Conceptual art

John Stezaker

John Stezaker is a collage artist but in the most simple way. His compositions typically consist of only two original images. This apparent simplicity makes them all the more uncanny.

As his influences he mentions Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle as a key text, Joseph Cornell the assemblage artist and of course Marcel Duchamp.

Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell is quite possibly one of America’s most innovative artists. His medium: the box. O.k., not just the box; also film, collage, and random objects. It is for the box, though, that we remember him, how he elevated something so forgettable into a surreal snapshot of reality.

Cornell fashioned his first collages, experimental films, and boxed creations in the 1930s. By 1940, his boxes contained found materials artfully arranged, then collaged and painted to suggest poetic associations inspired by the arts, humanities, and sciences. His pieces have been described as romantic, poetic, lyrical, and surrealistic.

I can also see a lot of Magritte in Stezaker's work.

SILVER influence

Andy Warhol's Silver Factory is our today's inspiration. The Factory was Warhol's original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968, the hip hangout for artsy types, amphetamine users, and the Warhol superstars.

Marni F/W 2010

Andy Warhol in The Factory ( left ) and Chanel model (right)

 The original Factory

Silver clouds, Warhol 1963 ( photo from a 2007 exhibiton 'Andy Warhol for the kids' )

 Prada silver creepers

Chancellor Warhol 'The Silver Factory' album cover

Vivienne Westwood's world

Vivienne Westwood is not a designer that you like. You either love her, or absolutely hate her. I must say that I just love the story of her life. A woman that was a school teacher until the age of 30, and then is when she decided to change her life at 360 degrees! Left her husband, moved in with Malcolm MacLaren, established Sex shop, became a leader of punk movement in fashion...and the story goes on and on..We should thank this incredible woman for all the changes that she had initiated.
Here I did a research about her life, her collections, her inspirations... Well, the images that could have been her inspiration also have references beneath ( like Lady Bracknell, or Steve Strange ), and the other ones are taken from her various collections throughout the years...This is a part of a project I had to do for my uni, so I hope you'll enjoy discovering only a slight bit of her world, as I did :)


Vivienne Westwood non e' una stilista che vi puo' solo piacere. Invece la amate, o la odiate. Io devo dire che  semplicement amo la storia del percorso della sua vita. La donna che era una insegnante in scuola elementare fino ai suoi 30 anni, dopodicche ha deciso di cambiare la sua vita a 360 gradi! Ha lasciato il marito, cominciato la relazione privata ed anche business con Malcolm MacLaren con cui ha fondato Sex shop, diventata la leader del movimento punk nella moda...e la storia continua...Dovremmo ringraziare questa donna incredibile per tutti i cambiamenti di fronte a cui ci ha portato.
Qui ho fatto un po' di ricerca sulla sua vita, le sue collezioni, le sue ispirazioni...Allora, le immagini cui potevano essere state le sue ispirazioni hanno le referenze sotto ( es. lady Bracknell, o Steve Strange ) e quelle altre sono state prese dalle sue collezioni durante gli anni. ..Questo e' solo la parte di un proggetto che dovevo fare per la mia universita', quindi spero che vi piacera' scoprire un piccolo pezzettino del suo mondo :)

Inspiration 1- Flower power!

 Stella McCartney S/S 2012 campaign by Mert e Marcus 

Christopher Kane S/S 12 collection

Frida Kahlo

Lana del Rey

Flowers have been one of the most influential trends for the past couple of seasons. Maybe it's the pastel creamy colours, the fairy tale feeling that it creates or it's simply because it sets us back into our childhood when all we cared about was...well, we had no worries then hahah...so in this lazy Saturday afternoon I leave you with Lana del Rey and her country-girl flower power image. Kiss!

I fiori sono stati una delle tendenze piu' importanti nelle ultime stagioni. Magari sono i colori crema-pastello, la sensazione fairy tale che crea o e semplicemente perche ci fa guardare indietro quando eravamo bambini e tutto quello di cui ci preoccupavamo..beh, non avevamo nessuna preoccupazione no? allora in questo sabato sera vi lascio con Lana del Rey e la sua immagine di country girl ...besito!