Soft-Handedly

Artworks Jean Cocteau

We know his more explicit scenes. Gesture drawings depicting sexual intimicy. A few sharp lines, erect and potent. Still, there is another side. More complex, layered and surreal works about abstraction and distortion.
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A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture III

1. Andy Warhol by Sunday B. Morning, 1967
2. Chanel Spring/Summer 2012
3. Anna-Sophie Berger m/m2, 2011
4. Milla Jovovich

Although the third sequel to our series 'The Grid' sounds more like a movie with Milla Jovovich, it is nothing but a superficial visual inspection. Which, in turn, makes it a movie with Milla Jovovich.
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A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture

1. Prada Spring/Summer 2009 lookbook
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2007
3. Rolf Nowotny Steel, the Modulor, 2008
4. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2010

Constructing one's ideal world out of imaginary options when the surrounding version is dissatisfying. Reliable choices deliver, as always, Raf Sander and Miuccia Koolhaas.
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Beauty, Recycled

1. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2000
2. Daniel Jackson A Scanner Darkly, Dazed & Confused 2012
3. Junya Watanabe Fall/Winter 2009

The displaced lip as mentioned in a previous chapter is further continued with the flattened face. Reducing the physiognomy to strong black lines and holohedral white surfaces. Make-up as Japanese xylography.
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