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Hedi Slimane: Anthology of a Decade

Through a collection of Hedi Slimane's photographs of the 2000s, "Anthology of a Decade" presents the journey of the iconic French designer into fashion before, during, and after his tenures at Yves Saint-Laurent (1997-1999), and Christian Dior (2000-2007). It is in this decade that critics acknowledge Slimane to have infused men's fashion with an androgynous, rock 'n' roll verve that influenced couture all over the world. In addition to his work as a fashion designer, Slimane has been involved in various other projects, such as editor-in-chief of "Liberation," record cover creator, curator, store designer, and writer.

The four-volume anthology of Slimane's photography published this month by JRP Ringier, reveals the artist's duotone photographs mixing the music scene, street fashion, and his haute couture shows. The book also reveals his inspirations, his attention to both youth culture and classical references, and attests that his contribution to haute couture was maybe the constant refining of a line and silhouette that was to mark the culture of the 'noughties'.

Alongside the publication of Anthology of a Decade, two exhibitions are currently on view at Almine Rech Gallery, Fragments Americana in Brussels and California dreamin in Paris. Both exhibitions reflect Hedi Slimane's personal relationship with his adopted home and greatest influence on his work: Los Angeles.

Anthology of a Decade

USA

France

Europe

Courtesy@Hedi Slimane, Anthology of a Decade 2000-2010, published by JPR Ringier, Zurich

Almine Rech Gallery Paris/Brussels

Phyllis Galembo: "Maske" revisited

I am truly fond of Phyllis Galembo's work. Galembo is a photographer and professor of Art at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She has exhibited extensively in museums, most recently Call and Response in collaboration with Nick Cave at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in conjunction with Spoleto Festival USA. Her work can also be seen in five published books, Aso-ebi: Cloth of the Family, Divine Inspiration from Benin to Bahia, Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti, Dressed for Thrills: 100 years of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade and Maske.
For over two decades, Phyllis Galembo has documented cultural and religious traditions in Africa and the African Diaspora. Traveling widely throughout western and central Africa, and regularly to Haiti, her subjects are participants in masquerade events - traditional African ceremonies and contemporary fancy dress and carnival - who use costume, body paint and masks to create mythic characters. Sometimes entertaining and humorous, often dark and frightening, her portraits document and describe the transformation power of the mask.

The exhibition Phyllis Galembo: Maske features recent photographs by the artist , including sixteen large-scale color prints of African and Haitian figures in indigenous masquerade costume. The exhibit also coincides with the release of Galembo's new book, Maske (Boot, 2010).

Exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery, NY, March 2 - April 2, 2011
Opening reception and book signing, March 2, 6-8 pm

Four Children in Fancy Dress, Nobles Masquerade,

Winneba, Ghana, 2009

Two in Fancy Dress with Pointed Hats, Tumus

Masquerade Group, Winneba Ghana, 2010

Panther, Dodo Masquerade, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2009

Kambulo and Kapada, Makishi Masquerade, Kaoma, Zambia, 2007

Fancy Dress and Rasta, Nobles Masquerade Group, Winneba, Ghana, 2009

Water Buffalo Devil, Red Indians, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2008

Ghost and Bull, Dodo Masquerade, Bobo-Dioulasso,

Burkina Faso, 2009

Janus Mask, Nkim Village, Nigeria, 2005

Atal Masquerade, Emanghabe Village, Nigeria, 2004

Agbago (Big Horse Who Comes in the Night) Masquerade,

Mountain Cut, Sierra Leon, 2009

Atam Masquerader, Alok Village, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004

All images courtesy of Phyllis Galembo/Steven Kasher Gallery
Phyllis Galembo

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Jeanloup Sieff, the Eternal Dandy

Jeanloup Sieff (1993-2000) was a great French photographer. He began photographing in the early 1950s, worked as a freelance reporter, leaving aside his brief interest in cinema. He started shooting fashion photography, and in 1958 joined the Magnum Agency. Sieff was a star, one of the first French photographers who made it in America, a winner of several prizes, including the Prize Niepce, the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in Paris in 1981 and the Grand Prix National de la Photographie in 1992. He worked for numerous magazines such as Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and also published books including J'aime la danse (1962) and Faites comme si je n'etais pas la (2000).

Jeanloup Sieff had a huge popular appeal, in France and elsewhere. His black-and-white pictures, always exquisitely printed, became his trademark style. Dancers and nudes were two recurring themes in his works. A dandy all his life, early risers in Paris grew used to the longhaired and elegant man driving his stylish vintage English sports car for an early breakfast in the St Germain district.
This exhibition at Moderna Museet-Stockholm features a selection from Sieff's photographic oeuvre, with a special focus on his images portraying dance.

All images courtesy Jeanloup Sieff@The Estate of JeanLoup Sieff, Paris

Yves Saint Laurent, Paris 1971

Catherine Deneuve, Vogue, Paris, 1969

Ballet Paris Opera, 1960

Opera de Paris, 1988

Carolyn Carlson, Paris, 1974

Blanca Li, Paris, 1996

Judy, New york, 1965

Harper's Bazaar, Palm Beach, 1964

Harper's Bazaar, Hollywood, 1962

Courtesy Jeanloup Sieff@The Estate of Jeanloup Sieff, Paris

Moderna Museet-Stockholm

Jeanloup Sieff exhibition is currently on view February 19 - May 22, 2011

" Women in Orient," an exhibition viewed by Christian Lacroix

Since he closed his fashion house in 2009, legendary couturier Christian Lacroix has multiple projects: a line of clothing for F/W 2011-2012 in collaboration with Desigual, the trendy fashion brand based in Spain, the illustration on Sleeping Beauty at the request of author and style expert Camilla Morton for her Fashion Fairytale Memoir series, and the presentation of Women in Orient at the museum du Quai Branly.

True hymn to oriental women, the exhibition reveals another aspect of femininity, from the North of Syria to the Sinai peninsula, introducing an exceptional collection of 150 traditional costumes and accessories, selected by Christian Lacroix, in co-operation with Hana Chidiac, Head of the North African and Near East department at the museum. A poetic journey punctuated by sumptuous garments: festive dresses, coats, veils and headdresses which comprised the bride's trousseau illustrate the continuity of the traditions and knowledge developed and transmitted from mother to daughter.

Guided by colored threads on black cotton, by silver lame and striped silk linings, by the cut of winged dresses and the tie-dye fabrics, Christian Lacroix has been inspired to select a remarkable group of garments. He has conceived the route through the exhibition as a poetical perambulation. The garments form a motionless, hovering procession. They inhabit a colorful world where, bathed in warm and comforting light, the designer's imagination is projected into a dreamlike East.

Poster designed by Christian Lacroix