Sherman Questions

1. Cindy Sherman Untitled #122, 1983
2. Maison Martin Margiela Spring/Summer 2009

Glamour girl, art billionaire and woman of the year. Images and words will never capture this complex multi-personae. Thus, I will focus on a character study through the means of fashion: Who is Cindy Sherman? And who would she be wearing?
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The Nude Portrait

category a.1) sitting, hands in lap



1. Matteo Montanari
2. Alasdair McLellan
3. Johnny Angel by Pat Milo, 1960s

category a.2) lying, body twisted

1. Karl Lagerfeld
2. Willy Vanderperre
3. Cody Chandler

category a.3) standing, side view

1. Alasdair McLellan
2. Sølve Sundsbø
3. Herb Ritts

category b) back view, arms flexing

1-3. Robert Mapplethorpe

category c.1) standing, left arm up

1. David by Michelangelo, 1501-1504
2. David Gandy by Mariano Vivanco
3. Tony Ward by Mariano Vivanco

category c.2) frontal, arms (almost) down



1. Alasdair McLellan
2. Bruce Weber
3. Iggy Pop by Gerard Malanga, 1971

When does a portrait define as a nude portrait? Category a) reveals nothing at all, category b) features a bare butt cheek, while categgory c) reveals primary sexual characteristics. Covered or full frontal, all images provoke the illusion of touch. One criterion for the nude portrait.
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Propositions

1. Kevin Scott Hees
2. Sebastian Faena

Two ways of pleasing your surrounding during the upcoming, celebratory days. It all depends on where, when and who you are spending your time with. In any case, let me know on what you decided.
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Delicacy

Photos David Armstrong

Sunday is the perfect occasion to dress like in a David Armstrong editorial.
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Anti-C-Portion

Spastor October 2001

Spastor is back. Back to start. Hopefully with menswear, too. Vague, crispy, blurred and sexual. A dive into the archive. Forgotten names, reloaded memories. Keep me updated.
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Forbidden Love IX

1. Undercover editiorial
2. Walter Van Beirendonck by Ronald Stoops
3. Devok Aoki, i-D April 2002

Tribal becomes the most extreme when applied to one's face. In that context, we may refer to Cher's character in Burlesque: 'When you are painting on makeup, you are like an artist, but instead of painting a canvas, you're painting a face.'
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Art Department: Luis Perez Jauregui

Artworks Luis Perez Jauregui

Luis Perez Jauregui creates character transformations. Consequently, the artist's self-portrait becomes an anti-self-portrait. Still, his body of work comprises a multiplicity of his very own, characteristic personae. I asked him to create a piece for the Art Department series.

He concludes: 'In my opinion, the aesthetic of Lynn & Horst is very clean and minimal, with a dark provocative side to it, so I wanted to create a character that best represented that. The harness is something I made myself specially for this character. It was inspired by the art of S&M and rope bondage. Instead of rope though, I used a strand of metallic beads to transform an otherwise simple harness into something more modern.'
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Straps & Strings III

‘A Young Man of Extraordinary Personal Beauty’ by Willy Vanderperre for Arena Homme+

While it remains a purely functional means to some of us, the strapped continuously evokes desires for more of less to others. Contemporary fantasies of exhibitionist might include the strapped neck halter coat.
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Cross Dressing

1. Raquel Welch
2. Matthew Kristall
3. Sebastian Faena
4. Steven Meisel

I do appreciate the theoretical concept of a naughty nun or masturbating monk. This visual and linguistic pairing was, of course, just chosen in favour of creating an alliteration.
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Forgotten Persoons

Clothes Jurgi Persoons
Photograms Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

And suddenly there was Jurgi Persoons. Within the (too) short time span of 1997 to 2003, the unavowed Antwerp locum introduced clothes for 'anorectic, rich and lazy young girls'. His broken minimalism still merits recognition.
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Anonymity, Paired

1. Pierre Debuschere Another Man, 2010
2. Pablo González-Trejo Brent, 2008
3. Erik Olson Brad, 2011
4. Raf Simons Casting Video Fall/Winter 2006

The artist is driven by the narcissistic impulse to make oneself visible through the means of creation. This may result in the portraiture of anonymity. As a model of life, it may also explain my very own self-documentation through photo booth.
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Two Flowers

1. André Kertész Melancholic Tulip, 1939
2. Driu & Tiago Citizen K Homme, 2009
3. Albert Renger-Patzsch Gemeiner Löwenzahn, 1925-29
4. Alasdair McLellan 'Suburbia' POP Magazine, 2006

The fashion editorial and 'Neue Sachlichkeit' (New Objectivity), the monochrome portrait and the flower still life. An honest, melancholic view on beauty betwen tulip torso and dandelion hair.
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