Purple Fashion 13

So, I was seriously questioning my purchase of Purple Fashion yesterday evening as I walked out of the Magazine shop on Bedford. As my funds dwindle, I just felt the guy behind the counter look at me licking his lips, thinking this sucker is going to pay$35.00 for this and in turn pay for my kids meals for a week or my ever expanding drug habit(insert which ever works). In anycase, I got home and was reassured that I had not been reckless. Purple truly is a necessity, and should be an untaxable item like food or clothing. Alright, well thats a little bit rediculous, but whatever. Purple, as Olivier Zahm describes it, is a cross section of what is going on in the comunity in which he lives, and as such it truly feels in a sense timeless, not to be mixed in with trends. Pick it up, and find out what this season has to offer. My first glance favorites are the new installment of the life story of Terry Richardson, and as always the model portraits shot by Innez and Vanoodh.

Fantasies in Charcoal and Images of the Lens

While going back through an older issue of Purple Fashion, I came across an interview of Robert Longo, the New York City artist known for his fantastic depictions in charcoal. I then spent a day in Chelsea last week and saw the current show at Metro Pictures, a group show including Robert Longo, David Maljkovic, and John Miller. This made me think back to the MET’s show, The Pictures Generation 1974-1984, and the large Longo drawings that hung in the main lobby during that show. Am I just noticing this as coincidence or are people paying more attention? Or should we all be paying more attention? In any case, check out the show and take another look at the work of Longo from the past.

http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/