Mrs. Carter's Non-Collaborateurs, In Non-Chronological Order

1. Herb Ritts Andie MacDowell in Hawaii, 1984
2. Leonor Fini The Ends Of The Earth, 1949
3. Marylin Minter Splish Splash, 2005
4. Irving Penn Issey Miyake, 1991
5. Man Ray Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924
6. Herb Ritts El Mirage, 1990
7. René Magritte The Lovers, 1928
8. Guy Bourdin In Between, 2010
9. René Laloux Fantatsic Planet, 1973
10. Erwin Blumenfeld Vogue, 1950
11. Robert Mapplethorpe Lisa Lyon, 1980

For her self-entitled #VisualAlbum 'BEYONCÉ', Beyoncé has been seeking expressionist advice from French surrealism and its tradition in film and fashion photography.

Beyond well-established motifs of modern and contemporary art, the content also reflects something soft-political: feminist speech clashes with sexist slang ('Bow Down Bitches') and masochistic submission ('I Cooked This Meal For You Naked.'). A work on rough love, drunk love, jealousy. Not an artwork though - but a commercially valuable, visual-acustic product.
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Venus, Deconstructed

1. Salvador Dalí Tête Otorhinologique De Vénus, 1964/1970
2. René Magritte Les Menottes De Cuivre, 1931
3. René Magritte Tête, 1960
4. Erwin Blumenfeld Portrait of Houdon's Diane, 1944

While the 'egg' as a motif equals 'David', we still have to figure out the symbolic equivalent to 'Venus'. Until then, I'd like to invite you to ponder on the mutations of the female archetype and maybe come up with an icon of its objectification.
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A Short History Of The Egg In Popular Culture II

1. Kenneth Price Big Load, 1988
2. Terence Koh Yes Pleased, 2012
3. Andy Warhol Eggs, 1982
4. Diego Velázquez An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
5. René Magritte Portrait, 1935

Before and after. Once cracked, the egg transforms into various shapes and forms of posthum (respectively 'posthen') existence. A truly multi-disciplinary device, the immortal muse of all arts.
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Hexagon, Heptagon

1. Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2009
2. René Magritte Palace Of Curtains III, 1928-29

From the series: Things I deeply regret. Not buying. Beweeping the brass, silver or mirror brooch. 2009 is my own failure. 1929 is the failure of birth and time. Would I have invested in Magritte?
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Love Parade

1. Chanel Spring/Summer 1997
2. Blumarine Spring/Summer 2012
3. Norbert Bisky Occulto, 2006
4. Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2010
5. René Magritte A Memoria, 1948
6. John Galliano Spring/Summer 2013
7. Rodarte Fall/Winter 2011

Luxury is the utopian illusion of a perfect state of being. Consumption is the ecstatic result of a never-ending rave. Reflected in a world of fluffy clouds, neon sun beams and cyan blue skies.
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