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“Off the Wall”: graffiti musings

09 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in "Off the Wall", express yourself, graffiti art, graffiti statements, inspiration, urban art

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"Off the Wall" - graffiti images/statements, graffiti art, urban art

 

 

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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“Off the Wall”

 

 

 

“A world viewed”:

under constant surveillance

 

 

Graffiti-Quotes, what are you looking at?,

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(image from wordbypicture.com)

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“Off the Wall” : graffiti musings

02 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in "Off the Wall", express yourself, graffiti art, graffiti statements, inspiration, urban art

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"Off the Wall" - graffiti images/statements, graffiti art, urban art

 

 

Meappropriatestyle introduces a new feature:

“Off the Wall”

highlighting for contemplation and/or amusement:

graffiti images and statements

displayed on the urban landscape canvas.

 

 

…

“Off the Wall”

Graffiti musing:

graffiti quotes, art is our only salvation frim the horror of existence,

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(image from rebloggy.com)

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Fashion / art collaboration: it’s a beautiful thing

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art influence - fashion, art speak, design work, inspiration, Milan Fashion Week, runway show

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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):

1_PradaDonnaSS14_showspace

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3_PradaDonnaSS14_runaway

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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

In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 11 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 10 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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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):

In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 2 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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

In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 18 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 16 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 17 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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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

In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 23 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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In the Heart of the Multitude Prada SS14 booklet 22 Prada Womens SS14 Catwalk Art

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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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