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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Ralph
Pucci International features mannequins, furniture, lighting and graphics
designed by some of the most influential innovators of this time.
Ralph
Pucci is the major force behind RALPH PUCCI INTERNATIONAL, and an innovator
in the mannequin company founded by his parents in the 1950's. Operating
in a spacious loft on West 18th Street, mannequins are designed, manufactured
and unveiled twice yearly.
Ralph Pucci International features artists and designers specialising
in Furniture, Sculpture, Graphics and Fine Art.
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ABOUT
RALPH PUCCI
Ralph Pucci is the major force behind RALPH PUCCI INTERNATIONAL, and an
innovator in the mannequin industry. He is President of the mannequin
company founded by his parents in the 1950's. Operating in a spacious
loft on West 18th Street, mannequins are designed, manufactured and unveiled
twice yearly.
His vision for the future of mannequins began when he created the action
mannequin (headstands, diving poses, etc.) breaking away from the old
style rigid forms. His new vision continued with a collaboration with
international interior designer, Andree Putman, producing three collections,
The Olympian Goddess, The husband, and later, The mistress, inspired by
a modern Marilyn Monroe.
PUCCI also reached out to the fashion models, mannequin-izing Jose Borain,
Aly Duune, Anh Duong, Frauke, Lucie de la Falaise, Yasmine Ghauri, Beverly
Peele and Veruschka. Several years ago, a Christy Turlington mannequin
was created exclusively for the Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum.
Recently, the Turlington face and body was recreated in a series of yoga
poses.
Major mannequin news was made with artist Lowell Nesbitt's MALE OF THE
21st CENTURY, inspired by Rodin's AGE OF BRONZE and Michelangelo's SLAVE.
With designers Karl Lagerfeld, Bob Currie, Aldo Cibic and illustrator
Ruben Toledo, PUCCI went free-form and art-deco. The collaboration with
Ruben Toledo continues and has resulted in many collections, most recently,
the introduction of the industry's first high-end large size (size 16)
mannequin, BIRDIE. Also with Toledo, PUCCI created the first VH1 award.
New looks were again created with PUCCI'S collaboration with designers,
artists and illustrators beginning with the amusing and zany mannequins
of Maira Kalman and continued with Jeffrey Fulvimari, Hiroshi Tanabi,
Anna Sui, Patrick Naggar, Michael Bartalos, Chesley McLaren and Robert
Clyde Anderson. PUCCI went 'alien' with famed pop artist Kenny Scharf
producing two successful series of mannequins.
A collaboration with Stephen Sprouse led to the creation of 90 mannequins
for the Cleveland Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, reflecting the
likeness of famous rock stars.
To dress the showroom mannequins, PUCCI enlisted the talents of fashion
designers Angel Estrada, Todd Oldham, Isabel Toledo, Susan Cianciolo,
Alpana Bawa, Adeline Andre, Daryl K, Catherine Malandrino, Manolo, Anna
Sui and William Calvert, along with numerous other young designers.
Furniture/Furnishings/Art
Ralph Pucci saw that mannequins and furniture could easily be intergraded.
He gained the exclusive rights to the French Ecart collection, featuring
the authentic reproductions of Pierre Charreau and Jean-Michel Frank,
and expanded the furnishings to include designs of Chris Lehrecke, Patrick
Naggar, Paul Mathieu, Jerome Abel Sequin, Spencer Fung and Christophe
Delcourt. He also added the rug designs of Christopher Farr, whose artists
include Alegra Hicks, Kate Blee and the estate of Gunta Stolzl.
His long association with Andree Putman has produced a new collection
of furniture called '6 Easy Pieces'. With these 'designs in progress',
new pieces are continuously introduced, and for the first time, Andree
Putman furniture is manufactured in the United States.
Recemtly, PUCCI introduced the premiere lighting designs of lighting installationist,
John Wigmore and the new collection of ceramic vessels by London artist
Abigail Simpson. Both exclusively represented by PUCCI.
Connecting the two large showrooms is a long gallery where new photographs
and graphics are featured. Artists shown in the 'gallery' include Patrick
Naggar, Bettina Warner, Chris Makos, Ruben Toledo, Maria Kalman, Hiroshi
Tannabi, Mark Gagnon, Vicente Wolf, Antoine Bootz, Gail LeBoff and Dietmar
Busse.
In February 1999, PUCCI opened its first out of town showroom at the Thomas
Job Merchandise Mart in Chicago. In Spring 2001, PUCCI opened a showroom
at the J. Batchelor Dcota Design Center in Ft. Lauderdale.
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STATEMENT
Mannequins, Furniture, Art. At first thought most people do not see the
correlation. My vision though is very clear. To let the creative mind
speak and be heard.
My role at Pucci is to put together a team of the most innovative designers,
illustrators, artists and photographers. to exhibit and sell their work
which has been designed exclusively for RALPH PUCCI in a pure, exciting,
uncompromised, luxurious way. I am not interested in the mass produced
product. I want the hand of the artist to be seen and experienced.
Furniture should be simple, timeless and beautifully crafted. Mannequins
should be elegant, modern, edgy and hip. Art should make you think.
Through a consistent, clear and creative message: exhibitions, advertising,
marketing and professional salesmanship this vision is slowly being understood.
I believe there is an audience that is begging for something unique, fresh
and original. something of exceptional quality, something that will grow
in value over the years, something that will be cherished.
Commercially speaking, the creative voice has been silenced by short term
financial goals. At Pucci I am committed to giving the artist his true
artistic stage. The team I have put together: Andree Putman, Ruben Toledo,
Maira Kalman, Anna Sui, Stephen Sprouse, Chris Lehrecke, David Weeks,
Josef Astor, Kenny Scharf, Christy Turlington to name just a few, are
all visionaries. They are leaders not followers. I have been fortunate
to appreciate and understand this unique talent and deliver their message
to a broader audience.
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FEATURED
ARTISTS & DESIGN FIRMS
Below
is a list of artists listed in alphabetical order with mini-biographies
& information included where available for viewing.
Robert Clyde Anderson
Robert Clyde Anderson has turned mannequins into creations so realistic
that, when customers bump into one, their first reaction might be to apologize.
Most of the characters are in their 20s and 30s, though Hamilton s
and Caroline s silver hair suggests a couple of about 60. ( I
love the & older couple, says Pucci. Unfortunately,
they re often overlooked in retail. )
The figures, feature chiseled facial features and long, elegant necks.
Once each form was perfected, the mannequin was handpainted to create
its unique facial features and hairstyle.
Michael Bartalos
Michael Bartalos was born in West Germany. He moved to the United States
at the age of four and grew up in the New York area. He attended Pratt
Institute, where he majored in printmaking.
Mr. Bartalos has worked extensively in the graphic arts in the U.S. and
Japan. He has designed department store windows for such stores as Barneys
in New York and Tokyo, as well as a line of children s mannequins
for Pucci.
His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including the
New York Times, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, Money, and Sports
Illusion. He has been influenced by such diverse sources as the children's
book illustrators Ludwig Bemelman s Dr. Seuss, Japanese comics and
Japanese artist Tadanori Yokoo.
Fernando Bengoecha
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Blank
Pucci mannequins, after years of ground breaking whimsical, artistic collaborations
with artists such as Ruben Toledo, Kenny Scharf, Anna Sui and Andree Putman,
has decided to go BLANK.
BLANK is a series of male and female mannequins inspired by the work of
Brancuzi, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and architect Spencer Fung.
The series is sculptural, elegant and minimal. The collection will serve
as a blank canvas that lets the clothing take center stage. Already chosen
by Paola Antonelli for the "Workspheres" exhibit at the Museum
of Modern Art and by Saks Fifth Avenue for Saks Project Art, the collection
seems destined to "fill in all the blanks".
Kate Blee
Kate Blee is a textile artist, well known for her collections of painting
on cloth for the body and interiors. Over the past 12 years, in parallel
with this work, she has designed rugs for Christopher Farr.
Designing for rugs, with the complicated process of hand knotting in mind
has, in the past, lead Kate to adopt a more formal approach to image making
than that of her painting. This show however marks the first real convergence
of ideas for her work on cloth and her design for rugs and she is delighted
to be launching this special collection (at Pucci) in New York.
Antoine Bootz
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Robert Bristow
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts
from the University of Virginia and Master of Architecture degree from
Virginia Polytechnic. Upon receiving his Masters in Architecture, he landed
a prized job as chief assistant in the office of the legendary Paul Rudolph,
the father of Neo-Brutalism. Ironically, he moonlighted in another office,
that of Aldo Rossi. Several years later, Robert moved to Boston to work
in the architectural studio of Peter Forbes, one of the foremost practitioners
of minimalist architecture.
While working in these offices, Robert set up his workshop and began crafting
his own furniture ideas. The furniture he made attracted attention and
was purchased outright by several high-end design stores in New York.
As a high-end retail network evolved in the US, Europe and Asia, the furniture
found it's way into some of the finest collections in the United States.
Robert joined Ralph Pucci May of 2004.
James Brown
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Stephen Campbell
After recieving his degree in Science and Art Therapy in 1992 Stephen
working as an Art therapist. Through the art, Stephen helped his patients
cope with illness/ hospitalization and facilitate expression.
In 1996 Stephen was given a grant to buy a computer for the hospital.
In learning all the programs and applications he began to create a body
of work, influenced mostly by the children with whom he worked. In 1997
after putting together a portfolio of work and joining the agency Art
Department, Stephen began his second career as an illustrator.
IN 2000 Stephen was invited to work with Ralph Pucci to create a line
of mannequins based on his illustrations. The line is available exclusively
through Ralph Pucci International.
Christophe Delcourt
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Robert Dutesco
Robert Dutesco is a New York based photographer working in art, fashion,
and film. He was born in Bucharest, Romania on June 6, 1961.
After moving to New York in 1995, he devoted much of his free time to
three projects: "Thre Wild Horses of Sable Island", "The
American Landscape', and Rocks and Things. Roberto's travels have taken
thim through more than fifty countries and left him with a facination
for this One World in which we all live.
SABLE ISLAND, located at 43.933 Latitude and 60.007 Longitude, lies approximately
300km south east of Nova Scotia, Canada. The 41km long island has been
the site of 275 shipwrecks since the early seventeenth century. Of these
crashes, the only known survivors were the horses on board the ships.
Ecart International
Founded in 1978 in Paris by Andree Putman, Ecart International reedits
furniture of Eileen Gray, Jean Michel Frank, Pierre Chareau, Robert Mallet
Stevens, Michel Dufet and Mariano Fortuny. Known for its exquisite quality
and timeless design, Ecart has become the French leader for the edition
of signature furniture.
Christopher Farr
Christopher Farr, who trained as an artist, has a painter's eye for colour
and form which is clearly expressed in the collection of rugs he designs
each year, created to complement contemporary architecture and interiors.
Christopher Farr also works with architects and clients around the world
to create one-off pieces for particular spaces.
Made from exceptionally high quality wool, hand spun and hand dyed, every
rug or flatweave has subtle variations of tone and texture which give
it an extraordinary visual richness.
Fran Taubman
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Jeffrey Fulvimari
Jeffrey Fulvimari was born in Akron, Ohio. He now lives and works in New
York City. Jeffrey studied art at the Cleveland Institute of Art where
he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He moved on to Cooper Union in 1985
where he concentrated in photography, video and conceptual art.
Jeffrey has worked in all aspects of printed media: advertising,
editorial, sales promotion, etc. His illustrations have also been animated
for Naked Chef of Food Network, MTV, Nick at Night, music videos, and
numerous commercials in Japan.
Spencer Fung
Originally from Hong Kong, Spencer Fung was trained at the University
of Cambridge and at the Architectural Association. He won the first prize
of the 1987 RIBA International Student Competition. He was an associate
at David Chipperfield Architects. After winning a competition for an apartment
building in Fukuoka, Japan he set up his own practice in 1990.
In 1996, he converted the flat in north London for himself and his wife,
Catalan designer Teresa Roviras. He combined Zen tranquillity with the
Mediterranean warmth in the design of the home. Fung purposely designed
a range of furniture using strong geometric shapes, solid proportion and
wood of rich texture to complement the simple, sober architecture.
Mark Gagnon
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Tobie Giddio
Upon graduation from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1986 and after
briefly working for Norma kamali, Tobie began his career as a fashion
illustrator with Bergdorf Goodman for thier weekly New York Times advertisements.
His art was to bring old world fashion into the present with a modern
hand.
Tobie began the 1990's with the intention to further refine and simplify
the classic fashion drawing he had Initiated in the 1980's. This process
of simplification created a natural progression towards deconstruction
and abstraction.
Giselle
The "first" Giselle was sculpted and premiered in 1992. At the
time the supermodels of the moment were Linda, Naomi, Cindy and Christy.
Giselle was amongst those beauties in Europe and South America. Her exotic
features and long lean body was a fixture at fashion shows. Donna Karen
used a very pregnant Giselle in the mid 90's on the the runway. This Brazilian
supermodel/mannequin has been called "timeless" and "classic".
Jessie Hartland
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The hilton Brothers
(christopher Makos & Paul Solberg)
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Nicholas Howey
Nicholas Howey had his first solo exhibition in 1982 at the American Center
in Belgrade. From 1982-83, he worked on the productions of Robert Whitman s
performance works at the Dia Foundation. In 1986, Robert Rauschenberg
curated an exhibition of his paintings at Edison Community College in
Florida. His paintings appeared on two covers of the Italian art Magazine
Tema Celeste in 1991 (International Edition) and in 1992 (Italian Edition).
For his first photography exhibition in 2000 for Ralph Pucci, Fred Schneider
of the B-52 s along with the composer Pat Irwin created a soundtrack
to accompany the work.
Vladimir Kagan
Vladimir Kagan is one of the early pioneers of modern design. A passion
for architecture and sculpting is evident in his latest collections of
strong contemporary and uniquely modern furniture. With a career that
spans forty years plus, Kagan s early designs are timeless and now
considered classics coveted by collectors for their originality and fine
craftsmanship.
Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman is the author/illustrator of a dozen children's books including:
Max Makes a Million; Next Stop, Grand Central; Fireboat and The Heroic
Adventures of the John J. Harvey. She is also the author of un(FASHION)
and COLORS: The Tibor Years.
She has designed fabrics for Isaac Mizrahi, ballet sets for Mark Morris,
and a line of products distributed by the Museum of Modern Art.
She is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker (most recently the infamous
NEWYORKISTAN cover in collaboration with Rick Meyerowitz), New York Times,
Interview and numerous other publications. She also teaches graduate design
at the School of Visual Arts and is on the Board of the New York Chapter
of the AIGA.
Kevin Kline
My recent series of woven vessels mark a departure from the largely utilitarian
work that I have done as a basket maker for nearly twenty five years.
The unique process by which black ash trees are transformed into weaving
material has informed and inspired my work from the start. Used for thousands
of years by basket makers, the trees are cut into logs then pounded loosening
their annual layers which are then peeled from the tree. Essentially,
the tree is taken apart year by year and reconstructed in a man made form.
Few experiences remain that provide the intimate and elemental relationship
between the maker and his source of materials. The clear, straight growth
layers found in the lower section of the tree are the best choice for
symmetrical, functional containers. In forming the framework for my woven
vessels, I ve chosen the contoured, knotty layers of the tree. This
material, which expresses the individual character and growth of the tree,
determines to a degree the ultimate form of the piece. Though structurally
retaining the memory of function, the forms of the vessels are a vehicle
for the expression of elemental simplicity.
Anja Kroencke
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Gail Leboff
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Chris Lehrecke
Lehrecke s talent as a designer and his exquisite skill as a craftsman
have firmly established him within the New York designer community. Although
a member of the generation of furniture designers who came of age in the
1980 s, he has pursued a stylistic direction antithetical to the
highly individualistic and often intentionally provocative work that characterized
much of the innovative design of that decade. Marked by clarity and restraint,
his furniture exemplifies a rational yet organic approach to design.
Laura Ljungkvist
Born in Sweden, Laura Ljungkvist worked and taught in her native country
before moving to New York City in 1993. She has won numerous awards in
Sweden and the United States and has been nominated twice for the Swedish
Golden Egg Award.
Christopher Makos
Christopher Makos studied architecture and worked as an apprentice with
the artist, Man Ray, in Paris. Since the early 1970s, he has developed
a unique style of boldly graphic photojournalism. He is the author of
two books: White Trash (1977) and Warhol: A Personal Photographic Memoir
(1988).
His works have appeared in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Esquire.
He served as a contributing photographer to Warholís Interview
magazine and was a close friend to Andy Warhol. Presently, Makos maintains
an active photography studio in Manhattan, hosts an interview show, Makostyle,
for television in New York, and exhibits his photographs, prints, and
paintings widely throughout the United States and Europe.
Kevin Mathieu
Mathieu is a progressive designer who gained his reputation through both
his international interior design projects as well as his product designs
for companies such as Ecart and Donghia.
An unmistakable benchmark is evident in the graceful and elegant modernism
infused in Mathieu s work. His furniture combines the unassuming
harmony of nature, blending sinuous curves with tailored geometry.
Chesley Mclaren
Chesley Mclaren started her career as a designer on 7th avenue. After
10 years she left to pursue the world of "Fashionable" illustration.
Her first campaign was "Vive La France" for Bloomingdale's.
Six months of creating The Parisian image gave her the recognition as
the "French illustrator" in New York.
Her whimsical French style has been seen in everything from murals to
furniture, mannequins to scarves, package design, editorial and books.
Chesley has designed silk scarves for DKNY and the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. "The New Sophisticates" for Saks Fifth Avenue. And "The
New Couture" collection for Ralph Pucci International.
Peter Morello
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Patrick Elie Naggar
Patrick Elie Naggar is a French artist, architect and designer who received
his degree in Architecture (UPLCi) from the Ecole des Beaux Arts and a
Masters degree in Urban Studies from the University of Paris. Naggar considers
architecture as a central knowledge, encompassing interior design, furniture
design a catalyst of the ideas, forms, plastic and artistic trends in
order to create objects and spaces for our environment in the spirit of
our times.
Beverley Peele
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Andree Putman
Andree Putman designed her first mannequin for Ralph Pucci in 1985. The
mannequin "Olympian Goddess" was so successful that she went
on to design "the Husband" and "the Mistress". This
was the beginning of a long lasting relationship between Andree and Pucci.
Her Ecart International furniture collection would be represented exclusively
by Pucci as well as her latest furniture collection "6 Easy Pieces".
Jeff Quin
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Jens Risom
One of the first designers to bring the traditional Scandinavian values
of function and craftsmanship to the United States, Risom was part of
a new vanguard that helped establish post-war America's leadership role
in the world of modern furniture design and manufacturing.
Born in Copenhagen on May 8, 1916, Risom was highly influenced by his
award-winning architect-father who encouraged Jens to pursue academic
studies in business and contemporary design. After completing two years
at the Business College of Niels Brock in Copenhagen, Risom worked briefly
for Danish architect Ernst Kuhn and he created several furniture designs
for Gustav Weinreich of A/S Normina in Copenhagen. Risom's early designs
for Normina were shown at the Cabinetmakers Guild Exhibition in 1937.
The young Risom also worked for a small design studio/shop in Stockholm
that specialized in residential furniture. While in Sweden Risom also
worked with Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) where he was further exposed to the
designs of Bruno Mathsson and others including the Finnish architect,
Alvar Aalto.
Keny Scharf
Scharf's pop surreal vision, which balances the opposing forces of earth
and space, nature and artificiality, figuration and abstraction, quickly
earned him the respect of art collectors and museums worldwide.
Today, Scharf is considered one of the most important living figurative
artists. His own innovative style has been built on the traditions of
both pop art and surrealism. These accomplishments have been duly noted
in numerous books on modern and contemporary art.
Julian Schnabel
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Jerome Abel Seguin
Jerome Abel Seguin has been living in Sumbawa, Indonesia since 1993, In
his tiny island, he remembers reading Robinson Crusoe or Treasure Island
as a child in Bordeaux , France, and dreaming of escaping somewhere else,
without really leaving his familiar landscapes. Using teak, ebony, kalengo,
coconut, black palm-tree and that strange iron tree which roots are in
sea water, Seguin builds, assembles and gives shape to sculptures, furniture,
pirogues, wooden walls, bas-reliefs, liana barriers and tanks. While elegantly
shifting from useful artistic pieces, he avoids everything you could call
baroque to create a dreamy, minimalistic world, baring a strong and peculiar
tropical presence.
Tracé Simple
After working five years with Andrée Putman, Nathalie du Luart
and Delphine Vendel created Tracé Simple, an Interior Design agency
in Paris in 1996, followed by Tracé Simple New York in 1998.
To complement their work as Interior Designers, they are now producing
their own distinctive furniture line, they share a taste for simple, well-defined
designs.
Abigail Simpson
Abigail Simpson was born in 1964 and originally trained as an actress
before going on to study ceramics. Simpson s work has been exhibited
extensively in Britain and is represented in national and international
private collections, including Australia, Saudi Arabia and the USA. Simpsons
large ceramic vessels and Bobble pots (which have become
her trademark), are hand coiled from stoneware clay and fired to 1280
degrees centigrade. Each pot is unique and takes between three weeks and
three months to make, depending on the size.
I have worked with the theme of the vessel for some time now, developing
it as an object beyond normal usage. My idea of a vessel is not simply
as a working piece of apparatus but as an object which expresses raw energy
and power. It is not an academic exercise in imitating the historical
past ."
Michael Sodeau
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Paul Solberg
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Stephen Sprouse Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
From Elvis Presley to Madonna, style has been a constant source of inspiration,
excitement, even amusement in the world of rock and roll. From the Beatles'
collarless jackets to the Ramones' leather jackets, the look has been
nearly as important as the music. It's no surprise then that costumes
make up a significant portion of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's collection.
Displayed on Pucci mannequins throughout the museum are stage and street
outfits from a diverse group of artists, including Johnny Cash, Fats Domino,
the Temptations, Sid Vicious, Salt-N-Pepa, ZZ Top, Debbie Harry and L7.
Anna Sui
Anna had always collected antique hat forms with naive painted faces.
When she opened her first boutique in 1992, Anna and some of her friends
fashioned dozens of paper mache "dolly heads" in the style of
those original flea-market heads. These handmade versions still live at
the Anna Sui boutiques, decorating the counters and displaying accessories.
Very quickly, the "Dolly Head" became a signature for Anna Sui.
The Pucci collection offers recreations of the countertop hat form "Dollies"
and also full-body versions.
Hiroshi Tanabe
Hiroshi Tanabe is an indisputable master of the two -dimensional plane.
Tanabe's editorial illustrations, which have been featured regularly in
The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Jane, are a seamless blend
of East and West, past and present, low and high. Flat planes of color
reference traditional Japanese woodcuts, while details like cellphones,
inline skates and headphones place the work firmly in the late-20th century.
As flat and still as his figures seem to lie, stand or recline on the
page, Tanabe's work is in constant
motion.
Ruben Toledo
Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1960, and moved to New York with
his family when he was just a child. He is painter, sculptor, illustrator,
reporter and fashion chronicler, as well as surrealist wit of great renown.
The continuous, sudden changes of fashion and the body language of style
are two constant themes of his work which is naturally inspired by a latin
flavour but which is also strictly connected with the American pop culture
for its capability of modern synthesis.
Ruben Toledo is the author of the famous Style Dictionary ,
a collection of unforgettable images which, under the form of drawings
and watercolours, meld fashion at its most ephemeral with style at its
most abiding.
Christy Turlington
From fashion icon to smoking-prevention activist, Christy Turlington has
successfully created a diverse and multi-talented career as an entrepreneur,
role model and spokesperson in the cosmetic, fashion, business and political
spheres. She has graced every magazine cover from Vogue to Time, and today
she is an advocate for lung cancer, women s health research, empowerment
for young women, and a voice for yoga and a healthier way of life.
Diego Uchitel
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Valdray
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Veruschka
In the 1960s, there suddenly appeared on the scene a fashion model and
actress of extravagant and exotic beauty known to the world as "Veruschka."
She remained an enigma, even when she starred in Antonioni s classic
film Blow-Up. As we now discover, Veruschka was, and is Vera Lehndorff,
who, twenty years later, emerges as an artist of extraordinary power and
originality. The manikin she created of herself is an abstraction inspired
by Egyptian art.
Kevin Walz
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David Weeks
Designer David Weeks founded Brooklyn-based David Weeks Lighting in 1996.
Originally from Athens, Georgia, Weeks attended the Rhode Island School
of design to study painting and sculpture, where he earned an MFA in 1990.
Weeks moved to New York City, where he turned sculptorial metal work as
an associate of jeweler Ted Muehling in his SoHo store. Since his studios
inception, his product line has grown from desk lamps, sconces and ceiling
fixtures to include floor lamps, elaborate chandeliers and mobiles, and
custom retail, commercial and residential projects. Merging industrial
materials and organic forms, David Weeks Lighting fixtures draw influence
from eclectic sources such as mid-century European modernism, machine
age industrial design, and kinetic sculpture.
John Wigmore
John Wigmore's sculptures bridge the space between object and architecture
with their captivating sense of light. Wigmore's influences include James
Turrell, Donald Judd, Eva IIesse and Mark Rothko. His work has been included
in prominent collections nationwide including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ross Bleckner,
Tom Hanks, John Kluge, and Peter Jennings among others. Wigmore's work
has been widely praised in such publications as Architectual Digest, Elle
Décor, Met Home, and House and Garden. Wigmore recently spoke about
his work, "I guess I've always wanted to create something that had
a healing sense or that unified the mind and body in one space."
John wigmore lives and works in New York City.
Jim Zivic
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CONTACT & LOCATION
Penthouse (12th Floor) and Gallery Nine (9th Floor)
44 West 18th Street
New York City 10011
T. 212 633-0452
Los Angeles Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Avenue
B203 West Hollywood, CA 900069
T. 954 926 1881
European Mannequin Enquiries
Cofrad
108 Bis Avenue
75012 Paris
T . (33)01 53 17 14 02
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