Shop-A-Holistic

Matias Faldbakken Untitled (Plastic Bag), 2010

The artist who seeks to be liked. Because of the awkwardness of the art space, his art and self. 'It's foggy and strange and vague. And ya, that's what I like to be so here I am.'
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Poster Beuys

1. Joseph Beuys Multiples, 1972
2. Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys, 1980

Joseph, the poster boy. The man who made hat, fur coat and utility vest a fashion trademark; registered R. When Andy gets jealous and bottles as artworks make for a cover girl, one could rejoin 'fat fame'.
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Post London VII

A 'False Encyclopaedia' double feature with Taj Ragland, discussing:
Agi & Sam Spring/Summer 2014

Agi & Sam get idyllic about city life. Snatching pages from the books of Paul Smith and Walter Van Beirendonck, Agi & Sam have been pumping out wonky quirk for the last couple of seasons, but for this outing the duo got a little crucial. Agi & Sam always seem to be designing for little boys in businessman drag, so in keeping with that they presented potent tailoring in 80's neon, trainer hybrids and an array of digital prints. Rich and playful in its context and references, the collection mimics its potential buyers; rich and playful.
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The German term 'Alltag' describes the unagitated, the normal, the casual and everyday. Which is exactly what Agi & Sam did: hazardly dressing their man for Spring/Summer 2014. Establishing a kind of random, out-of-bed formal wear. In general, the 'accidental' seems to be a strong theme for a new season. Calculated chaos as mindset for the 2010s? An embrace and surrender to failure? A return to humanity? It would make a nice categorisation, in fact, the Unhappy Readymade decade.
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1. Agi & Sam Spring/Summer 2014
2. Lou Reed The Velvet Underground, 1973
3. Andy Warhol Mao, 1972
4. Bus Interior
5. Marcel Duchamp Unhappy Readymade, 1920
6. Willy Vanderperre Class Act, 2010
7. Wolfgang Tillmans Sportflecken, 1996
8. Agi & Sam Spring/Summer 2014

All about Taj Ragland

Candy Clutch, Readymade or Accessory

Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2010

One of the items that sold out within a controversial sellout was the shiny, mirror-surfaced, hyper-exaggerated candy wrap transformed into a clutch or readymade that would make Koons proud. This is how you could and should wear it if you wanted to.
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Iterative Iterations

Daniel Brush Thirty Years' Work

A recent New York discovery and already within the realms of my most admired artists, Daniel Brush takes minimalism to different stages. Ranging from playful animal brooch readymades to brush gesture paintings and 3D structure installations.
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