Landscape,1966

The cloud. The blow. The fart. While bubble and star shapes contain and visualize auditory events, the cloud represents the invisible and nonvocal. It is the most complex form, yet carries no meaning. Just air. The oral, anal and apocalyptic nothingness of meaningfulness.
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See also The Explosion Star and The Speech Bubble

Anti-Me Society II

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013

The last hurrah by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton was a self-revolting revolution. Showgirl punk with graffiti lettering, ruffles, sequins and feathered bras. Not giving a fuck was never that delicately well done.
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Pole, 2013

or 'Not Safe For World'

T-Shirt Raf Simons
Shorts Comme des Garçons
Underwear Barcode

Madonna's 'Sex Book' by Steven Meisel, banned Calvin Klein commercials and Paris Hilton's sex tape - who is the judge, who's the voyeur? How can 'offensive' image material be so pleasing?
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A Short History Of Typography In Popular Culture V

1. Ed Ruscha Ripe, 1967
2. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2002
3. Ed Ruscha Raw, 1971
4. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2002
5. Ed Ruscha Jelly, 1967
6. Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2002
7. Ed Ruscha Hope, 1998
8. Ed Ruscha The Question, 1989
9. Ann Demeulemeester Spring/Summer 2003
10. Ed Ruscha Body And Paint, 1989
11. Ed Ruscha Sea Of Desire (hot sauce on moiré), 1973
12. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2011
13. Alastair Strong Windows, 2011
14. Ed Ruscha The End #1, 1993

"Live, Sin, Hope" - an excerpt of "Body And Paint" by Ed Ruscha and Ann Demeulemeester. "Ripe watermelon, raw ham, jelly peanutbutter" - an exquisite corpse poem by Ed Ruscha and Junya Watanabe. "Sea Of Desire" - an erotic novel by Ed Ruscha and Raf Simons.
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