Monthly Archives: March 2015
MERKIN WEEK //and// The Anticraft’s back issues on MERKINS
It’s MERKIN SEASON at HAIR CLUB and we are prone to ALL CAPS PROCLAMATIONS. For example, THIS EVENT, which is coming up in less than a week: Friday, April 3rd: a MORNING MERKIN-MAKING WORKSHOP in the leadership suite in the Sharp building, SAIC // 9:00a-12:00p. JOIN US! In the merkin-making spirit: Dipping into the archives […]
My Crazy Hair // Offshoots and Outgrowths
In researching Neil Gaiman’s My Crazy Hair, I stumbled upon the delightful drawings of artist Marian Boo, whose interpretations of this singular fable remind us of the myriad textural opportunities we have when it comes to rendering hair. Her illustrations offer a bright contrast to the original as the hair proceeds in a continuous swirling mass […]
Neil Gaiman Reads // “…Safe Inside My Crazy Hair”
A fabulous tale about a man with crazy hair penned by the one and only Neil Gaiman in a fabular, rhyming, lilting gait. The Illustrations (by Dave McKean), too, of note, particularly the air balloons afloat over an undulating sea of hair. Enjoy!
Robert Gober’s Long Haired Cheese
Robert Gober (American, b. 1954), Long Haired Cheese (1992-93) on display at LACMA. Beeswax and hair What can this mean? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Strange outgrowth :: an anonymous, fictional, digital (Facebook) persona for this work of art. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Additionally, Robert Gober’s Hairy Shoe (1992), made of the same materials.
Allison Shaftel’s neo-Femme Fatale
Allison Shaftel, Junior BFA Fashion student at SAIC, prepares for the fashion show coming up on May 8. With a collection based on the character Judith from the story Judith and Holofernes, Shaftel has created an entire aesthetic universe for this femme fatale to inhabit. By incorporating the aesthetic of the 1960s and notions of beauty […]
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