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J.W. von Goethe ~ Farbenlehre 1809

Farbenkreis, aquarellierte Federzeichnung von Goethe, 1809, Original: Freies Deutsches Hochstift – Frankfurter Goethe-Museum

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Artist and his Model ~ Picasso and Bardot

Maxwell Snow "Jesus is showing me amazing things" Private Viewing

A couple of weeks ago I had the had the pleasure of attending a private viewing of Maxwell Snow’s "Jesus is Showing Me Amazing Things" in the gallery space at 191 Chrystie st. on the lower east side. The show is very forceful, energetic, thought provoking. The art work reminded me a little of a much cooler, NYC downtown Andres Serrano.
Max really put some shocking images out there (shocking for me anyways) but then I have not forgotten a single image of this show a few weeks on and if I think about how many thousand images we see each day, that is an impressive achievement for a young artist.
watch this space.The Artist Maxwell Snow with friends.
The Curator Karline Moeller. If I needed any curating, I'd call her. She has a big future ahead of her.

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Pictures shot by me.

Martha and Stripes

The other day I had dinner with painter Martha Diamond in Chinatown. I have known her for almost 5 years but I have never been to her studio. I was delighted when she invited me to stop by her studio after dinner. When she showed me her latest paintings, I gasped! In my opinion, they are amazing! So elegant and androgynous, they positively vibrate electric energy. The people who know me, know that I am obsessed with wearing striped jerseys, some friends complain that I give them vertigo. My boyfriend gets mad when we go into a store and I find a striped T-shirt, actually I am wearing one as we speak. So naturally, I went nuts for Martha's Paintings. I must have one!
her studio
some of her tools

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Verushka von Lehndorff being painted in the 60's.

Livre de Fleurs

About the book:

"These 17th-century plates depict garden flowers such as irises and tulips along with songbirds and insects. Elaborately curled banners display pre-Linnaean Latin names. According to Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi in An Oak Spring Flora (Upperville, Oak Spring Garden Library, 1997), L’Anglois worked not only as an artist and engraver but also as a bookseller and art dealer who eventually opened a shop in Paris where he produced engraved prints.

The title page for Livre de Fleurs was designed by L’Anglois and engraved by German engraver Léonard Gaultier (1561–1641), who also worked in Paris. The plates were all drawn and engraved by L’Anglois himself, emphasizing the decorative aspects of the flora and fauna depicted.
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The book is available as a PDF file.

via http://tinatarnoff.typepad.com/thought_patterns/

Madi Weinrib

My dear friend Madeline Weinrib is on her way to becoming one of the worlds most influential fabric designers. She has incredible vision, can combine shapes and colors like no other and everything is of the highest quality. She is a favorite with interior designers and magazine editors everywhere. Her press cuttings are incredible, and all in the short span of a few years.
A while back, I stopped at her Studio on Broadway in NYC for a spot of lunch with her and her staff and she showed me her new collection of clutches. They are absolutely gorgeous and well made, they just go with every outfit. I was like a kid in a candy store. Look for yourself and also check out her website where she has more of her work: www.madelineweinrib.com



pictures of bags: me, ulla
pictures of Madi: style saloniste
read more at: http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/01/private-visit-and-preview-meet-designer.html#comments

Nantucket Artist Tote

I am obsessed with this bag, unfortunately sold out!
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The Artist and her Studio - Tracey Emin

I am blown away.
In a good way.

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Candida Höfer

German Artist Candida Höfer is the female counterpart to Thomas Struth for me. Whenever I look at her Artwork, I get drawn in and a little melancholia sets in. I just forget everything around myself. It is similar to the feeling when you walk down the street and you see the most attractive person passing you and you feeling paralyzed and a little sad because you'll never know who that person was. That's what I feel when I look at Candida Höfer's Artwork, it is so close yet completely out of reach.
Sublime.

Candida Höfer
Neues Museum Weimar II
2006
Candida Höfer
Casa Rosada Buenos Aires XI (CH-412)
2006
Candida Höfer
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen II
2002
Candida Höfer
Weimar, Goethe-Nationalmuseum Weimar II 2006
Candida Höfer
Trinity College Library, Dublin
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Candida Höfer
Museo Archeologico Nazionale Venezia II, 2003
C-print. 184.2 x 154.9 cm. (72 1/2 x 61 in).

The Artist and his Studio. Alex Katz. 2009

Alex Katz is 81, works every day and his brain is like a 45 year old.
That just shows again that age is just a state of mind.
He looks great.

This picture was a tiny insert in the current J.Crew Catalog.
If you look carefully, you can see a drawing that Alex made of me for a large scale painting.
2nd on the right on top, with the necklace.
I snuck in the finished painting on which this sketch, that was in the J.Crew Catalog was based.


I know when I get old I won't be huffing it in sweats and orthopedic shoes either.