“Femme Fatale” at Cella Gallery

02.28.12

Femme Fatale, a show exhibiting the work of over 35 contemporary artists, curated by Nicole Bruckman and Stephanie Chefas, is open at Cella Gallery in Los Angeles from February 25th to March 17th. A sample of the works featured is below.

L’ingenue by Stella Im Hultberg

A Letter to Three Wives by David Bray

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Tags: 1950s, alien beauty, art shows, enlarged eyes, femininity, hauntingly beautiful, innocence/menace, lolita-esque, lolitaism, otherworldly, pop surrealism, queens, realism, religious imagery, retro, sexuality, stella im hultberg, sweet/melancholy

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Lost Fish’s Alice

09.24.11

These beautiful images are from the book Alice, à travers le miroir, a French edition of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There illustrated by Lost Fish (see my previous post on her).

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Tags: (twists on) traditional art, alice in wonderland, children, cute little girls, dollflesh, fragility, historically inspired, illustrations, innocence/menace, lolita-esque, lost fish, neo-victorian, pop surrealism, porcelain, precious, queens, red and white, surreal, sweet/melancholy

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Ice Queen: Fashion Editorial for Dazed and Confused Nov. 09

06.13.11

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Tags: collars, dark romantic, fashion editorial, feathers, flour-white face, hair, haute couture, high fashion, historically inspired, medieval inspiration, portraits, queens, renaissance, ruffs

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Eye-Love [007]

04.01.11

Joao Ruas

Photographed by Ben Hassett for Vogue Paris February 2008 {scan by Céline M.}

Igor Pavlov

Lost Fish

{Previous Eye-Love posts}

Tags: avant-garde goth, bandages, cute/creepy little girls, dollflesh, fashion editorial, heart, high fashion, joao ruas, lost fish, medical-themed, pop surrealism, queens, self-portraits, white hair

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Unbearably Cute, Sweet, and Slightly Odd: The Art of Dilka Bear

03.24.11

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Tags: animals, cute/creepy little girls, doll-like, fairy tales, historically inspired, pop surrealism, queens, sweet/melancholy, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, white hair

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Sil van der Woerd’s Music Videos

07.28.10

Dutch filmmaker Sil Van Der Woerd makes beautiful, surreal, and extremely impressive music videos on unbelievably tiny budgets. These videos contrast industrial, futuristic, black and sterile environments with the soft beauty and grace of the subjects, and historically inspired fashions.

Check out his videos for Lolly Jane Blue’s “Worms” and “White Swan”:

Tags: industrial landscapes, music videos, queens, sil van der woerd, surreal, swan

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