Grand Poop

LAZOSCHMIDL Spring/Summer 2015

A collection that follows the storyline of contemporary performance art. Tracking down the fascination of body liquids such as piss, shit, sperm and spunk, the garments turn the perverse universe of Sarah Lucas, Paul McCarthy and Gilbert & George into rich textures and embroidery. Stains are re-interpreted as crystal applications on silk dupion and screenprint on organza. The obscene turns into decadence.
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I Want To Break Free

Queen - I Want To Break Free 1984

A hymn. A song that always reminds me of the work of McDermott & McGough. The reason why it is okay to wear a cow-pattern leotard, pointy tits and sing while vacuum cleaning. The reason why it is okay to be Lady Gaga. And why we should never forget where we are coming from.
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A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture XVII

1. Unknown (X-MEN)
2. Cary Kwok Pop In The Eye, 2013
3. Unknown (Disney)
4. Unknown
5. Raymond Pettibon Unknown
6. Comme des Garçons Shirt Spring/Summer 2008
7. John Wesley Woman On Top (detail), 1996
8. John Wesley Untitled (Woman With Glasses, detail), 2004

Sex metaphors within comic. Usually a pastiche or web manipulation, the signals of intercourse via flat colour fields are a recurring fantasy in a seemingly forbidden, sexually neutral, non-physical, hypothetic and pre-adulthood cultural context. Sex in comic is another last taboo.
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Tokyo Diaries XVII

A mental travel preparation.

Joseph Beuys Nikka Whisky, 1984

And then you suddenly realize that 'Lost In Translation' should have been based on German Fluxus super artist Joseph Beuys. Politically engaged posing with a glass of whisky amidst a snowy forest, advertising for the good cause of protecting nature.
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Tokyo Diaries XIII

A mental travel preparation.




Artworks Roy Lichtenstein

Around 1996 something changed. Viewing the 'other' side abruptly infused 'another' kind of painting: ink-screen printing. Dotted brush strokes that turned American pop art Japanese.
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Tokyo Diaries IX

A mental travel preparation.




Hedi Slimane Vogue Hommes Japan, 2008

The eroticism of exotism. The beauty of revealing truth within a cliché. The kimono as pop artefact. The modernity of tradition. The moment when opposites merge. This day is approaching.
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Paths Towards Modernity V

1. Versace Fall/Winter 2014
2. Richard Prince Untitled (Man's Hand On Pocket With Watch), 1980
3. Richard Prince Cowboys & Girlfriends, 1992
4. Versace Fall/Winter 2014
5. Versace Fall/Winter 2014
6. Richard Prince Untitled (Cowboy), 2001
7. Richard Prince Untitled (Original), 2009
8. Richard Prince Untitled, 2008
9. Versace 1980s
10. Versace Fall/Winter 2014
11. Versace Fall/Winter 2014
12. Richard Prince Nurse With Wings (Detail), 2003
13. Versace Fall/Winter 2013
14. Versace Fall/Winter 1994
15. Richard Prince Untitled, 2007

Richard Prince created the art practice of 'appropriation'. Regarded as one of the main players/actors of The Picture Generation he took pictures of pictures and declared them artworks of their own. With motorbike cowboys and vinyl nurses as subject, Prince plays with stereotypes and superstages them as cult of popular mainstream culture. And when cliché and sexism collide, Gianni and Donatella are not afar.
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A Short History Of The Plastic Raincoat In Popular Culture VI

1. Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2014
2. Thomas Bayrle Produzione Bayrle Coats, 1967-68
3. Prada Fall/Winter 2002
4. Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2014

Never too late, never gone. The coloured plastic raincoat takes us back to 1949, 1967 and 2002. It is true that the future will always look old-fashioned. And the present will always feel like the past.
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