LOLA Y MARIA

Friday, September 5, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Jeunes Gens aux Défilés
by MARIANNE GOLDIN
Artist Reception on Thursday, September 4 from 6 to 9pm
at Clarabella, 279 E. Houston Street (between Clinton and Suffolk) NY, NY 10002
Showing from August 22 - September 30
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 12-8pm, Sun 12-7pm
Boutique/Gallery CLARABELLA is pleased to present Jeunes Gens aux Défilés, a collection of work by MARIANNE GOLDIN. The exhibition will be on view from August 11 – September 30 at Clarabella, 279 E. Houston between Clinton and Suffolk Streets. A reception for the artist will be held on September 4 from 6 to 9pm at the boutique.

In an era of instant media gratification, the illustrative arts fulfill a purpose of storytelling. It is this effect that carries Goldin’s show of fashion plates called Jeunes Gens aux Défilés (Young People at the Fashion Shows). Storytelling through an illustrative means allows us to bypass the complexities of written language. In presenting her subjects as would-be theatrical characters, Goldin is codifying archetypes of Parisian and New York street fashion. This creates visual evidence that, when coupled with the oral history of subcultures, recalls the original functions of the story as a culturally normative agent. This anthropologic understanding of storytelling means that her fashion plates act as kind of census record. She is creating a record of “the present” with the anticipation that for the remainder of its life, it will be viewed as “the past”.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

tomorrow is Gen Art's 14th Annual Fresh Faces

OMG and Shannon Doherty is hosting....pretty funny -

Richard Ruiz is an amazing designer and is one of the featurees...

the 14th annual
FRESH FACES IN FASHION SHOW

Thursday, September 4th
7:00pm - 11:30pm

Grand Ballroom
Manhattan Center
7th Floor
311 West 34th Street
(bet. 8th / 9th Avenues)

Hosted by:
Shannen Doherty
Star of the New “90210”
(premieres September 2nd)

Accessory Designer Pre-Reception:
(complimentary beverages)
7:00pm

Runway Show:
8:00pm

Post-Party:

264 W 47th Street (@ 8th Ave.)
9:00 -11:30pm

We've started a trend

another clothing swap is taking place next Monday at the Delancey, sponsored by Time Out New York.

looks like fun but please note you must buy tickets for this event. $10

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Gothic: Dark Glamour Exhibit @ FIT opens this week on Friday Sept.5th, 2008.

The museum is open Tuesday to Friday : 12pm to 8pm & Saturday : 10am-5pm

FIT is located at 7th Avenue and 27 Street.

The museum can be reached by subway: 1, 9, C, E, F, V, N, or R, and by bus: M10. Penn Station is close by at 31st Street for the Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, and Amtrak

Gothic" is an epithet that evokes images of death, destruction, and decay. Not simply a word that describes something, such as a Gothic cathedral, it is almost always a term of abuse that implies the dark, barbarous, and gloomy. Such negative connotations have made the gothic an ideal symbol of rebellion for a wide range of cultural outsiders. From its origins in 18th century gothic literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire literature and cinema, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. Throughout its history, fashion has been central to our vision of the gothic. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will present Gothic: Dark Glamour, the first exhibition devoted to the gothic in fashion, from September 5, 2008 through February 21, 2009. (From the FIT website)

This event is free!

For additional information

http://www.fitsuny.edu/aspx/Content.aspx?menu=FutureGlobal:Museum:Exhibitions:UpcomingExhibitions