Susan Kirschbaum has written features - covering trends, fashion, and art -- for various publications including Harper's Bazaar, London Times, New York Observer, and New York Times since the late Nineties. She has worked as a web editor for both fashion and art concerns and as a founding editor to Fashion Wire Daily, when it served as a wire service to the Associated Press. She has written both synopsis and forwards to photography books by Steidl Dangin. Currently, she is a contributing editor to Whitewall - a seasonal art magazine - that sets new visual and story telling standards to cover the art world. She also writes for Purple, the French fashion magazine.
Her first novel, WHO TOWN, a dark social satire is now being reviewed by several publishers through rock star agent Robert Guinsler at Sterling Lord Literistic.
(All photos on this blog are taken by Susan Kirschbaum on her Canon SD850 digital point and shoot, unless otherwise noted - please credit all photos accordingly)
Gap Says the Tees "Put Art on Our Backs and Send It Into the World"
Artist Hanna Liden & Yvonne Force of Art Production Fund
(Shirt for Gap by Rikrit Tiravanija, photo by Susan Kirschbaum)
Those crafty girls from the Art Production Fund are at it again. Not only do partners Yvonne Force and Doreen Remen convince artists like Mariyln Minter to transfer their talents to everyday objects like towels and rugs, now they've transformed painters and photographers into rock stars. Case in point: Gap's new rock star like tee. Sound the alarm, art is going mainstream!
Thirteen visionaries: Minter, Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Cai Guo-Qiang, Kenny Scharf, Glen Ligon, Ashley Bickerton, Kiki Smith, Barbara Kruger, Kerry James Marshall, Hanna Liden, Sarah Size, and Rukrik Tiravanija -- all former Whitney Biennial exhibitors -- got tees as canvases. They retail for $28-$38 and hit select stores yesterday. The Gap sponsored this year's Whitney Biennial and a portion of the proceeds benefits the Whitney Museum. The next test is to see if suburban kids can wear them to the mall when they're cruising. Will fine artists, even young ones just breaking into the Whitney become the next Mick Jaggers and Madonnas? Or will buyers think, "Wow that's an interesting graphic and never explore further?"
In a reversal of artist as rock star theme, over in Dumbo Brooklyn, an actual rock star, song writer and musician Joseph Arthur moonlights as a painter at his own gallery MOMAR. Jo, who I've seen in a kick ass blue velvet suit, tends to honor the mystique of the "zoot suit" and Frank Sinatra in style, even if his ramblings are rougher and Dylanesque, as in Bob, not Jakob. He's now created a limited edition run of "fashion tees." I think his fashion tees have already sold out in a month since I didn't find them on his site. But his charity shirts -- with Jo's artwork -- benefit Mercy Corps, $25, each, on American Apparel tees. Mercy Corps sends provisions to areas hit by disaster, latest example, victims of China's earthquake. Check out http://www.josepharthur.com and find "Yellow Bird Project." His tees are truly one of a kind in a world that gets smaller by the minute.
Shirt by Musican/Artist Joseph Arthur
CLICK BLUE LINE TO SEE SOME GAP ARTISTS AND WORDS FROM SHIRT ABOVE
Chuck Close wears himself
Marilyn Minter wears herself
Script on Joe Arthur shirt reads: darkness in america. the moment of that discovery. my life and talent articulating certain relations between error and clarification. a formal structure of confusion and electricity. my finger fit in the socket. there was darkness in america ~Joseph Arthur
Check out two Brits who are cool hunting all over the globe.... Mr. and Mrs. Smith... just like Brad and Angie when they had to sneak into hotels under fake names... Ooh, la, la...http://blog.mrand mrssmith.com
"It's never been more important for me to respect a president's ability to handle foreign policy and to be a good listener and an open negotiator. Those are qualities I didn't think about in the past, but now, it seems crucial to the success and even the survival of our nation. Also, I cannot endorse a president who does not support women's rights to the fullest possible extent." Faran http//:www.nylonm ag.com
Who is "Candy" with Anna Wintour in the CFDA photos? I guess it's true that the ugly kids in school get their revenge as grown ups in fashion. They are both "bark, bark!" You are kidding about them as fashion icons, right?
Candy Pratts Price is the Executive Style Director of Style.com. She just won the Eugenia Sheppard (CFDA) Award for fashion journalism. While Candy's not a writer, she's got an eagle eye as a market editor so deemed a trend maker. Fashion loves her because she makes or breaks "looks," as in collection pieces. OUCH! on the revenge comment...
Thanks Lollie! Do keep reading and spreading the word on the page. Re: the hats, Philip Treacy's creations are like luscious cherries on gorgeous cakes. Each one, one of a kind.
Glenn O'Brien, new co-Editorial Director of Interview is exceptionally talented. I have a lot of faith in his vision and looking forward to checking out the new issue in September.
Do I care about Madonna, how could you not! While I'm no slave to her rhythm she is a remarkable woman breaking all former generations rules for what a woman of 50 should act and look like. That being said, how much longer does she have to be our pop princess? Is it still cool to be wearing bodysuits with tights when you're 60??http://media.uber .com/images/60x45 .jpg
Merci Lucille! Je comprende. Tu t'en fou de la vie ici' mais quand meme, tu lis le page. Souvent je m'en fou de la vie ici' aussi. Beaucoup de la betisse! xo!
keep up the good work <" To be a star you must shine your own light, follow your own path and not be afraid of the darkness, for that is when stars shine brightest."> peace 2008
susan, did you ever get my message or are my messages broken too? cause If I wrote hundreds of personal messages to people for nothing I'm going to cry
