Friday, December 24, 2010

David Hockney, Vogue Paris











Given the scandal surrounding Carine Roitfeld's departure from revered fashion magazine Vogue Paris, it seems an apt time to showcase one of my favourite spreads to come off the publication's printing press. Above are a few of the 40 pages of photo collages, paintings, drawings, and writing that David Hockney contributed to the Dec 1985-Jan 1986 issue.

Words To Live By


As inscribed on a postcard from The Smiths' Morissey to Linder Sterling.

Total


Total Art Matchbox by Fluxus artist Ben Vautier, 1966

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Clingstone Mansion





"Mr. Wood, a 79-year-old Boston architect, bought the house with his ex-wife Joan in 1961 for $3,600. It had been empty for two decades."

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Crime & Punishment













































An outside exercise in retribution by Yoshikazu Yamagata of writtenafterwards.