Andy Warhol Fashion Drawings of the 1950s

Did you know that Andy Warhol did fashion sketches in the 1950s before creating the pop art he is known for? You can view his fashion drawings in a nice little coffee table book called Andy Warhol Fashion. This book is full of his shoe illustrations, head shots and everything fashion. It also contains a nice introduction by Simon Doonan, and great quotations...
"Everything in your closet should have an expiration date on it the way milk and break and magazine and newspapers do."

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Walk The Walk, Bryant Park, NYC this past summer

Hi, I'm Chris from Art Fortune and I wanted to share one of my art experiences from this summer. As I sat in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan one sunny morning this past May, I got to enjoy a living sculpture called "Walk the Walk", a performance-installation created by Kate Gilmore and funded by the Public Art Fund. It was a cubic structure, open on all sides, with a flat roof that functioned as a podium. Working in shifts, groups of women took to the roof where they performed an improvisational choreography of everyday movement, such as walking, shuffling, and stomping. These women were not professional dancers nor actors.These women were to represent a random sample of female office workers. They varied in age, race and body type. They were free to perform their artist-assigned tasks as they choose, but they did have to conform to a strict uniform: yellow dress and beige shoes.

The public were welcomed to view the art from the outlying Fountain Terrace, but could also enter the structure on the main level which allowed me to hear the reverberating sounds of the movement above. The yellow of the women's dresses also appeared on both the inside and outside of the structure walls. Gilmore likes to consider this experience an "eccentric concerto of irregular footfalls".

Kate Gilmore is known for her physically demanding performance videos.Through "Walk the Walk", Gilmore has us wondering how gender, age and appearance affect our perception both socially and personally. I have to say I enjoyed a good hour mesmerized by the women creating their own path of different speeds, hardly ever even hitting to one another in such a small space. Equally enjoying was the public reaction to the piece, from the unnoticed, to the gawking glares, to the pure enjoyment of witnessing a re-enactment of office women today as art.

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Antonio, A Fashion Illustrator Icon

Antonio was born Antonio Lopez in Puerto Rico in 1943. When he was 7 his family moved to New York City. He attended the High School of Art & Design and then he attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. While at FIT, he started an intership at WWD (Women's Wear Daily) which led him to leaving school and working at WWD. Then shortly after he took a position at The New York Times. In 1969 he moved to Paris and was an associate of Karl Lagerfield. Antonio help discover Jessica Lange, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones and Tina Chow. His famous Fashion Illustrations appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Interview and The New York Times. Many books showcasing his illustrations have been published, one of these included "Antonio's Tales From The Thousand And One Nights" from 1985, which was a inspiration for Marc Jacobs 2007 "Arabian Nights" Fashion Event. Antonio sadly died in 1987 at the age of 44. His drawings live on and inspire so many Illustrators to this day.

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Oktoberfest Posters of Munich

As folks all over the world celebrate Oktoberfest, we thought it was timely to showcase a few samples of Munich Oktoberfest Posters as they are nearly as popular as the festival itself. Every year, since 1952, Munich, Germany holds a contest and chooses the official Oktoberfest motif. This motif then appears on the posters, tee-shirts, cups, beer mugs and other assorted souvenirs.

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Tresspass

I am an avid follower of Wooster Collective Gallery. Today they posted a review on an amazing (soon to be released) art history book titled: TRESPASS: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art. It was a great preview read, but what prompted me to write about this book are the artists whose essays authored this book.

For all guerrilla artists, urban painters, and appreciators of this is a really cool book. Yes, it is a good looking coffee table book, but don't stop there. The book includes wonderful essays by the artists and the introduction is penned by the very talented urban guerrilla artist, Banksy. The rich history of these artists, and the evolution of their works is inspiring. The artwork in the book can be criticized but as you read the book you see the progress made through urban art.

The book is uniquely comprised by a series of themes, by 150 artists. Every photograph in the book is work that is unauthorized and uncommissioned. The best news is that the retail sale of the book will cost around $39.99. I posted one image of a spectacular piece just to tempt you. You can do a special visual leaf-through of the book here.





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A Touch of Nostalgia

Winslow Homer Classic Portrait oil on canvas "Boys in a Pasture" (1874).

This stamp will be dedicated on August 13, 2010 in Richmond, VA, during American Philatelic Society Stamp Show 2010. This portrait will also be featured as the new 44cent postage stamp.

It is Homer's third time being honored on a U.S. postage stamp. In 1962 it was Homer's "Breezing Up", issuing a 4cent stamp, and in 1998 "The Fog Warning" he was featured in a stamp series.

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