Ani/Mate

1. Yoshihiro Togashi Yū Yū Hakusho
2. Raf Simons 1995 Spring/Summer 2012

My newly reawakened love for Manga and Anime, reflected in a former, long-time established love for 'the one' menswear brand from Antwerp, Belgium. In this case, the love becomes manifest in Toyko Pop.
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Any Body

Jeff Koons Jeff and Ilona (Made in Heaven), 1990

Taking the ready-made, adding the Pop concept of mass production and creating the pornification of kitsch. At the same time, exposing himself in the most extreme depiction of a self-portrait. What could easily be judged as simplistic, remains a complex intellectual and artistic achievement.
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Image source The Jeff Koons Show

Deadlines

Before

Andy Warhol & Keith Haring Untitled (Madonna, I'm Not Ashamed), 1985

After

New York Post February 23, 1987

The irony in an artist's body of work. When media reactions to the creation of pop are quoted by pop art and the result itself is eventually being echoed by the original media again. A case of intertextual reflection on 'the moment' in communication.
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Warhol: Headlines, February 11 – May 13 2012, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Perplexions II

A false encyclopaedic guide to fashion history, presenting:
Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 1996

1. Janet Jackson Velvet Rope, 1997
2. Pandemonia London Fashion Week, 21th Febuary 2011
3. Stephan Marienfeld Bondage, 2010

Pop, postmodernism and nipple piercings. We could have had it all. Janet in a black latex bodysuit. The mastress, the mistress. Dedicated and devoted to Jean Paul Gaultier.
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Horst Decoration, Issue 6

1. Bocca sofa Studio 65, Stripper pole X-Pole Buttplug Paul McCarthy
2. Sculpture Hans Arp , Sheepskin IKEA
3. Table Allen Jones, Glass lipstick Kosta Boda, Chaise longue Jean Prouvé

Welcome to my future home, located at the red light district. A 1891 building dominated by white walls, wooden floors and an explicit atrium view. Endowed with suggestive furniture that pays homage to its surrounding.
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Laced Up III

Dior Fall/Winter 2002 & 2003

If I were a girl. Luckily for you and the rest of the world, I am not. Otherwise I'll throw myself into a pair of black, skin-tight, laced leather pants. But maybe you should?
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The Craft III

1. Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2010
2. Jamie Hawkesworth for Hero Magazine
3. Bernhard Willhelm Spring/Summer 2012
4. Bruno Staub for i-D Magazine
5. Dior Spring/Summer 2001
6. D&G Fall/Winter 2011

From graffiti (part I) to typography (part II) to text collages. The assemblage of the recycled remains of our culture. Fragmented quotes, multiplied deranged messages. Copy and paste till death will tear us apart.
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Girl Panic

Duran Duran - Girl Panic! 2011

Fashion with a capital F. Hardcore product placement. Schizophrenic supermodels. Jonas Åkerlund has combined the über-kitsch and mega-decadent. Pop. And everything is alright.
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Chemical Romance III

Beyoncé - Green Light 2006



From Eva Hesse to Beyoncé Knowles. Again, latex appears as a catalyst for anti-establishment revolt. Whereas the mutual motif is breaking artistical and social taboos, the ultimate driving force of pop will always remain 'sex sells'.

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Monolythic III

1. Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2011

2. Oskar Zieta Plopp stool



The anti-fur, pro-vegan mash-up of Jeff Koons and Isa Genzken. Polished silver plates, crunched. Presumably non-disposable, non-recyclable. Foreverwear. The perfect addition to any private collection.

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Shush!

Artworks Takashi Murakami

Kitsch is when our feet touch wet green grass. And golden raspberries sparkle in the sky. Kitsch admits the happy yeah. Rich, lavish and pointless. Loud at first sight, quietly prompting surreal truths to your mind.
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Hero Worship

Part 15: TLC





Good fashion. Feel good moments. Three girls in metallic latex jumpsuits. Front-laced waistcoats. Suede fringe mini skirts. In cropped gym tops and wide cargo trousers. Highlights and belly buttons.
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