Paths Towards Modernity IV

A fictive documentary in art and fashion.





















1. Tadanori Yokoo Fuji Junko, 1991
2. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
3. Tadanori Yokoo Throw Away Your Books, 1967
4. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
5. Tadanori Yokoo Nishikicho, 2004
6. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
7. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
8. Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 1998
9. Tadanori Yokoo Genka (Illusory Flowers), 1975
10. Tadanori Yokoo Genka (Illusory Flowers), 1975
11. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2009
12. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
13. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2014
14. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2009
15. Tadanori Yokoo Genka (Illusory Flowers), 1975

At first glance, Yohji Yamamoto's latest collection felt like a departure.Towards tattoo and tribal, psychodelia and visual shock. Recurrent motifs: skulls, roses, serpents. In fact, it was not a change of methodology, nor psychology. Instead of covering everything in black dye/ink, the inner essence and tradition of Japanese visual culture was made visible. Yamamoto revealed himself (as friend of Tadanori Yokoo); of course only to those who remember.
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"Prada Banality", Post-Painterly Art IV

or 'Fashion For Intellectuals' (FFI)


1. John Baldessari Valise/Serpent/Fist, 2009
2. Prada Fall/Winter 2013

And with each exit, each look that was proposed upon the sensitive psyche of her mindful audience, Miuccia Prada, together with her team, made art history. Each outfit resembled a room in a well-curated exhibition. While the artworks slowly evolved from Minimalism to Pop Art to New Realism.
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Morning Confessions

Txema Yeste The Animal Issue, Antidote 2012

I have a thing for Andrés Velencoso Segura. Especially when pictured with snake, horse and leather. Time to look into his Arena Homme + shoot again. Any further preferences/recommendations?
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