09 Friday Oct 2015
Meappropriatestyle introduces a new feature:
“Off the Wall”
highlighting for contemplation and/or amusement:
graffiti images and statements
displayed on the urban landscape canvas.
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“A world viewed”:
under constant surveillance
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(image from wordbypicture.com)
02 Friday Oct 2015
Meappropriatestyle introduces a new feature:
“Off the Wall”
highlighting for contemplation and/or amusement:
graffiti images and statements
displayed on the urban landscape canvas.
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Graffiti musing:
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(image from rebloggy.com)
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
Tags
art - influence on fashion, art inspired - fashion, feminine aesthetic in art/fashion, Gabriel Specter, graffiti art, illustrators, Jeanne Detallante, Miles "El Mac" MacGregor, muralists, Pierre Mornet, Prada s/s 2014 runway show, Stinkfish, street artists
Art and fashion:
the former the general term
the latter a specific of interpretive expression –
a painter, a muralist, an illustrator
a fashion designer
all creatives producing through different media.
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Miuccia Prada presented a s/s 2014 collection,
which featured imagery of women in full front facial aspect –
(some a bit abstract, others of greater realism)
a celebration of femininity: beauty, strength, provocation, intrigue.
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For Prada’s runway show,
muralists – Stinkfish, Gabriel Specter, Miles “EL Mac” MacGregor
and illustrators – Jeanne Detallante and Pierre Mornet
were invited to portray femininity as subject matter
in their artwork, which served as backdrop;
murals, paintings, dress as basis for creative offering.
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Artwork in situ: Prada s/s 2014 runway show
(images from dazeddigital.com):
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Representative works: images of women
by Colombian street artist Stinkfish
renown internationally
works from photographs he takes of local people
in creating his street mural portraits
(image from streetartnews.net):
Antigua, Guatemala
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(image from urbanspree.com):
Berlin, Germany
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(images from hahamagartconnect.tumblr.com):
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by Gabriel Specter, graffiti artist / muralist
born in Canada, lives in Brooklyn
takes an anthropological perspective to his artwork
his murals re-energises stagnant areas
(images from ftape.com):
showcased at Prada s/s 2014 runway show
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‘Out With the Old, In With the New’ by Gabriel Specter
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by Miles “El Mac” MacGregor, muralist
lives in Los Angeles
aesthetics influenced by Caravagggio, Vermeer, Klimt
Chicano and Mexican culture
(image from ftape.com):
highlighted at Prada s/s 2014 show
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(image from designcollector.net):
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(images from creativityfuse.com):
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by Jeanne Detallante, illustrator
born in France, lives in Philadelphia
inspired by fairy-tales, myths, high-end fashion magazines
(images by ftape.com):
showcased at Prada s/s 2014 runway presentation
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by Pierre Mornet, illustrator
lives in Paris
studied graphic design
authored children’s books and designed book covers
(images from ftape.com):
displayed at Prada s/s 2014 runway show
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(image from multiple-owners.com):
pre-Raphaelite-esque by Pierre Mornet
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(image from paperblog.fr):
programme cover illustration
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