Parallel Genesis

1. Jean Cocteau Le Livre Blanc, 1930
2. Roy Lichtenstein Laocoon, 1988  

When I saw the Lichtenstein exhibition in London, I felt a moment of 'enlightment'. When an expressive brush stroke and a fine pencil line meet in mythological thunder and lightning, two genius' minds make love.
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Concrete Living II

1. Acne Paris & Raf Simons Osaka
2. Acne New York & Jil Sander New York
3. Acne Paris & Raf Simons Tokyo

Venus de Milo as symbol for the modern woman, as icon of orientation, ideals, beauty (q.v. Acne Paris). A strict and steel version of Daedalus' gigantic labyrinth to hold the Minotaur reconstructed by Raf Simons & Gernaine Kruip (q.v. Jil Sander New York). Sterling Ruby's splatter theme and Roger Hiorns's 'crying tears' triangle wallpaper - echoing this disorientation (q.v. Raf Simons Toyko and Osaka).
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A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture VII

1. Unknown
2. Man Ray Venus, 1937
3. Daniele Buetti Blue Face (Lightbox #55), 2005
4. Hasse Nielsen Supergirl, Cover Magazine Novenber 2012

On its seventh installment, we are facing the face grid in four sections: mythological, surreal, virtual and editorial. Each dividing/slicing his or her countenance in equal fragments which results in a dominant and strictly 'square' world view.
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Another Sculptor, Mythology

Artworks Pablo Picasso

The Vollard Suite drawings depict the act of creation and artistic birth in a layered manner; the artwork stands on its own while the content refers to its creation as such. Again, we are confronted with the god-like character of a maker.
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Another He-Male, Mythology

Bernhard Willhelm x Jutta Kraus 2009-2010

The human flaws of a German god. The exposed and hard as equivalent to Achilles' tendon. One more reason to worship and applaud Bernhard. The men in pink leggings and laced ribbon heels.
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Horst With The Head Of David, 2012

or 'Oh God What Have I Done'

Waistcoat Comme des Garçons Homme Plus
Sleeveless top Raf Simons
Trousers Ann Demeulemeester
Crystal brooch Maison Martin Margiela

The multiple triptych, a new temporary addition to virtual mythology. Staging a blogspot drama, building an RSS legacy. Impatient, vulnerable, mean, obsessed, thoughtful, repetetive, tender.
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A Short History Of Lips In Popular Culture II

1. Frédérique Lucien Sans Titre, 2010
2. Richard Burbridge Great Exaggerations, Vogue Italia March 2005
3. Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2009
4. Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2008
5. Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Theatre Group, Vogue Paris August 2009
6. Prada Fall/Winter 2002 & Comme des Garçons Fall/Winter 2000

Glazed, attached or cut out. A symbolically supercharged Man Ray motif, lips are regarded as gate to the human soul, exchanged through the soft breeze of a thing called 'kiss'.
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German Psycho II, 2012

or 'Your Love Is My Trophy'

















Plastic raincoat Jil Sander
Shirt Raf Simons
Tie Second Hand
Trousers H&M
Scissors HAY

A lovethreat letter and the act of creation. Reaching out to the beautiful, unfulfilled, untouchable. When Salomé carried the head of St. John, history did not know of her successor.
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