Oct
23
Monday off, scarves on
Yesterday, Monday, for a while had been DYING to check out Dia:BEACON. Finally I had been able to coordinate a date…and I am going to go back next weekend or the weekend after. But while I was there I just also thought I’d kill two birds. You haven’t had a chance to see the rest of the scarves on…This moto-peacoat hybrid is from ASOS if you must know. I am usually a size 0-2 but this coat is a size 6. I mean, go big or go home…
This one is the charcoal infinity, I chose to use Acrylic wool because I will spend my whole day scratching my neck if it is real wool. I have a very VERY negative relationship with real wool. Acrylic is better for me. Luxury is comfort.
The look is definitely exaggerated, something oversized and chunky.
Dan Flavin’s light installations.
I made sure to check out Sol Lewitt’s creations, several rooms (enormous) dedicated to him. Whole walls covered in minimalistic line drawings…As you know Lewitt writes down directions and has other people produce these drawings. So these lines aren’t drawn by him and some people have a problem with that, but I don’t. I think he is a genius. With my 1+1=2 style thoughts, I immediately thought it would be nice to take these drawings and apply them to t-shirts and sell them..Or have them intarsia-d into cashmere sweaters. Sorry for this kind of crass thinking. It’s what fashion does to you.
Here is another shot without my stupid figure blocking any part of it. Just incredible.
Upon closer inspection, you see lines are shaded with different etch marks set at different angles. Straight vertical. Horizontal straight + vertical straight. Then horizontal + vertical straight + 45 degree angle lines. ETC. ETC. ETC. Strict, obsessive, and so incredibly sexy. And the best part is if you have the time and money, you could do this too. You know you only need a set of directions from the Mr. Lewitt..RIP. Looking at this kind of made me sad though because my dream was to be an artist. But I gave up this dream by the end of high school, throughout my youth I was very much into painting and drawing and had enrolled in art colleges with Parsons being an option to study fashion in case I chickened out. By the end I thought fashion would be more practical for me because it is extremely difficult to make a living just by being an artist… that trying to become an artist at this kind of level might be impossible…
Flavin’s light installations.
I’m wearing the white perforated leather scarf here, same shape as the black triangle.
I never got to show you those rabbit scarves.
You can also wear it with only one buckle closed, then it sits lower on the neck. So the more you buckle up the more it looks like a tube. Available here.
I am a firm believer that art should not be quarantined to museums and galleries. This kind of behavior is corrupt in my eyes, to take such beauty and deprive everyone from seeing it in their lives day in and day out…There is a street slang for this, it’s called C*ck-blocking, right? Museum staff, also kinda pretentious and annoying no? Why they are always looking at you like you’re about to steal some sculpture and run out the door is beyond me. Anyway this was some wooden sculpture, when you see it from 10 steps away, it just looks like an accidental wooden board, but then you get close and look over, there is this downward slope created by the same slab of wood. Amazing.
Your jeans are the opposite from last post’s. Did cut two pairs up and swap out the legs?
That coat (yes, I’m still obsessed) looks so amazing on you and so underwhelming on the asos website. Kudos to you for having the vision. And thanks for telling us where it was from! And, of course, the scarves are awesome.
I love your style! What shoes are you wearing in these photos?
Here’s to big coats. And heavy shoes. And great scarves. And little purse held up by chains. Nice shots and thanks for sharing the gallery experience.
The oversized coats are a great look, but what would you suggest for someone already well over a size 6?
I lovelovelove Dan Flavin’s work. I had the opportunity to interview him for a research paper in grad school (he was a friend of one of my professors), but I didn’t take it up. I didn’t think I’d have anything intellectual to ask him. Now I regret not taking that chance. Sigh.
To me you are an ultimate artist. You make art, you make it practical and you make a living with it. That’s very close to what you saying above.
Any idiot can make squares out of light bulbs.
That last comment of yours is willfully ignorant. I invite you to first Google Dan Flavin before assuming he’s an idiot.
I infer from her post that even Luxirare would aspire to do something for fashion on the level that Flavin has done for contemporary art.
I love when people talk derisively about things they know nothing about.
LOVE Dia Beacon!!!
Aww, don’t hate on museum staff! If you saw some of the things people did to artwork on a daily basis, accidentally or on purpose, you’d forgive their watchful eye. They’re not pretentious, just protective.
Love, love the scarves.
^Exactly. The reason museum staffs look at everyone like they’re just going to grab the artwork and run is because things precisely like that have happened lots of times. Just take a look at how someone defaced a Rothko with sharpies mere weeks ago. It’s unfortunate we could not be more intimate with artworks in museums but unfortunately due to the actions of a few selfish individuals museums have to be vigilant.
A UK size 6 is a US size 2
Chunky scarvesssssss!!! Woohooo! The art installations look eye-gasmic. I should hop on over to the art museum before Christmas.
Ohhh Graet.
Thanks
Murat
this is uncanny. I just had a meeting with Sol LeWitt’s wife, Carol, last week to discuss the reopening of the Yale University Art Galley on 12/12. She’s amazing too!
I love that last shot and those jeans
Hi!
Love the coat – is it warm enough for current nyc weather?
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This is a great outfit! Have you tried searching for clothes on Who Brain yet?
http://www.whobrain.com/
Love this look. I too like inventing personas when dressing up. A cross between a Quentin Tarantino villain and Tina Chow’s monochrome minimalism.