PURE-O

Fashion, health & fitness, in magazines, blogs and publicity are the means we use to consume lifestyles. They become the devices we employ to construct ourselves as subjects in a society dominated by images and signifiers. In these forms of representation we crave for answers that derive from our physical and psychological needs: the ones that keep us doubting on the changing aspects of understanding and perceiving the way we want to live. We seem to be purely obsessed with this desiring fluidity and an anxiety is created by exposing these doubts. Pure-O is a condition that makes people compulsively think about something they desire forcing an obsession. In psychoanalysis this might be a desease close to mental illness, but to us is a way to genealogically explore the disparities showed in the process of understanding the possible ways people want to be presented as subjects in society: culturally, politically and aesthetically. PURE-O seeks to problematize and enquire the diverse features in contemporary lifestyles while offering a new perspective from a critical and conceptual manner on fashion, art, architecture, design, politics, and other cultural aspects as “systems of representation”.

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The Sheats Goldstein Residence, 1963 John Lautner.

This is what architecture would look like on a runway these days.

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The Rise of the Spornosexual

Max Olesker spent three months in the gym to find out what ripped-to-shit feels like

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A lot of people have taste, but they're not daring enough to be creative

Bill Cunningham

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Zurlo New York

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Zurlo New York - Bags for Timeless Versatility

Designed to adapt to the unpredictable city lifestyle. Handcrafted from the finest Argentinean Nubuck leather.

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In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film, “Cruising.” Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film, filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews collaborate to imagine their own lost footage.

Amid the backdrop of a frenzied film set, actor Val Lauren reluctantly agrees to take the lead in the film. Val is repeatedly forced to negotiate his boundaries during scenes on and “off camera,” as unsimulated gay sex happens around him. The film itself is constructed as a play with boundaries remaining queer in subject and form. As much a film about filmmaking as it is about an exploration of sexual and creative freedom, “Interior. Leather Bar.” defies easy categorization.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS AND IMAGE from www.interiorleatherbar.com

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Miya Ando by L.Young

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Interviewing Miya Ando

 "Temple 1", Hand Dyed Anodized Aluminum, 2013.

P-O: What is your cultural and spiritual background?

MA: I'm half Asian and half Caucasian, I was raised in Japan and in California and I speak Japanese and English.  Part of my childhood I spent living in a Buddhist temple in Japan where my grandfather was head priest. 

'Prayers', hand etched prayers on aluminum plate.

  P-O: What are the intentions behind establishing an emotional journey with your audience? How is this reflected in your work?

MA: The nature of abstract artwork is that the viewer can take from (or bring to) what they wish. 

P-O: What is the importance in going back to an ethical and formal exploration that responds to the constructive assembly of the materials you work with?

MA: My material choices and process are imperative to the work. 

'Reflection Cube Pink', hand dyed anodized solid aluminum cube.

P-O: To whom is your work directed?

MA: To everyone and no one.

'Elements' Drawing.

P-O: How do you work the relationship between human behavior and nature’s behavior? Do you think there is any intention or quasi-religious belief for the coexistence amongst them?

MA: Much of my public artwork investigates the nature & spirituality. One in particular is my 'Obon' project, which I have been working on for the past five years in Puerto Rico, Conneticut, San Francisco, Korea and most recently at The Queens Museum in New York.

Obon [Puerto Rico], 1000 hand painted (resin and phosphorescence) skeleton Bodhi (Ficus Religiosa) leaves floated on a pond in Puerto Rico.

P-O: What is your pure obsession?

MA: One could say that I'm obsessed with art, another way to say this is that I'm focused on art.

Sundaram Tagore Gallery Miya Ando Solo Exhibition, photo courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery.

P-O: What is the inspiration behind your upcoming exhibition?

MA: The upcoming solo exhibition is entitled 'Aurora' at Mead Carney Gallery in London. I was inspired by light in nature and in capturing the transience of light in the new works. I'll be exhibiting new works on paper, which I created with silver leaf and pigment, the series is called 'Gekkou' which is a Japanese word that means 'Moon Light'. I'll also be showing a photo-based dyed aluminum project called 'Mornings', which are inspired by morning light in several countries I've recently visited.

Upcoming Miya Ando solo exhibition "Aurora" , Mead Carney Gallery, London

www.meadcarney.com

Opening Reception May 27, 2014

Show Dates May 27-June 24, 201

www.miyaando.com

Miya Ando Skeleton Bodhi (Ficus Religiosa) Leaf.

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Guy Bourdin, Extreme Fashion Photography 

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Guy Bourdin: A fetish for fashion

Sinister and erotic, Guy Bourdin’s fashion photography regularly featured in French Vogue for 30 years. BBC Culture takes a look at ten rarely seen images.

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John Galliano Men's RTW Fall 2014 source WWD.com

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The Few, the Brave: Men in Tights

Some men are finding their flair in wearing shorts over sports tights.

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"Kael" by Benjamin Fredrickson, "Men" Series (Part I)

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People intend to tell the truth, the process, on the other hand, is what blurs reality and manipulates perception

FGV (via pureoblog)