Spring 2010 Style Guide

Killer Stripes

Josef Hoffmann dress, c. early 20th century.

Agnes Martin in her studio.

Bold Textures

Bronzino, A. Ritratto di Lodovico Capponi, c. 1550-5. oil on poplar panel; 44 7/8 x 33 3/4 in. The Frick Collection, NY.

Dark + Light Looks

both images, Laetitia Casta, Vogue Paris December/January issue, guest edited by Ms. Casta.

España

both paintings, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Subtle Decadence

Schad, C. Marcella.

Goya y Lucientes. Teresa de Sureda

Red Highlights

Dix, O. The Dancer Anita Berber, 1925.

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Caprice, Then and Now

Goya y Lucientes. Caprichos Plate 2: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos

Goya y Lucientes. Caprichos Plate 2: El si pronuncian y la mano alargan Al primero que llega.

Yinka Shonibare. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Australia), 2007.

Yinka Shonibare. Gallantry and Conversation, 2002.

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Art I love: Sigmar Polke meets Goya

Sigmar Polke. This is how you sit correctly (After Goya), 1982. Acrylic on fabric; 200 x 190 cm. Private collection.

Sigmar Polke, one of the contemporary art world's most elusive virtuosos, is known for his alchemical approach to painting, and his application of oils, lacquers, and various other emoluments onto his canvases.

It comes as no wonder, then, that he should find inspiration in the last great Old Master and first "contemporary" artist, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, the mad, cunning creator of the Caprichos, known for imbuing his canvases with more than a little black magic.

addendum:

toxic moment in the guise of German children and lacquered polyester:

Sigmar and I, Italian Pavillion, Biennale di Venezia 2007

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