Jean-Paul Goude / So Far, So Goude
Slight obsession going on with the work of Jean-Paul Goude right now due to a project I’m working on. I bet most of you have a sleeve with one of his images in your record collections. If you like his work there are some great books out there. Jungle Fever is the original one to...
David Byrne / Tight Spot / High Line Installation
This piece originally appeared in New York Magazine online. Starting on the evening of September 15, you’ll hear it as you approach West 25th Street, coming from under the High Line: womp, womp womp. It’s a little bit foreboding—the sort of low-frequency pulsations that signal zombies in movies and sent Jodie Foster alien-hunting in Contact....
The Face / Keith Haring And Mario Testino Fashion Spread
More Keith Haring here, this time from The Face in the mid-80s. Here he collaborates with Mario Testino (early in his career) on a fashion spread and a self-portrait. Wish there was more of this in the current times… [Apiento]
Keith Haring At The Le Mans 24 Hour Race
Aside from being a massive Paradise Garage head Keith Haring will always be associated in my head with that colourful 80s New York period that is very Test Pressing. In 1984 he went to France for the Le Mans 24 hour race and, as ever, created some art for the race. I found loads of...
Laurie Anderson / Trisha Brown / Gordon Matta-Clark / Pioneers of the Downtown Scene New York 1970s
Today me and the boy (my 13 year old son) visited the new Barbican exhibition. Apparently a lot of the work comes from the time that the downtown NY scene came together across the mediums of art, music, dance and architecture (often all in the same piece). By the way, excuse the bad iPhone photos...
Just Because / 009
We lost a good one in Alexander McQueen. Pure out and out genius from 1999 and he was a big music head to boot.
