Floating/Nothingness

1. Yrjö Edelmann Fundamental Aspects Of Floating Parcel, 2006
2. Yrjö Edelmann Flashlighted Floated Parcel In Stormy Ocean And Sky, 2007
3. Ed Ruscha Blue Bowling Ball, 1972
4. Ed Ruscha Black And Pink Ball, 1972

Yrjö and Ed. Packages and bowling. Photo-realism and photo-realism. Of things that do not exist. Wafting in the surrealist space of fiction projected onto realist landscapes. It is the summary of the world we live in.
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The Camp Of Plagiarism II

Alex Katz Round Hill, 1977
Steven Meisel An Interpretation, 1997

It is not a secret. For the Spring/Summer 2015 campaign, the newly redefined Loewe brand (directed by J.W. Anderson) is appropriating the work of Steven Meisel, who himself is appropriating a painting by Alex Katz. The truth is never/always sad.
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See also Nudist Camp

2 Fathers, 1 Son

1. Norbert Bisky Salò II, 2010
2. Eric Fischl Dark Figure, 1989
3. Salomé Lodge Couple, 1983
4. Salomé In The Pond, 1986
5. Salomé Big Surf II, 1985
6. Norbert Bisky Bombenfischer, 2005
7. Salomé Im Seerosenteich, 1982
8. Eric Fischl Swimming Lovers, 1984
9. Eric Fischl The Day the Shah Ran By, 1982
10. Norbert Bisky First Cut, 2009
11. Salomé Nude, 1980

Gay parenthood is metaphorical and hyperbolical. Relationships are built without genetics; it is a chosen family. And just like 'Golden Girls', Salomé, Eric and Norbert build the visual triangle of a vacation at the sea. Postcards from a dysfunctional family.
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Posing Without Pants, Epilogue

1. Georg Baselitz Spekulatius, 1965
2. Georg Baselitz The Big Night Down The Drain (Die Große Nacht Im Eimer), 1962–63
3. Georg Baselitz Untitled (Remix), 2007

Since the Penis Revolution has confronted us with the very reality of manhood, we are asked to question our own relationship towards what is hidden or revealed between our legs. If the decision was to be made by Georg Baselitz alone, the answer is straight-forward instead of upside down: Embrace. Comrprise. Grab. In other news, Baselitz would wear chaps.
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Death In And Of Painting

Artworks Katharina Ziemke

It is the sugar-glazed psycho terror of the 2000s. A feminine equivalent to Bisky, Borremans and Rauch, Ziemke is adding the hyper-hyper to magic and/or erotic realism. Artificially sweetened with jelly blood and military fetish.
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Paths Towards Modernity II

A fictive documentary in art and fashion.

1. Georg Baselitz Familienbild Ancora, 2009
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2007
3. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2007
4. Georg Baselitz Victor Brauner Besucht Dix, 2008
5. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2000
6. Georg Baselitz Und Die Ganze Folklore, 2009
7. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2011
8. Georg Baselitz Besuch In Ekely, 2005
9. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2011
10. Georg Baselitz Ekely, 2004
11. Jil Sander 1990
12. Georg Baselitz Untitled, 1998
13. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2004
14. Georg Baselitz Elke I, 1975
15. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2003
16. Georg Baselitz Tränenkopf, 1986
17. Georg Baselitz Gut Grau, 2009
18. Jil Sander 1966

Georg Baselitz and Jil Sander/Raf Simons share a rawness, immediacy and severity. Mostly depicting/proposing men in suits and women in primary colour dresses. They are minimalist, restrained and, yet, messed up. The purity of imperfection.
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Paths Towards Modernity

A fictive documentary in art and fashion.





















1. Ridley Howard Blues And Pink, 2012
2. Dior Spring/Summer 2013
3. Ridley Howard Bedroom #2, Morning, 2011
4. Dior Spring/Summer 2013
5. Dior Fall/Winter 2013
6. Ridley Howard Lumi's Tattoo, 2007
7. Dior Spring/Summer 2013
8. Ridley Howard Holly, Rose Dress, 2011
9. Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2013
10. Ridley Howard Leaves, 2009
11. Dior Spring/Summer 2014
12. Ridley Howard Orange #1, 2005
13. Willy Vanderperre Dior campaign, 2013
14. Ridley Howard Blue Necklace, 2013
15. Ridley Howard Legs, Yellow And Red, 2013
16. Dior Spring/Summer 2013
17. Ridley Howard Lying Down, 2005
18. Raf Simons Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012

Raf Simons' Dior woman does not live in a crystal castle but in the beautiful, colourful paintings of Ridley Howard, which reminds us of Alex Katz and David Hockney who also love to stage this contemporary, elitist, consumerist life of pale blue pools and crushed rose petal walls.
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