I put the finishing touches on this dress in time for my trip to Portland and it’s one of my favorite creations so far! I think the faux fur is an unusual fabric choice for a dress, but you know how much I love unique textures. On top of being visually interesting, it’s incredibly warm…Read More
Contemporary
Future Meet Past
Interdisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger has transformed Emerson College’s Media Art Gallery into an apocalyptic, indigenous landscape. “Future Ancestral Technologies: nágshibi,” running at the gallery through Dec. 15, tells a science fiction story, reimagining the future using video production, ceremonial regalia, still images and a mural Luger created live at the opening of the show….Read More
More than History
The dark history of slave labor laces through the beautiful homes and lush garden squares of Savannah, Georgia. But inside the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, contemporary African American creators are celebrated and revered. Two exhibits, “Carrie Mae Weems: Sea Islands Series, 1991–1992” and “Paul Stephen Benjamin: Reinterpreting the Sound of Blackness,” on…Read More
Battle of the Ballet
Playing through March 5, the Boston Ballet’s “Artifact” portrays a startling battle between past and present for control of the collective consciousness. The first show of a five-year collaboration with star choreographer William Forsythe, “Artifact” delivers a chilling and refreshingly contemporary performance. The piece originally debuted in 1984 at Ballet Frankfurt, though Forsythe made significant…Read More
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
As the weather gets warmer and my office style gets funkier, I felt it was time to pull out my Warhol-style Marilyn skirt. Nothing perks up the beginning of the week like a little pop art. I paired the skirt with a basic grey tee and a leather jacket for some textual contrast. Lace up…Read More
Hiro
Our next step in the Artist Series is the photographer Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, professionally known as Hiro. Hiro is a fashion photographer with a bold aesthetic that’s still widely influential. He began work in the mid ’50s and is still active today. Much of his work has an edgy, modern feel to it, perhaps because he worked…Read More