"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art III

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)



1. Sascha Braunig Nets, 2012
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

Her fashion was not 'mainstream' nor 'everyday'. It was the dishevelled proposal for a genius. The kind of artist who does not have to search for ideas, tactics or strategies. Miuccia Prada is talking to the ones who do what they have to do. Those with a different vision. A different sight. Another world view.
/HORST

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.
/HORST

A Short History Of The Grid In Popular Culture V

1. Patternity Orange Crossed Wires, 2012
2. Jeff Koons Titi, 2003
3. Aqua Fence, 2012
4. Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2008
5. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2011
6. Bacchus In Chains, 2012
7. Jeff Koons Fait d'Hiver, 1988

The chain linked fence: an absolutely unnatural icon of industrialization and the capitalsitic need of marking and protecting property. A thin, fake layer that still reveals everything. It's a total alibi, making sure everyone sees what lies behind.
/HORST