Lou Reed, the late iconic rock n’roll outsider once said, ‘I wouldn’t want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It’s very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. If you don’t want bass it’s like being amputated. It’s like you have no legs,’ which is how one could best describe New York’s Punk […]
A GIFferent Type Of Riot Ensues In These Living Punk Posters
Once again, photographic duo Meinke Klein + stylist Anna Trevelyan use GIFs brilliantly, in ‘Riot’, part of SHOWstudio’s ‘Punk’ series. With the help of illustrator Magnus Dekker + sick fashions by designers synonymous with ‘punk’, including Westwood, Hogg + McQueen, the dynamic images beautifully become living punk posters, channeling themes of anarchy through obvious ‘consumption’ of […]
The Met’s ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ Exhibit Lacked Chaos
Earlier this week, after asking the security guard, ‘Is this it?’ – for the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibit ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ – he nodded yes. At that moment, the much hyped exhibition swelled like a freshly bruised wound. Not one to truly care what celebrities are wearing, because, let’s face it, the stylists deserve all […]