Wishful Thinking #1

Gosha Rubchinskiy Fall/Winter 2012

Things I would like to have. I wish I owned. Someone would find. And give to me. Dearly. Highly. Appreciated. Those who find their fulfilment within the fulfilment of others are warmly invited to realize and materialize this first wishful thinking of mine.
/HORST

A Short History Of Typography In Popular Culture VI

1. Xander Zhou Fall/Winter 2013
2. David Salle Tennyson, 1983
3. Klar Fall/Winter 2013 & Xander Zhou Fall/Winter 2013
4. David Salle Mingus, 2010
5. Xander Zhou Fall/Winter 2013
6. David Salle Good Bye D,1982

Presenting: A pop song, a duett: 'Boys Will Be Boys' (Tennyson Remix) by Xander Zhou and David Salle. A double feature block-letter buster: 'Klar Mingus', a horror movie, and 'Wicked Cine Clubs', a high-school drama with explicit 'undressing' scenes. This fall, everywhere nearby you.
/HORST

Govern/Mental

1. Sonia Rykiel Fall/Winter 2013
2. Mugler Fall/Winter 2013
3. Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2013

If the circle is a symbol for my beliefs, we are witnessing the rise of a renewed pact. The primitive form as icon for a world order between feminism and futurism. Woman as soldiers, men as toys.
/HORST

Miusing Escher VI

1. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2013
2. M. C. Escher Reptiles, 1943

Tin opener and luxury handbag. Lizard and cactus. Again, we are confronted with symbolism without meaning (see Welcome To Tomorrow). The still life as chain of associations, as exquisite corpse.
/HORST

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.
/HORST

Welcome To Tomorrow

Snap - Welcome To Tomorrow 1996

Animated 3D renderings that perpetuate the visions of Dalí and Magritte. Weird illogical elements wafting in undefined space, ranging from clock tower (time) and strip dance pole (sensual enjoyment). Symbols without meaning. 16 years before Raf Simons and Willy Vanderperre for Dior.
/HORST

A Short History Of The Egg In Popular Culture

1. Hans Finsler Eggs in mirror II, 1929
2. Jeff Koons Cracked Egg, 1995-1997
3. Man Ray Ostrich Egg, 1944
4. Maison Martin Margiela Door-stopper egg, Line 13
5. Josef Sudek Egg and glass, 1952
6. Marjan Pejoski Björk Swan Dress, 2001

When it comes to evolutionary history, artists have taken unanimous position. The egg was first, everything else just follows. The perfect object to be studied, portrayed and decontextualized. Thus, the egg equals David, the icon of (still) life.
/HORST

International Herald Tribune

1. Damir Doma Spring/Summer 2013
2. Jil Sander Fall/Winter 2012

The IHT is the self-proclaimed global edition of the New York Times. In the semantic context of 'global', the use of an IHT newspaper functions as a symbol for survival and therefore absolute accessory for human mankind threatened by the apocalypse of global crimes.
/HORST