Traveling Collection

...A selection (of just some!) of my favorite postcards from my collection. 

XXlovehelen

The Tales

~ The Go-Between ~
Mixed Media Collage

Inspired by the notion of stories within stories, this series of collage explores the classical themes of forbidden desire and fragmentation. 

~ The Nights ~
Paper Collage

~ The Tale of the Three Apples ~
Paper Collage

What 

is

Collage?

spontaneous, metaphor, contradiction, juxtaposition, subconscious, historic, reality.

Could this be an act of dressing?

... There seems to be something a little magical between these layers.

...

Collage and Fashion

Through-out this year I have been working hard on my final year of study (in Fashion Design) for my thesis and Bachelor. I have been concentrating on how the art of collage and fashion (and dress) inspire one another. And also how fashion and the act of dressing is much like a collage of its own; a physical layering of many items to convey one unique composition.

I have been researching this relationship between collage and design, and have also become a practitioner of collage through my studies.

Here are some of my initial works that have inspired my designing process, and allowed me to analyses the components of masculinity as well as the layers within male dress.

Enjoy!!!!

I will post up some more Uni goodies soon! :D

.....Click on the images if you need to see a larger resolution!

LOVEhelen

{Collective:Collage}

For the past three or so months I have been traveling, exploring and learning so many new things. I am now currently in Amsterdam, and felt this great desire to start creating again!!!

This is a collection of my favorite collages I have made through my time traveling around Europe and New York.

LOVEhelen

Modern Movement

"When man tried to imitate walking he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg."
-Guillaume Apollinaire


Balla, Giacomo
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
1912
Oil on canvas
35 3/8 x 43 1/4 (89.9 x 109.9)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Artisan Advertisements

I came across the new Bulgari 2010 campaign, and wow! I really did just marvel at its beauty.

The ability to create such a lavish, exotic and truly magnificent beauty through advertisement, is not only wonderful to feel and experience, but from the design end, an incredible achievement to master.
….Which got me thinking about how we (as viewers) feel, or aspire to feel, when looking at these Luxury Goods’ Campaigns. Their ability to impose emotions, and desires upon the viewers seem to link strongly back to the great masters of fine art, such as Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Goya), John Singer Sargent, and Gerard Terborch. As their representation of the feminine, and wonderfully sumptuous portrayal of cloth and beauty has, in my opinion, been significantly referenced.
As fine art turns into inspiration for luxury brands does its emotional effect still flow through into these adds?
Is what we feel when we look at these 21st Century campaigns different to how one might feel when looking at these masterful works?
I am by no means categorising them together, but highlighting their link to one another, and the possibility of advertisement as a new art?

Anyway, I really just love Bulgari’s new campaing!

LOVEhelen


Madame X, John Singer Sargent

Naked Maja, Goya

Parental Admonition, Gerard Terborch

Growing Illusions

Bridget Reily’s works always seem to astound me, and attract me. I have been a huge fan of her paintings and drawings for more than three years now. And it feels that each year, I grow to appreciate her more and more.

Her cleaver and hypnotic transformation of 2D surfaces into 3D endless voids, almost seems trivial. As the simplicity of her approach; an intelligent use of contrasting simple graphic shapes is so powerfully effective. The viewer is immersed into a space with no limits, as the lines, spots or shapes disappear into the apparent black-hole situated in the painting.

What many people may not know about Reily, is that she was very instrumental in developing the current Copy Right, and Intellectual Property Laws which protect many artists today. During the 60s, her highly graphic works alongside the sudden surge in fast-fashion, caused many of her pieces to be excessively reproduced within the design industry; without her permission. Causing Reily to fight for her intellectual property and thus establishing Copy Rights.

In my opinion, Reily has true artistry not only in her modern aesthetical style, but also in her ability to bridge Art and Design successfully.

LOVEhelen

A Bizarre Romance

Magazine: i-D, Fall 2009, The Inside/Outside Issue, no.303
Editorial Title: Slap me on the Patio, page 170
Photography: Tim Walker
Styling: Jacob K
Artwork: Linder Sterling

Boarders is Great! I stand there, in the magazine section, simply flipping through and reading all those mags I simply just can't buy! ... and I stand, in awe, page after page of exciting fashion photography, news and reports. I'm not "Just Looking!" I'm really Just lusting! Lusting after all these treasures I wish to own. And this photo-shoot was too good to put back on the shelf! I wanted it, and I wanted to own it!

I love that it is more than just a shoot, it is a collaboration of fashion, and a collaboration of art and editorial. Richard Nicoll has collaborated with artist Linder Sterling on a collection of corsetry and suspenders. While Sterling in turn, has colaborated with the photographer in creating these artistic photos for i-D Magazine.
I really love the layers of collage over the photos, it's so fun and light, with that bold charm and suggestive cheekyness! Really, just such a wonderful shoot!

LOVEhelen