ALL IS VANITY - TUTTO E' VANITA'

ALL IS VANITY - TUTTO E' VANITA'




Charles Allan Gilbert,1873 - 1929

La vanità è considerata da molti una delle più sottili illusioni ottiche mai concepite.
La riproduzione di questa illusione continua ad essere popolare
anche a 100 anni dalla sua prima stampa.
Il quadro è una illusione ambigua con un tema allegorico, come suggerisce il titolo.
I due aspetti diventano chiari appena si è studiata l'immagine. Può essere letta sia
come una una bella donna che si guarda riflessa nello specchio;
oppure come un digrignante teschio.

Il motivo della popolarità di questo tipo di rappresentazione
- seguono altri esempi ispirati ad essa -
è dovuto all'effetto realistico e inquietante del doppio.
Questo quadro si chiama L'amore di Pierrot, l'autore è un anonimo del 1905.


Anche la Maison Dior si è ispirata al tema per il suo profumo Poison..


Due uomini discutono del potere di una pozione..

Non è casuale che il tema doppio della morte e della "pozione"
o profumo dal magico effetto siano associate
in queste ultime rappresentazioni.


L'illusione di conquistare l'amore o la bellezza attraverso un liquido magico è alla base della cultura occidentale che da "Tristano e Isotta" (XII sec.) non ha mai smesso di affascinare la gente ed è anche qui sempre strettamente legata alla caducità della vita.

VANITY TIDY

French designer Laurent Massaloux created 'vanity tidy' bowl on the theme
of the vanities of life: time, wealth and ownership.
the form was captured from the web, digitally manipulated, and then transmitted
to a rapid prototyping program where it was formed three dimensionally by laser
fusion in polyamide powder.

'Vanity tidy' is composed of seven human skull structures
placed in a circular mode.

Vanity Tidy

Myoung Ho Lee

Forest For the trees












Myoung Ho Lee’s photos use a complicated process to create a simple image: trees separated from their surroundings, hinting at the world beyond. In this series, “TREE,” the “photography-act” is more than a click. The canvas that frames each tree is there by human design, turning the object into a subject, pulling it out of the landscape

DIEGO MASI

Born in 1965 in Montevideo
Educational Background
Graduated from the National School of Fine Arts – Workshop: Luis Ernesto Aroztegui Montevideo, 1987 – 1993
Every artistic creation has an origin, a trigger that has been born within or outside the artist, in the atmosphere around him, in the material he works with or in other and multiple situations and possibilities. Such initial inspiration, being the first step that leads the further process of shaping and depuration which gives place to the final piece, represents an unattainable process, which is hard to control.

Consequently, a rigorous working discipline, a permanent search and an incessant and tireless experimentation are required. Undoubtedly, when the artist finds his own trend, a path of work to maximise a style –with the connotations that this term implies-, identifiable as his own, is when the personality of both the work of art and of the artist himself is being forged, and it is also when the rough seam from where he takes the precious substance for his work is discovered.

http://www.diegomasi.com/

Elene Usdin

Elene Usdin started out as an illustrator for books and magazines in France, and for broadsheets such as The Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, in the US. Her interest in photography started in 2002, after buying a new camera. Thinking that it was the best way to experiment and create with full control, she commenced by taking self-portraits.
After a series of self-portraits, she worked on a poster for the Opera du Rhin in France, alongside Hartlandvilla studios. For this, she dressed up as one of the characters in the show and posed for the portrait.
In 2006, she won the Picto Prize for Young Fashion Photography, and began working for magazines in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris. In 2007, she held an exhibtion at the AOP gallery in London, followed by another show at the galerie Le Carree in Lille the following year. She also won the PX3 Prize for Photography in 2008, for a self-portrait, and one featuring children.

Elene Usdin’s work is a representation of her dreams and nightmares. She thinks of an idea as a waking dream, and she proceeds to tell these stories through the use of fashion. It is always about women: the women of fairytales, of mythology, and of fantasy. She continues to take photographs of young models, with the aim of capturing their beauty and their magic.

http://www.eleneusdin.com/

Giuseppe Dibenedetto

Alcune opere di Giuseppe Dibenedetto possono essere visionate all'indirizzo: www.artwanted.com/giuse

ALBERTO SEVESO "A ME MI PIACE LA GNOCCA"

le tre grazie (Grazia, Graziella e Grazie al cazzo)
Ecco qualcuna delle stupende collezioni di illustrazioni vettoriali di Alberto Seveso.
Classe 1976, di origini sarde e trapiantato a Roma, Alberto è senz’altro uno degli illustratori italiani di talento che sta riscuotendo sempre più consenso.
Le sue realizzazioni si distinguono per originalità abbinando con gusto fotografia (sempre belle e filiformi figure femminili) e disegno vettoriale.

Un portfolio online davvero ricco ed assolutamente da visionare ed anche con titoli definiti da qualcuno “irriverenti” tipo: “Voglio una Passera!” o “Grazia,Graziella e Grazie al Cazzo! 2008″, “Quel gran pezzo dell’ubalda” "A me mi piace la gnocca" .
Auguro ad Alberto con la sua IllusFashion di continuare così e di non smarrire mai la sua originalità.

Hi, my name is Alberto Seveso, I was born in Milan 30 years ago, but I have lived for more than 20 on the marvellous Sardinia Island. Today I live in Rome, where I work as a freelance Illustrator. I didn't study design and took no classes. I personally think this job doesn’t require a degree even when design schools are very important.

My passion for graphics was born about 15 years ago when I had an Amiga 1200 and Delux Paint that I loved very much. However I switched to PC when a friend showed me the potential of photoshop: I was astonished and I understood the power of that software (I know what you’re thinking right now, but no, this isn't a commercial, I actually switched to PC because of photoshop). From that moment on I started the basics of what I still do today.