Design Theory PART 2

Design
Theory
MONA DELIGERO
Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996 (aged 70))
Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for
 was an American artist and sculptor born in Minnesota. He
spent most of his career in South Florida.
man, one giant leap for mankind.”

 He was known for his life-sized realistic sculptures of people.
He cast the works based on human models in various
materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo, and
bronze. Hanson's works are in the permanent collections of
The Whitney Museum of American Art, The San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, and The Smithsonian.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996 (aged 70))

 Muddied and in mid-action, this life-size pyramid of American footballers is

frozen at the moment before it is about to topple into a heap. It's an image
quite familiar to most football fields. The viewer might be able to speculate on
how the action will play out if it was not for the fact that Hanson has omitted

the football from the sculpture. It could be, in fact, that the three players are
engaged in an off-ball tussle. Though it is a scenario that audiences will have
witnessed many times before, Hanson's hyperrealistic treatment of his twisted
figures is rather disconcerting having been removed from the context of the
playing field.
Title: Duane Hanson with his sculpture Football Player

Date: 1984
Physical Details: Fiberglass, polyester, original clothing - Museum
- NEIL ARMSTRONG Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Description: Photo shows Hanson leaning his elbows on the
shoulders of his Football Player (sculpture dated 1981).
Duane Hanson
(January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996 (aged 70))

 Hanson cast these sculptures from live models before
assembling and dressing them in their carefully selected
uniforms. The surface texture of his sculptures was so

meticulously rendered that they were even adorned with
hairs, bruises and veins. Created in the backdrop of the
Vietnam War, and in lieu of the fact that Hanson was
operating in the era of Pop Art, it is possible (tempting,
even) to read the piece as being analogous with the
violence and confrontation that had become a part of day-
to-day American life.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Duane Hanson

 Woman Eating is strangely magnetic. Hyper-realistic,
the sculpture captivates viewers who encounter it on

the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum. The woman at the center of the work
appears fossilized from another era, frozen in an

everyday moment. Yet she is sculpted, specifically
made of fiberglass, a plastic material disguised to
represent flesh and the human form.
 Woman Eating, 1971, polyester resin and fiberglass

- NEIL ARMSTRONG with oil and acrylic paints and found accessories,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum
Duane Hanson(January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996 (aged 70))

 This sculpture used a live model which Hanson then
cast using fiberglass and resin before bringing her to
life through layers of oil paint. He then dresses his

model in actual clothes and accessories, which he
usually acquired from thrift stores. Where one might
have expected Hanson to use synthetic hair,
moreover, he actually applied the human hairs piece
by piece to the plastic skin on her head.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Duane Hanson

 Hanson's life-size figures reached new
heights of realism with his Museum Guard.
Expected to be quiet and unmoving (as he

is) it's easy to imagine that this sculpture
could go completely unnoticed. As with his
other sculptures, the guard is uncannily

lifelike: the head was modelled on his wife
Wesla's uncle and the mottled skin
featured individual hairs and even age
spots on the hands. Unlike most of his
other figures, however, Museum Guard is
one of the few Hanson works that truly
blends into the museum context, bringing
his meticulously created illusion to its
zenith.
 Museum Guard, 1975
- NEIL ARMSTRONG Polyester, Fiberglas, oil, and vinyl
5 feet 9 inches x 21 inches x 13
inches (175.26 x 53.34 x 33.02 cm)
Duane Hanson

 The model's grey hair, impassive facial
impression, and sagging posture go against
the history of figurative sculpture. Unlike

marble roman nudes, or even a bronze
commemoration of a political victory,
Hanson's museum guard is utterly ordinary.
And it is his "ordinariness" that endears him
to us (should we be so observant as to be
able to spot him, of course); our guard is
both the viewer and the viewed.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Estes
(May 14, 1932 (age 91) Kewanee, Illinois)

 is an American artist, best known for his photorealist
paintings. The paintings generally consist of
reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric
landscapes. He is regarded as one of the founders of
the international photo-realist movement of the late
1960s
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Estes

 is paintings, in reproduction at least,
may remind us of photography, and

Estes has always used the camera to
collect and record information from
which he can paint, but he has never
been concerned with copying the
appearance of a photograph.
People's Flowers
- NEIL ARMSTRONG 1971
Oil on canvas. 153 x 101.2 cm
The Candy Store
1969
Richard Estes
Painting
Oil and acrylic on linen
Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 68 7/8in. (121.9 × 174.9 cm)

 In this painting, Richard Estes scrupulously
represents not only the signs, displays, and

sugared goods for sale at a New York City
candy shop but, in smooth glass reflections,
the world beyond the store—the facades of
facing buildings and a white parked van.

Both the reflections on the store windows
and the inside of the store are equally visible
and clear. For all of its visual accessibility,
The Candy Store is a sophisticated
meditation on the processes of sight and
representation. It replicates the experience of
seeing the store and peering into the window
while walking down the street, capturing
depth and recession in the depiction of
several angled fluorescent lights while at the
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
same time remaining emphatically flat and
frontal.
Richard Estes
Telephone Booths
1967
Acrylic on masonite. 122 x 175.3 cm
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

 Most of his paintings portray urban
landscapes and specific details of

life in big cities, particularly New
York, as with the present Telephone
Booths executed in 1967. The

starting point for the composition
was several photographs he took of
a row of telephone booths located at
the intersection of Broadway, Sixth
Avenue and 34th Street, which the
artist combined and transformed
into a pictorial motif. The complexity
of the image is typical of Estes’
realism — a realism that might be
linked to the tradition of trompe l’oeil
painting on account of its intention
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
to confound and perplex the viewer.
Chuck Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021 (aged 81)

 was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-
scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also

created photo portraits using a very large format camera. He adapted his
painting style and working methods in 1988, after being paralyzed by an
occlusion of the anterior spinal artery.

 Throughout his career, Close expanded his contribution to portraiture
through the mastery of such varied drawing and painting techniques as
ink, graphite, pastel, watercolor, conté crayon, finger painting, and stamp-
pad ink on paper; printmaking techniques, such as mezzotint, etching,
woodcuts, linocuts, and silkscreens; as well as handmade paper collage,
Polaroid photographs, daguerreotypes, and Jacquard tapestries.His early
airbrush techniques inspired the development of the ink jet printer.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Chuck Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021 (aged 81)

 Chuck Close stares back at you from behind his glasses, a cigarette
lodged in the corner of his mouth. It is a face with a what-you-looking-at

stare, and you look back, dwarfed by his image, thinking get-out-of-my-
face in return.

 Taking us from the top of his head to his sprouting chest hair, via
every pore and bristle, the artist’s unkempt anti-grooming and non-
coiffure, the trickle of smoke exhaled from his nostril, Close’s 1967-8
Big Self-Portrait charts every centimetre of his black and white
photograph, which was gridded, enlarged and copied on to the
canvas, then painted using a spray gun.
Big Self-Portrait
1967–1968
- NEIL ARMSTRONG 107-1/2 x 83-1/2 x 2 inches unframed
acrylic on canvas
Chuck Close
(July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021 (aged 81)

 Finger painting certainly isn’t just for children, as
artist Chuck Close has recently released a work

titled Fanny/Fingerpainting 1985, which is incredibly
realistic. Close is known for being hyper realistic in
his paintings, to the point where they’re almost

indistinguishable from photographs.
 Fanny/Fingerpainting 1985 is a portrait of his

grandmother-in-law. The painting is done in black oil-
based ink on a white canvas. In order to create a
piece like this Close had to repetitively dip his fingers
in the ink and carefully apply different amounts of
pressure to the canvas.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG Fanny/Fingerpainting, 1985

overall: 259.1 x 213.4 x 6.3 cm (102 x 84 x 2 1/2 in.)
oil on canvas
Chuck Close
(July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021 (aged 81)

 This is a portrait of artist Andres Serrano. Similar to Close's other

production, it focuses on the face of one of his acquaintances.
The intimate photograph, however, differs greatly from the large-
scale, hyper-realistic close-ups painted on canvas for which

Close is best known. For this work, the artist chose the
anachronistic medium of the daguerreotype, the first form of
photography invented in 1839. In contrast to film-based
photography-which is endlessly reproducible-the daguerreotype
image is unique, and is directly transferred onto a metal plate.
The shiny surface acts like a mirror, and the image appears to
shift according to the viewing angle.
Andres (Serrano)
DATE: 2001
- NEIL ARMSTRONG MEDIUM:Daguerreotype
DIMENSIONSOverall: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Frame: 12 5/8 × 10 5/8 × 3/4 in. (32.1 × 27 × 1.9 cm)
Marisol Escobar
(May 22, 1930 - April 30, 2016 (aged 85)

 known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in
Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

 American sculptor of boxlike figurative works combining wood and other
materials and often grouped as tableaux. She rose to fame during the
1960s and all but disappeared from art history until the 21st century..
 Known for Sculpture Assemblage
 Movement: Pop Art, New Realism
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Marisol Escobar
(May 22, 1930 - April 30, 2016 (aged 85)

 The idea for this artwork came
from something left behind—a
photograph of a family that the

artist found in her New York
studio. Look at the photo and
notice how it is different from
the sculpture. Then look for
objects Marisol found and used
to make the sculpture.
The Family 1962

Medium
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Paint and graphite on wood, sneakers, tinted plaster, door knob and plate, three sections
Dimensions
Overall 6' 10 5/8" x 65 1/2" x 15 1/2" (209.8 x 166.3 x 39.3 cm)
Marisol Escobar
(May 22, 1930 - April 30, 2016 (aged 85)

 Love is a compelling visual testament to
the power of cultural globalism and

universalism. The sculpture is
fundamentally constituted of two parts:
a plaster portion of a face and a Coca-

Cola
 The spatial nature of the work commands
our attention. The bottle is turned upside
down and the mouth is constructed so that
only the bottle can fit. This visual position
leads the viewer to question whether there
was ever an option to not drink Coca-Cola.
It demonstrates the gullible nature of
people who buy the drink mindlessly. The Love
universalistic outlook of this work fits within 1962
Marisol’s continued artistic preoccupation Medium
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
and “focus on the human condition.” Plaster and Coca-Cola bottle
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 8 1/8" (15.8 x 10.5 x 20.6 cm)
Marisol Escobar
(May 22, 1930 - April 30, 2016 (aged 85)

 In this print, Marisol's first project with Universal
Limited Art Editions (ULAE) played a pioneering role of

the greatest significance in the development of
printmaking in the United States., she traced her own
hand and shoe, eschewing any direct mark-making.
Furshoe
1964
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
- NEIL ARMSTRONG composition (irreg.): 13 1/2 x 10 1/4" (34.3 x
26.1
cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 20 1/4" (64.4 x 51.5 cm)
Herb Ritts (August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002 (aged 50)

 was an American fashion photographer and director known for his

photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the
1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography
and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which

emphasized the human shape.
 He revolutionized fashion photography, modernized the nude, and

transformed celebrities into icons
 photographic style is characterized by its simplicity, elegance, and strong

graphic compositions. He often used natural light to create a sense of
warmth and intimacy in his images, and his choice of black-and-white
- NEIL ARMSTRONG photography contributed to the timeless quality of his work .
Herb Ritts
(August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002 (aged 50)

 Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, 1990
 Ritts captured the supermodel moment with his 1990 shot

of, from left: Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, Christy
Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell. "Herb
always saw the best in people," says Crawford, one of
Ritts' most frequent subjects. "He wanted to capture you
— as your best self."
 The image was taken in Hollywood, Calif.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Herb Ritts

 Tatjana, Veiled Head, Joshua Tree, 1988

 German model Tatjana Patitz posed for Ritts in 1988 for
an image featured on the October cover of British Vogue.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Herb Ritts

 Wrapped Torso, Los Angeles, 1989

 One of Ritts' many works no visible face, this 1989 piece
shows off an Issey Miyake dress.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Helmut Newton (31 October 1920 – 23 January 2004 (aged 83)

 was a German-Australian photographer. The New York Times

described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion
photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-
and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other

publications."
 became an iconic fashion photographer recognized for his radical, edgy,

and, at times, racy subject matter. Inspired by film noir, Expressionist
cinema, S & M, and surrealism, Newton’s images are controversial,
provocative, and heavily voyeuristic in nature. Newton preferred to work
outside the studio and searched for the elaborate decor of turn-of-the-
century mansions, elegant villas, or distinguished hotels to stage his
models. Newton pushed the boundaries of the fashion industry with his
erotically charged often menacing imagery. Feminists criticized Newton
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
as overly suggestive and unnecessarily risqué.

 Yves Saint Laurent French Vogue Rue Aubriot Paris 1975

C Helmut Newton Estate
 “Yves Saint Laurent French Vogue Rue Aubriot Paris 1975 C” is a

seminal photograph taken by Helmut Newton for the French edition of
Vogue magazine. This iconic image, captured on the cobblestoned Rue
Aubriot in Paris, showcases the groundbreaking work of fashion designer
Yves Saint Laurent and embodies Newton’s provocative and daring
approach to fashion photography.
 The photograph features French model Vibeke Knudsen wearing a
classic Yves Saint Laurent “Le Smoking” tuxedo – a revolutionary design
that challenged traditional gender norms and introduced androgynous
style to women’s fashion. The tuxedo, which debuted in 1966, was a bold
statement that blurred the lines between masculinity and femininity,
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
empowering women to embrace a more assertive, powerful image in a
male-dominated world.

 Elsa Peretti poses in a ‘Bunny’ costume by Halston, New York, 1975

 “Elsa Peretti poses in a ‘Bunny’ costume by Halston, New York, 1975” is
a noteworthy photograph capturing a memorable moment in fashion
history. Elsa Peretti, an Italian model, jewelry designer, and
philanthropist, is pictured wearing a playful “Bunny” costume designed by
the legendary American fashion designer Halston, also known as Roy
Halston Frowick.
 The photograph, taken in 1975, encapsulates the vibrant energy and

free-spirited ethos of the time, which was characterized by a desire for
self-expression, liberation, and experimentation in fashion and art.
Peretti, a prominent figure in the fashion world and a muse for Halston, is
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
shown embracing her unconventional attire with confidence and poise.
Helmut Newton
(31 October 1920 – 23 January 2004 (aged 83)
 Jerry Hall, right, and Lisa Taylor in Miami in 1974

 captures a moment in time
featuring two iconic models
of the era, Jerry Hall and
Lisa Taylor. The photograph
encapsulates the essence of
the 1970s fashion scene,
characterized by its relaxed,
carefree, and glamorous
aesthetic.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Steven Meisel
(June 5, 1954 (age 69)New York City, U.S)

 is an American fashion photographer, who

obtained popularity and critical acclaim with his
work in Vogue and Vogue Italia as well as his
photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992

book, Sex. He is now considered one of the
most successful fashion photographers in the
industry. He used to work regularly for both US
and Italian Vogue, and W (at the time also
published by Condé Nast) and now exclusively
for British Vogue.
 is one of the fashion industry's most iconic

photographers, best known for his work for US
and Italian Vogue.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
 Meisel is the mastermind behind some of the most
iconic images in fashion over the past forty years.
Steven Meisel

 Pulling Face, Linda Evangelista for Vogue
Paris, 1989
 106.7 x 86.4 cm. (42 x 34 in.)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Steven Meisel

 Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and
Christy..., 1989
 60.9 x 50.8 cm. (24 x 20 in.)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Steven Meisel

 Madonna and Tony Ward, New York, 1992 ,
1992
 163.8 x 132.3 x 5.7 cm. (64.5 x 52.1 x 2.2 in.)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Avedon
(May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004 (aged 81)

 was an American fashion and portrait photographer.

He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle
specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of
fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in
The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait
photographs helped define America's image of style,
beauty and culture for the last half-century".
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Avedon
(May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004 (aged 81)

 Shoe, Designed by Perugia, Place du Trocadero,

Paris, August 1948
 Dimensions: 37.2 x 45.7 cm. (14 5/8 x 18 in.)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Avedon
(May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004 (aged 81)

 Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior,

Cirque d’Hiver, Paris
 Dovima with Elephants originally appeared in a 14-

page story on Paris fashions published in the
September 1955 issue of Harper’s Bazaar
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Richard Avedon
(May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004 (aged 81)

 Marilyn Monroe, actor, New York, May 6, 1957

 More along the lines of a classic portrait, this picture
of Marilyn Monroe is an example of one of Avedon’s
most famous works. The plain background brings the
subject straight to attention, although her hair makeup
and dress are all there to attract attention, there is a
sort of urgency in her expression that pulls you in. The
sad look in her eyes is one not always seen on the
famous actress, making the photograph extremely
intimate and beautiful.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Mario Testino (30 October 1954 (age 69)

 one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of our

times. His photographs have been published
internationally in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine
and Vanity Fair. He has contributed to the success of

leading fashion and beauty houses, creating emblematic
images for brands from Gucci, Burberry, Versace and
Michael Kors to Chanel, Estée Lauder and Lancôme.
 Alongside his 40-year practice as a photographer,

Testino has realised a body of work as a creative
director, guest editor, museum founder, art
collector/collaborator and entrepreneur. In 2007, at the
request of his clients to provide full creative direction
services, he formed MARIOTESTINO+ which today is a
growing team of individuals who support Testino to
- NEIL ARMSTRONG realise the breadth of his creative output.

 Madonna, Budapest (Vanity Fair), 1996
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Gisèle II (Vogue Paris) , 2002
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Kate Moss , 2008
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Sally Mann May 1, 1951 (age 72)

 is an American photographer known for making large format black and
white photographs of her immediate surroundings—her children,
husband, rural landscapes, and self-portraits.

 Mann remains one of America's premier living photographers. She is
both revered and reviled for her unabashedly sensuous portraits of
pre-pubescent girls and a series of naked portraits of her own
children.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 AT WARM SPRINGS, 1991.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 MODEST CHILD #1, 1988
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Sally Mann
May 1, 1951 (age 72)

 EMMETT, JESSIE AND VIRGINIA, 1989
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Pierre et Gilles
 Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, also known as
Pierre et Gilles, are French artists and romantic partners.

 They have been producing works together since 1976,
creating a world where painting and photography meet.

Their art is peopled by their friends and family,
anonymous and famous, who appear in sophisticated life-
size sets the artists build in their studio.
 They meticulously apply paint to the photographs once

printed on canvas. Accomplished image creators, Pierre
and Gilles have built up an extraordinary contemporary
iconography on the frontier between art history and
popular culture
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Pierre (left) and Gilles (right)

Pierre et Gilles
 PIERRE & GILLES - Lady Swinton - Tilda Swinton, 1996

 They travelled the world together and reflected their
global outlook in their art. Proudly exotic, their work drew
on influences from all continents, including artists from

the Arab world such as Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez
and Farid al-Atrash
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Pierre et Gilles
 Krishna (1989). Model: Boy George, created for Blitz
magazine

 Pierre and Gilles met in September 1976 at the launch of
Kenzo’s first boutique in Paris
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Pierre et Gilles
 Le Dahlia noir (2003). Model: Dita von
Teese

 The couple’s practice originally involved

Pierre taking the photographs and Gilles
painting over them – they later
collaborated on immaculately designed
and realised photographic scenes
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Banksy
 Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political
activist and film director whose real name and identity remain

unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the
1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine
dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling

technique. His works of political and social commentary have
appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world.
Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which
involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy
says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding
member of the musical group Massive Attack.
 Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls

and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells
photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public
"installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the
- NEIL ARMSTRONG wall they were painted on.Much of his work can be classified as
temporary art.
Banksy
 Girl with Balloon (also, Balloon Girl or Girl and Balloon) is a series
of stencil murals around London by the graffiti artist Banksy,

started in 2002. They depict a young girl with her hand extended
toward a red heart-shaped balloon carried away by the wind. The
locations for this work include street murals in Shoreditch and the

South bank in London on the Waterloo Bridge and other murals
were around London, though none remain there.
 Banksy has several times used variants of this design to support

social campaigns
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Napalm, 2004
Stowe Gallery
Banksy
 One of Banksy’s most harrowing motifs is an image of Mickey
Mouse and Ronald McDonald happily skipping along while

flanking a naked, crying young girl. The figure here is a familiar
one—even if many viewers might not immediately place her as
the subject of a 1972 photograph from the Vietnam War.

 Napalm is Banksy at his most unforgiving and in-your-face; the
co-optation of the icons of cultural fantasy and modern
capitalism place this work firmly alongside the agitprop
aesthetic of Adbusters magazine. Artists have long conscripted
pop icons to make subversive or satirical points, and this mash-
up between apparent innocence and utter horror is what gives
Napalm its charge.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Love is in the Air (Flower
Thrower) (2003)
Banksy
 Banksy first executed this work in Jerusalem in 2003,
painting it on the city’s West Bank barrier wall that

separates Israel from its Occupied Territories. The
image—which has been endlessly replicated since—
depicts a protestor, sometimes referred to as “the

masked thug,” caught in the act of hurling…a bouquet
of colorful flowers, not a Molotov cocktail. (It could be
considered a contemporary update on the classic 1967
photo Flower Power, in which protestors stuffed tiny
flowers into soldiers’ gun barrels.) This is one of many
artworks that Banksy has executed in favor of
Palestinian rights, and his advocacy continues to stir
controversy.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Mark Ryden (January 20, 1963 (age 6o)

 is an American painter who is considered to be part of the Lowbrow
(or pop surrealist) art movement. He was dubbed "the god-father of
pop surrealism" by Interview magazine. In 2015, Artnet named Ryden
and his wife, painter Marion Peck, the king and queen of Pop

Surrealism.
 Ryden has been described as a "relentless kitsch meister working in

the tradition of Bosch, Dalí, and Little Golden Books“ and a master of
Lowbrow style. His work has been described as having a pop-
surrealist style that contains a nightmarish quality. His inspirations
include "old children’s books, interesting product packages, toys,
photographs, medical models, skeletons, shells, minerals, and
religious statues.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
“the godfather of Pop Surrealism”

 Mark Ryden’s eerie, dreamlike paintings
exemplify the contemporary aesthetics of the

“Pop Surrealist” genre. His canvases feature
otherworldly characters and enigmatic settings as
they reference popular culture and kitsch.

Ryden’s figures range from wide-eyed Victorian
children in elaborate dress to uncanny, cartoon-
like creatures. The artist often produces ornate,
carved frames that heighten the classical
qualities of his compositions and add to their
strange, humorous mystique.
 THE MAGIC CIRCUS

 Oil on Canvas, 2001
- NEIL ARMSTRONG  Size: 40" x 60"
 Framed: 57" x 74"

 Mark Ryden’s eerie, dreamlike paintings exemplify the

contemporary aesthetics of the “Pop Surrealist” genre. His
canvases feature otherworldly characters and enigmatic
settings as they reference popular culture and kitsch. Ryden’s

figures range from wide-eyed Victorian children in elaborate
dress to uncanny, cartoon-like creatures. The artist often
produces ornate, carved frames that heighten the classical
qualities of his compositions and add to their strange,
humorous mystique.
 THE CREATIX
- NEIL ARMSTRONG  Oil on Canvas, 2005
 Size: 90 x 60 inches

 Mark Ryden’s eerie, dreamlike paintings exemplify

the contemporary aesthetics of the “Pop Surrealist”
genre. His canvases feature otherworldly characters
and enigmatic settings as they reference popular

culture and kitsch. Ryden’s figures range from wide-
eyed Victorian children in elaborate dress to uncanny,
cartoon-like creatures. The artist often produces
ornate, carved frames that heighten the classical
qualities of his compositions and add to their strange,
humorous mystique.
 THE MEAT TRAIN

- NEIL ARMSTRONG  Oil on Canvas, 2000
 Size: 23" x 17"
Yayoi Kusama
(22 March 1929 (age 94)

 is a Japanese contemporary artist who works
primarily in sculpture and installation, and is

also active in painting, performance, video art,
fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work
is based in conceptual art and shows some

attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism,
Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism,
and is infused with autobiographical,
psychological, and sexual content.
 She has been acknowledged as one of the Known for •Painting

•drawing
most important living artists to come out of •sculpture
Japan,the world's top-selling female artist, and •installation art
•performance art
the world's most successful living artist. •film
- NEIL ARMSTRONG •fiction

•fashion
•writing
Movement •Pop art

•minimalism
•feminist art
•environmental art
Yayoi Kusama
(22 March 1929 (age 94)

 Infinity Nets (1979)

 The “Infinity Nets,” a series that, though far
limited ornate in its form, expressed on related
themes of her work. The paintings seem to

imply the move toward Minimalism and, later,
Post-Minimalism during the ’60s and ’70s. The
artwork has a lot to do with Kusama’s childhood
hallucinations of dots and recurring patterns.
Kusama once said she doesn’t consider herself
as an artist; she pursues art to correct the
disability that began in her childhood, in turn
referring to her mental illness.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Yayoi Kusama
(22 March 1929 (age 94)

 Accumulations (1962)
 The 1960s “Accumulations” works helped
Kusama’s recurring art forms achieve their

highest expression. They often featured
canvases and objects that were cluttered with
recurring optical motifs. Egg cartons were used
to create rows and rows of hump-like structures
in the artworks. Sculptures utilising ready-made
objects ornated with phalli, however, brought
the series to a high point.
 Kusama later explained, “As an obsessional

artist I fear everything I see”. Further describing,
Accumulation No. 1 is a manifestation of not
only her obsessive-compulsive disorder but
- NEIL
additional ARMSTRONG
psychological forces like sexual
anxieties.
Yayoi Kusama
(22 March 1929 (age 94)

 Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field (1965)
Kusama established the first of her now-famous
captivative environments. In 1965, Infinity Mirror

Room – Phalli’s Field (Floor Show) combined
her interests in reoccurring forms, sexual
exploration, psychology, and perception. The
25-square-meter mirrored room is roughly filled
with a thick carpet of soft, twisting phalluses
concealed in the artist’s trademark expression
of polka dots.
 Alongside, wearing a red one-piece suit, she

stands in frame with her arms behind her head
and her stolid eyes staring into the background.
Kusama created an artist portrait like this one
- NEIL
as something ARMSTRONG
similar to the artworks
themselves.
Takashi Murakami
(February 1, 1962 (age 61)

 is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in
fine arts (such as painting and sculpture) as well

as commercial media (such as fashion,
merchandise, and animation) and is known for
blurring the line between high and low arts. His

influential work draws from the aesthetic
characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition
and the nature of postwar Japanese culture.
 Takashi Murakami, born February 1, 1962, is a

Japanese contemporary artist. He works in
painting and sculpture, as well as commercial
media and likes to blur the line between high and
low art. He coined the term “superflat”, which
describes both the aesthetic characteristics of
the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of
- NEIL ARMSTRONG post-war Japanese culture and society, and is
also used for Murakami’s artistic style and other
Japanese artists he has influenced.
Takashi Murakami (February 1, 1962 (age 61)

 Blue Flowers & Skulls (2012)
 Smiling daisies and large-eyed skulls overwhelm this pictureand blend

together with the aid of the work’s blue color scheme. The digitally
composed flowers are reminiscent of the yellow “happy face” emoji, as
well as computer graphics used in video games. The mash up of
cuteness and death are Murakami’s way of both engaging with – and
critiquing – the Japanese obsession with Kawaii (cuteness). Although this
work looks incredibly contemporary in both style and content, the process
of its creation through serialized production and the use of computer
databases of vector drawings is directly connected to the copying culture
in pre-modern Japan. Murakami revives the traditional concepts of
collaborative creativity, expression, and execution.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Takashi Murakami (February 1, 1962 (age 61)

 Panda, 2003
 Made in an edition of three, with variations on each piece,
this sculpture titled Pandawas another of Murakami’s

collaborations with Louis Vuitton. It is a fiberglass
Pandasculpture that features patterns Murakami designed
for the LV campaign, and it is standing on the antique
Louis Vuitton trunk.
 The piece was auctioned twice, first at Phillips New York in

2005, where it sold below the low estimate for $320,000
and again at Philips London in 2008 surpassing the high
estimate and achieving a significant hammer price of
$2,380,000.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Takashi Murakami
(February 1, 1962 (age 61)

 The Castle of Tin Tin, 2003
 Described by curator Michael Darling as the artist’s

“magnum opus”, Tan Tan Bois an icon of
Murakami’s oeuvre, demonstrating the new levels
of complexity that began to infiltrate his practice at

the turn of the millennium. The piece depicts Mr.
DOB, the artist’s iconic figure, rendered across
three large gold canvases. Hovering next to his
right ear are early examples of the artist’s signature
smiling flower motifs. The most represented subject
across Murakami’s wide-ranging practice, Mr. DOB
stands as the artist’s alter ego. It is based on
Mickey Mouse, but with a more cunning and volatile
figure than his Disney counterpart.
 DOB is a derivative of the expression Dobojite,

- NEIL ARMSTRONG meaning 'Why' in Japanese slang.
Simone Legno June 16, 1977 (age 46)

 is an Italian artist best known for the creation of the tokidoki brand.

Legno's designs are influenced by his interest in Japan and its culture,
as well as street art and graffiti
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Simone Legno
June 16, 1977 (age 46)



Tokidoki
Ice Tiger Camo, 2023




Screenprint
22 × 22 in | 56 × 56 cm
Edition of 300
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Simone Legno
June 16, 1977 (age 46)

 Pool Party, c. 2012
 Digital print in colors on

paper
 24 × 18 in | 61 × 45.7 cm
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Simone Legno
June 16, 1977 (age 46)

 Heartbreaker, dated 2015
 oil on canvas

 Painting

 16” x 12” 41 cm x 30 cm
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Christian Dior
( 21 January 1905 - 24 October 1957 (aged 52)

 was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of

one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His
fashion houses are known all around the world, having gained
prominence "on five continents in only a decade.

 Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various
fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry
during World War II. Post-war, he founded and established the
Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In
1947 the collection debuted, in which he introduced the “New
Look.” Featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very
full skirt, the New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and
opulence in women’s fashion.
 Throughout his lifetime, he won numerous awards for Best

- NEIL ARMSTRONG Costume Design. Upon his death in 1957, various
contemporary icons paid tribute to his life and work.
Christian Dior

 Christian Dior's The New Look

 In the aftermath of World War II, Christian Dior single-handedly

changed the face of women’s fashion with a sweeping
departure from post-war austerity.
 Epitomised by the “Bar” suit from his debut collection in 1947,

the designer created a brand new silhouette which featured a
small, nipped-in waist and full skirt falling below mid-calf length
to emphasise a woman’s hourglass shape.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Christian Dior

 Famous Bar suit from his debut collection in 1947 is

composed of full skirt, cinched waist, fifted jacket.

 Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various
fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry
during World War II. Post-war, he founded and established the
Dior fashion house, with his collection of the "New Look". In
1947 the collection debuted, in which he introduced the “New
Look.” Featuring rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very
full skirt, the New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and
opulence in women’s fashion.
 Throughout his lifetime, he won numerous awards for Best

- NEIL ARMSTRONG Costume Design. Upon his death in 1957, various
contemporary icons paid tribute to his life and work.
Christian Dior

 Christian Dior's tulip silhouette

 Christian Dior’s next major style change was in the skirt

department with the launch of his signature “Tulip” silhouette.
 Instead of swirling layers of fabric, the designer’s ball gowns

became more streamlined to make a woman’s waist the centre
of focus. Many of the label’s dresses curved at the waist and
flared out into an hourglass shape with a form-fitting V-shaped
neckline.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Coco Chanel
(19 August 1883 - 10 January 1971 (aged 87)
 Your best quote that reflects your

was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and
namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War

I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of
style. This replaced the "corseted silhouette" that had earlier been
dominant with a style that was simpler, far less time-consuming to put

on and remove, more comfortable, and less expensive, all without
sacrificing elegance.
 She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the
100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator,
Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her
aesthetic design in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature
scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself
designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use
since the 1920s.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Coco Chanel

 The little black dress (LBD) is a black evening or cocktail

dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians
ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s
designs of Coco Chanel.[1] It is intended to be long-lasting,
versatile, affordable, and widely accessible. Its ubiquity is such
that it is often simply referred to as the "LBD“
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Coco Chanel

 The little black dress is considered essential to a
complete wardrobe. Many fashion observers state

that every woman should own a simple, elegant
black dress that can be dressed up or down
depending on the occasion. For example, the LBD
can be worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime
business wear. It can also be worn with ornate
jewelry and accessories for evening wear or a formal
event such as a wedding or ball.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Coco Chanel

 Betty Boop, a cartoon character

based in part on the 1920s it girl
Helen Kane, was drawn wearing a
little black dress in her early films,

though with Technicolor later, Betty's
dress became red.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Karl Lagerfeld
(10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019 (aged 85)

 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion
designer.
 Lagerfeld began his career in fashion in the 1950s, working for several top
fashion houses including Balmain, Patou, and Chloé before joining Chanel
in 1983. As the creative director of Chanel from 1983 until his death, he
oversaw every aspect of the fashion house's creative output, from designing
collections to overseeing advertising campaigns and store displays. He was
instrumental in revitalizing the Chanel brand, helping it regain its position as
one of the top fashion houses in the world. He was also creative director of
the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, as well as his own
eponymous fashion label. Throughout his career, he collaborated on a
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
variety of fashion and art-related projects.
Karl Lagerfeld

 A Fendi coat from the fall 2000 Collection. (Photo Credit: Julia

Hetta for the MET)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Karl Lagerfeld

 Wedding dress by Chanel Haute Couture from the Fall 2005

Collection. (Photo Credit: Julia Hetta. Courtesy of the MET)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Karl Lagerfeld

 A Chanel illustration for Lady Gaga created by Karl

Lagerfeld. (Photo Credit: Facebook.com)
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Jean Paul Gaultier(24 April 1952 (age 71)

 s a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He

is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is
known for his unconventional designs with motifs including
corsets, marinières, and tin cans. Gaultier founded his
eponymous fashion label in 1982, and expanded with a line of
fragrances in 1993. He was the creative director for French
luxury house Hermès from 2003 to 2010, and retired following
his 50th-anniversary haute couture show during Paris Fashion
Week in January 2020.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Gaultier Paris fall 2002 couture Photo: Shoot Digital for

Style.com
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Jean Paul Gaultier
(24 April 1952 (age 71)

 Gaultier Paris spring 1999 couture Photo: Condé Nast Archive
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Gaultier Paris fall 1997 couture
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
John Galliano (28 November 1960 (age 63)

 is a British fashion designer born in Gibraltar. He was the

creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano
and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. Since
2014, Galliano has been the creative director of Paris-

based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has
been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a
2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most
influential person in British culture.
 Famous for his ready-to-wear and haute-couture

collections for such fashion houses as Christian Dior,
Givenchy, and Maison Margiela.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
John Galliano (28 November 1960 (age 63)

 John Galliano for Christian Dior, haute couture, fall 2000,

included in the “Paris, Capital of Fashion” exhibition at
The Museum at FIT in New York. The dress design on
one side has Marie Antoinette as a faux shepherdess; on

the other, she approaches the guillotine. Credit...Guy
Marineau, via The Museum at FIT
 Famous for his ready-to-wear and haute-couture

collections for such fashion houses as Christian Dior,
Givenchy, and Maison Margiela.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
John Galliano
(28 November 1960 (age 63)

 From left, two dresses from about 1755-1760

and a fall 2000 haute couture design by John
Galliano for Christian Dior with an underskirt
and a metal frontpiece.Credit...The Museum at

FIT
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
John Galliano
(28 November 1960 (age 63)

 A yellow ball-gown by John Galliano from

Spring-Summer 1995
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Alexander McQueen
(17 March 1969 - 11 February 2010 (aged 40)

 was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own

Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at
Givenchy from 1996 to 2001.His achievements in fashion earned
him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001

and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the
Year award in 2003. McQueen died by suicide in 2010 at the age
of 40, at his home in Mayfair, London, shortly after the death of his
mother.
 Fashion genius Lee Alexander McQueen was known for his

theatrical runway presentations and edgy political
collections. On his birthday, L'OFFICIEL rounds up the most
memorable runway shows that made fashion history.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Alexander McQueen

 Autumn/Winter 1995, "Highland
Rape"

 A commentary on the abuse of power
England enacted on Scotland, "Highland
Rape" was one of McQueen's earliest and
most controversial runways. Scottish tartan,
sheer fabric, and McQueen's iconic low-rise
pants were staples of the collection.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Alexander McQueen

 Autumn/Winter 1996, "Dante"

- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Alexander McQueen

 Spring/Summer 1997, "La Poupée"

- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Comme des Garçons
Type
Public company
 Comme des Garçons (also known as CDG) is a Japanese

Industry Fashion
fashion label based in Paris founded by Rei Kawakubo.Its
Founded 1969; 54 years ago French flagship store is located in Paris. The brand has physical
Founder Rei Kawakubo retail stores in London, Melbourne, Hong Kong, New York City
Headquarters
Key people
Tokyo, Japan (de facto)
Paris, France (de jure)
Adrian Joffe
and in the Ginza district of Tokyo.Other than fashion, the label
has expanded to include jewelry and perfume (under the brand
Comme des Garçons Parfums).
CEO
Junya Watanabe  The company features its main collections during Paris Fashion
Designer
Tao Kurihara Week and Paris Men's Fashion Week. 2017, it was reported that
Designer the company and its affiliates generated a revenue "of over $280
Kei Ninomiya million a year".
Designer
Products Apparel, accessories, perfumes

- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Number of employees 800 est. (2011)
Comme des Garçons
 Launch Date: 1969 (officially 1971)

 Comme des Garçons is – and always has

been – disruptive, thought-provoking
fashion with an avant-garde sensibility at
its core. Kawakubo has channeled her
norm-breaking ideologies into the brand
since the 1970s, challenging perspectives
of the industry (and beyond) using
exaggerated silhouettes, clashing prints
and conceptual, architectural aesthetics
as her tools. Ergo, it’s fair to say the world
of fashion would be a lot less
groundbreaking without her.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Comme des Garçons
 Launch Date: 1978

 To the delight of the sophisticated dandies

of the 1970s, Kawakubo announced (circa
1978) that her first CdG diffusion line
would focus on menswear – and be aptly
titled Comme des Garçons Homme. The
result was an inspiring collection of easy-
to-wear pieces that offered dapper men a
soft, conservative introduction to the mind
of Kawakubo. Today, the designer’s
protegé Junya Watanabe collaborates
with her on the sub-label, producing
collections that are an orthodox take on
- NEIL ARMSTRONG the Comme des Garçons discourse.
Comme des Garçons
 Launch Date: 1984

 In the CdG multiverse, Comme des
Garçons Homme Plus is the gender-

opposite parallel to Kawakubo’s wacky
OG brand. A direct translation of the
designer’s idiosyncratic vision from
womenswear to menswear, Homme Plus
offers deconstructed, outlandish fashion
for the debonair peacocks of the world.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Yohji Yamamoto ( 3 October 1943 (age 80)

 is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic
self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various

imagined characters.

 Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collected Untitled
Film Stills, a series of 70 black-and-white photographs of herself evoking
typical female roles in performance media (especially arthouse films and
popular B-movies). In the 1980s, she used color film and large prints, and
focused more on costume, lighting and facial expression.
 Known for Photographic self-portraits
 Notable work Untitled#96, Untitled#153, Complete Untitled Film

- NEIL ARMSTRONG Stills, 1977–1980
Yohji Yamamoto( 3 October 1943 (age 80)

 Yohji Yamamoto, Spring-Summer 1983 | Kyoto Costume
Institute

 The 1983 spring-summer collections of Rei Kawakubo
(Comme des Garçons) and Yohji Yamamoto unsettled the
fashion press. From what some called ‘rags that survived an
atomic explosion’, a deliberate ‘poor look’ came to the fore.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Yohji Yamamoto, Spring-Summer 1995 | Photos: Guy
Marineau

 Kyoto slips into nonchalance and sways to the soft folds of
the kimonos out and about. It is not an indulgence in exotic
dress, but rather a tradition kept alive by both old and young.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Yohji Yamamoto, Fall-Winter 1995-96 | Photos: Guy
Marineau

 The FW 1995-96 collection ushered in a four-year period of
creativity and grace in Yohji Yamamoto’s career. From this
collection (unofficially called ‘fin de siècle’ because it pays
homage to the final years of the nineteenth century) to the
SS 1999 show that featured bridal gowns transformed into
graceful day dresses, Yohji Yamamoto refined and expressed
what is most subtle in himself. And to start, his tastes and his
influences that would serve as themes for his shows of those
years. His SS 1997 show, ‘Homage to the Classics
Revisited’, was an occasion for him to see how he measures
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
up to the suits of Mademoiselle Chanel, archetypes of
modernity that he would destructure.
Vivienne Westwood (8 April 1941 - 29 December 2022 (aged 81)

 was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible
for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In

2022, Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the
last 50 years.

 Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for the boutique
that she and Malcolm McLaren ran on King's Road, which became known
as Sex. Their ability to synthesize clothing and music shaped the 1970s
UK punk scene, which included McLaren's band, the Sex Pistols. She
viewed punk as a way of "seeing if one could put a spoke in the system".
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Known for Visual art and graphic design

Movement Feminism, Pictures Generation
Vivienne Westwood
(8 April 1941 - 29 December 2022 (aged 81)

 London Fashion Week, October 1981

 Vivienne Westwood made her London Fashion
Week debut with her now-legendary 'Pirates'
collection, created in collaboration with her
then-partner, Malcolm McLaren.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Vivienne Westwood

 Paris Fashion Week, 1994
 Carla Bruni wears a faux-fur coat with
matching bikini G-string for Vivienne
Westwood's AW94 show.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Vivienne Westwood

 Paris Fashion Week, 1994
 Naomi Campbell models in the Vivienne
Westwood AW94 'On Liberty' fashion show in
Paris, wearing a corseted tartan dress, head
piece and argyle-pattern leg-warmers.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Norman Rockwell
(February 3, 1894– November 8, 1978 (aged 84)

 was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad
popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's
culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of

everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine
over nearly five decades.
 Rockwell was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original

works in his lifetime. Most of his surviving works are in public
collections. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than
40 books, including Tom Sawyer
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Year
Medium
Dimensions
1964
Oil on canvas
91 cm × 150 cm (36 in × 58 in)
Norman Rockwell
Your best quote that reflects your  The Problem We All Live With is a 1964 painting by
Norman Rockwell that is considered an iconic image
of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.[2] It
approach… “It’s one small step for depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old
African-American girl, on her way to
William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white public

school, on November 14, 1960, during the
New Orleans school desegregation crisis.
 Because of threats of violence against her, she is

escorted by four deputy U.S. marshals; the painting is
framed so that the marshals' heads are cropped at
the shoulders. On the wall behind her are written the
racial slur "nigger" and the letters "KKK"; a smashed
and splattered tomato thrown against the wall is also
visible. The white protesters are not visible, as the
viewer is looking at the scene from their point of
view. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 36
inches (91 cm) high by 58 inches (150 cm) wide.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Norman Rockwell

 Triple Self-Portrait is an oil painting by American illustrator Norman
Rockwell created for the cover of the February 13, 1960, edition of The
Saturday Evening Post.

 Triple Self-Portrait is an oil painting on canvas measuring 34.5 by 44.5 inches
(88 cm × 113 cm). Set in a white void, it depicts a rear-view Rockwell sitting

at an easel producing a self-portrait. A gold-framed mirror topped with an
eagle is set up to the left on a chair; Rockwell can be seen in its reflection as
a thin and bespectacled man. On the chair in front of the mirror sits a glass of
Coca-Cola and an open book.
 On the canvas in front of the illustrator is an unfinished sketch of himself in

his idealized art style. On the right side of the canvas Rockwell pinned self-
portraits by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, and Picasso. A
piece of paper with sketches sits on the left. In total, there are seven self-
portraits depicted in the work.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Norman Rockwell

 Freedom from Want, also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be
Home for Christmas, is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil

paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. The works were
inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State
of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms.

 The painting was created in November 1942 and published in the March 6,
1943, issue of The Saturday Evening Post. All of the people in the picture
were friends and family of Rockwell in Arlington, Vermont, who were
photographed individually and painted into the scene. The work depicts a
group of people gathered around a dinner table for a holiday meal. Having
been partially created on Thanksgiving Day to depict the celebration, it has
become an iconic representation for Americans of the Thanksgiving holiday
and family holiday gatherings in general. The Post published Freedom from
Want with a corresponding essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four
Freedoms series. Despite many who endured sociopolitical hardships
abroad, Bulosan's essay spoke on behalf of those enduring the
socioeconomic hardships domestically, and it thrust him into prominence.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Year 1943
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 116.2 cm × 90 cm (45.75 in × 35.5 in)
Stephen Gan
(November 25, 1945 - February 4, 1984 (aged 38))

 was an American artist and illustrator. He created

popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas,
most of which emphasize the female form in a
distinctive style, descended from Art Deco and pop art.

He is best known for his illustrations for Playboy
magazine and the rock group Duran Duran, for whom
he designed the cover of the best-selling album Rio,
which has been acclaimed as one of the greatest
album covers of all time.
 l was a commercial artist known for his art deco-

inspired portraits. His illustrations for Playboy and the
album cover for Rio by Duran Duran brought him
instant fame and popularity. The “Nagel Woman”, with
her jet-black hair and aloof beauty, has become an
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
iconic image of the eighties.
Stephen Gan

 Elena G. Millie:

Millie is curator of the poster collection at the Library of
Congress.

 Nagel has created one of the most successful paintings and
graphics series to appear in the last two decades. The Nagel
woman has enjoyed an astounding success, both in America and
abroad. His work, which bridges the gap between traditional fine
art and contemporary trends, has achieved an almost
unprecedented popularity.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Stephen Gan

 Joan Collins:

 Nagel's bold portrait of me is prominently displayed in my living
room, which is the appropriate room for this my favorite painting,

since Nagel painted me looking comfortable, accessible, and
luxuriously relaxed, as if I had been taking a private respite in a
familiar ambiance.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Stephen Gan

 Pat Nagel began illustrating "The Playboy Advisor" in 1976 he
was a young artist looking for a break. Because of his openness
to new visions, Playboy has long had a reputation as a showcase

for talented young artists, from LeRoy Neiman through such later
lights as Brad Holland and Mel Odom. We did not know it then,
but in the next eight years Pat would do as much as anyone to
strengthen that reputation.
 January 1985 issue of Playboy a tribute to Nagel the artist and

Nagel the man.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Verner Panton
(13 February 1926 - 5 September 1998 (aged 72)

 is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century
furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created

innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials,
especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors. His style
was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the
20th century. As of 2004, Panton's best-known furniture
models are still in production (at Vitra, among others).
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Verner Panton

 The Panton Chair is an S-shaped plastic chair created by the
Danish designer Verner Panton in the 1960s. The world's first

moulded plastic chair, it is considered to be one of the
masterpieces of Danish design. The chair was included in the
2006 Danish Culture Canon.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Verner Panton
 Your best quote that reflects your

Bachelor-Chair

 Year: 1953 / 1955
 Serial production model
 Armchair which can be taken apart and consists of bent steel

tubing in N-form connected by two crossbars. In fabric or
suede upholstery, with or without cushion.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Verner Panton

 On the occasion of the Olympic Games in Atlanta the Swatch
Art Clock Tower was set up in the Olympic Museum in

Lausanne in 1996. The idea for this tower came from the
Italian designer Mendini and the firm of Swatch, and involved
designing a Swatch Art Clock Tower for various cities. Verner
Panton’s tower was one of 12 designs which should have
been exhibited in Atlanta. However, as this did not happen it
was erected in Lausanne and later took its place in the
museum in Lausanne with two levels reduced in size. It
consists of 63 coloured rings and a large Swatch watch at the
centre.
 Tower formed of 49 coloured rings in seven colours and a large

- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Swiss Swatch watch at the centre.
Arne Jacobsen
(11 February 1902 - 24 March 1971 (aged 69))

 was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is
remembered for his contribution to architectural

functionalism and for the worldwide success he
enjoyed with simple well-designed chairs.
 For six decades, Arne Jacobsen was at the forefront

of Danish architecture and design. Working as both
architect, furniture designer, industrial designer and
landscape architect, he made contributions to the
world of design that remain as significant today as
they were in his lifetime.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Arne Jacobsen

 The Egg™ chair by Arne Jacobsen is a

masterpiece of Danish design.
Jacobsen found the perfect shape for
the chair by experimenting with wire and
plaster in his garage. Today, the Egg
chair is recognised worldwide as one of
the triumphs of Jacobsen’s legendary
career and a Scandinavian design icon.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Arne Jacobsen

 Arne Jacobsen originally designed the
Ant™ for the canteen at Danish
healthcare company; Novo Nordisk.
Today, it represents a design icon.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Arne Jacobsen

 The Model 3107 chair is a chair
designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955. It
is a variation on the Ant Chair, also
designed by Arne Jacobsen.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Eero Aarnio (born 21 July 1932)

 is a Finnish interior designer, noted for his innovative
furniture designs in the 1960s, such as his plastic and
fibreglass chairs. He was born in Helsinki, Finland
 Aarnio's designs were an important aspect of 1960s popular
culture, and could often be seen as part of sets in period
science-fiction films. Because his designs used very simple
geometric forms, they were ideal for such productions. Eero
Aarnio continues to create new designs, including toys and
furniture for children..
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Eero Aarnio (born 21 July 1932)

 The Ball Chair was designed by Finnish furniture designer
Eero Aarnio in 1963.
 The Ball Chair is also known as the globe chair and is
famous for its unconventional shape. It is considered a
classic of industrial design. More recent versions have
increased the overall size and added features including
music speakers and MP3 player integration.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Eero Aarnio
(born 21 July 1932)

 The bubble chair was designed by Finnish furniture
designer Eero Aarnio in 1968. It is based on his Ball
Chair.The main difference is that the Bubble Chair is

attached to the ceiling with a chain, while being made of
transparent material which lets the light inside from all
directions.
 The acrylic is heated and blown into a round shape like

a soap bubble, within a solid steel frame. It is
considered[by whom? an industrial design classic and
to have advanced the usage of plastics in furniture
design.The chair is considered modernist or Space Age
in design and is often used to symbolize the 1960s
- NEIL ARMSTRONG period.
Eero Aarnio
(born 21 July 1932)

 Pastil chair is an ergonomic rocking seat, designed by
Eero Aarnio in 1967.

 The soft and rounded shapes at the time were difficult
to draw, Eero Aarnio models a prototype from a block of
polystyrene to verify shapes and sizes and to evaluate
that the model behaves as imagined.
 The proportions of the first attempt were not satisfactory

and Eero decides to make another slightly smaller one,
always in polystyrene.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Beatrix Potter
(28 July 1866 - 22 December 1943 (aged 77)

 was an English writer, illustrator, natural
scientist, and conservationist. She is best
known for her children's books featuring

animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit,
which was her first commercially published
work in 1902. Her books, including 23 Tales,
have sold more than 250 million copies. An
entrepreneur, Potter was a pioneer of
character merchandising. In 1903, Peter
Rabbit was the first fictional character to be
made into a patented stuffed toy, making him
the oldest licensed character.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Beatrix Potter

 The Mice Listen to the Tailor’s Lament, 1902
 The illustrations for The Tailor of Gloucester, her

second and favourite book, were drawn in
Gloucester and the country round about, the story
being based on an actual Gloucestershire story
that she heard while staying with a cousin near
Stroud. The fabrics in the watercolours are said to
have been taken from fabrics in the V. & A.
PART OF
Illustrations for ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’
- NEIL ARMSTRONG MEDIUM
Ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
DIMENSIONS
Support: 111 × 92 mm
Beatrix Potter

 The Mice Stitching Button-Holes, 1902

Victoria and Albert Museum
PART OF
DIMENSIONS
Beatrix Potter

 The Mice at Work: Threading the Needle, 1902

Victoria and Albert Museum
PART OF
DIMENSIONS
Maurice Sendak
(June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012 (aged 83))

 was an American author and illustrator of

children's books. He became most widely
known for his book Where the Wild Things
Are, first published in 1963.
 Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood

was affected by the death of many of his
family members during the Holocaust. Sendak
also wrote works such as In the Night Kitchen,
Outside Over There, and illustrated many
works by other authors including the Little
Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012 (aged 83))

 In the Night Kitchen is a children's picture book written and illustrated
by Maurice Sendak, first published in hardcover in 1970 by Harper and

Row. The book depicts a young boy's dream journey through a surreal
baker's kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready
by the morning.
 In the Night Kitchen has been described by Sendak as part of a trilogy

of books based on psychological development from In the Night
Kitchen (toddler) to Where the Wild Things Are (pre-school) to Outside
Over There (pre-adolescent). It was a Caldecott Honor recipient in
1971. It was adapted into a five-minute animated short film on January
1, 1987, directed by Gene Deitch and released by Weston Woods. The
book drew controversy in the US due to depictions of nudity.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Chicken Soup With Rice is an emerging story about the many ways

in which a little boy and his friends enjoy and use chicken soup during
each month of the year.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written

and illustrated by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak,
originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been
adapted into other media several times, including an animated short
film in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988); a 1980 opera; and a
live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation.
 The book had sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2009, with
10 million of those being in the United States.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aul
 were American writers and illustrators of children's books who
worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-
known works together. The couple immigrated to the United

States from Europe and worked on books that focused on
history such as Abraham Lincoln, which won the 1940 Caldecott
Medal.
 They were part of the group of immigrant artists composed of

Feodor Rojankovsky, Roger Duvoisin, Ludwig Bemelmans,
Miska Petersham and Tibor Gergely, who helped shape the
Golden Age of picture books in mid-twentieth-century America.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
 were American writers and illustrators of children's books who
worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-
known works together. The couple immigrated to the United

States from Europe and worked on books that focused on
history such as Abraham Lincoln, which won the 1940 Caldecott
Medal.
 They were part of the group of immigrant artists composed of

Feodor Rojankovsky, Roger Duvoisin, Ludwig Bemelmans,
Miska Petersham and Tibor Gergely, who helped shape the
Golden Age of picture books in mid-twentieth-century America.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Abraham Lincoln (Parin d'Aulaire book)
 Abraham Lincoln is a biography written and illustrated by Ingri

and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire about Abraham Lincoln. Originally
published by Doubleday, it was the recipient of the Caldecott
Medal for illustration in 1940.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants
 Norse Gods and Giants is a children's book written and

illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire and published by
Doubleday in 1967. It was reissued by Doubleday in 1986 as
d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants and by New York Review
Books in 2005 as d'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Marcia Brown
(July 13, 1918 - April 18, 2015 (aged 96)

 was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She
has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association,
and six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best

U.S. picture book illustration, and the ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992
for her career contribution to children's literature.
 This total of nine books with awards and honors is more than any other
Caldecott-nominated illustrator. Many of her titles have been published in
translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu
editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's
literature.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Marcia Brown
(July 13, 1918 - April 18, 2015 (aged 96)

 Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper is a book adapted and
illustrated by Marcia Brown. Released by Charles Scribner's Sons,
the book is a retelling of the story of Cinderella as written by
Charles Perrault, and was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for
illustration in 1955. [1] The book takes place in France, in a palace
similar to other Cinderella stories.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Marcia Brown
(July 13, 1918 - April 18, 2015 (aged 96)

 Once a Mouse is a 1961 children's picture book by Marcia Brown.
Released by Scribner Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott
Medal for illustration in 1962, the second time Brown received that
honor.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Marcia Brown
(July 13, 1918 - April 18, 2015 (aged 96)

 Shadow is a children's picture book created by Marcia Brown and
published by Scribner in 1982. The text is Brown's translation of
the poem La Féticheuse by French writer Blaise Cendrars.
 Brown won the annual Caldecott Medal for illustration of an

American children's picture book in 1983, her third. The book was
also a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's
Literature in the hardcover picture book category.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Eric Carle(June 25, 1929 - May 23, 2021 (aged 91 )

 was an American author, designer and illustrator
of children's books.His picture book The Very
Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has

been translated into more than 66 languages and
sold more than 50 million copies.
 Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book

author took off after he collaborated on Brown
Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle
illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he
also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his
books have been sold around the world.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 - May 23, 2021 (aged 91 )

 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture
book published in 1967 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Written and

illustrated by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, the book is designed to help
toddlers associate colors and meanings to objects.
 The book has been widely praised by parents and teachers and placed
on several recognition lists. In 2010, the book was briefly banned from
Texas’ third grade curriculum due to a confusion between author of
children's books Bill Martin Jr, and author of Ethical Marxism: The
Categorical Imperative of Liberation (Creative Marxism) philosopher
Bill Martin.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children's picture book
designed, illustrated, and written by American children's author and

illustrator Eric Carle. The plot follows a very hungry caterpillar that eats
a variety of foods before pupating and emerging as a butterfly. It
incorporates elements that contribute to juvenile education, such as
counting, the days of the week, food, and a butterfly’s life cycle.
 Since the books publication it has sold more than 50 million copies,
been translated into more than 60 languages, won various awards,
and has been adapted for television. It has been lauded as "one of the
greatest childhood classics of all time," and has received praise for its
iconic art style, featuring collage artwork and holes in the pages where
the caterpillar "ate" through.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG

 Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me is a children's picture book designed,
illustrated, and written by Eric Carle, published by Simon & Schuster in 1986.

It tells the story of a young girl, Monica, who wants to play with the Moon. As
with Carle's earlier title The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969), merchandise has
been based on this story and it has been adapted to animation.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
The END
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
References:
www.comme-des-garcons.com
en.wikipedia.org
theculturetrip.com
www.vogue.com
www.sendakfoundation.org www.britannica.com

www.tate.org.uk www.metmuseum.org
www.artsy.net
www.designindex.org
www.mutualart.com
artsandculture.google.com
www.wikiart.org
www.finnishdesignshop.com
www.verner-panton.com www.theguardian.com
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
www.vogue.co.uk www.goodreads.com

Design Theory PART 2

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Design Theory PART 2

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Design

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Title: Duane Hanson with his sculpture Football Player

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

 Woman Eating, 1971, polyester resin and fiberglass

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

 Fanny/Fingerpainting 1985 is a portrait of his

- NEIL ARMSTRONG Fanny/Fingerpainting, 1985

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

 Known for Sculpture Assemblage

 Movement: Pop Art, New Realism

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The Family 1962

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Your best quote that reflects your

approach… “It’s one small step for

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

 He revolutionized fashion photography, modernized the nude, and

 photographic style is characterized by its simplicity, elegance, and strong

Your best quote that reflects your

 Ritts captured the supermodel moment with his 1990 shot

man, one giant leap for mankind.”

 The image was taken in Hollywood, Calif.