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Charlie Le Mindu in the LiveStudio!

As a playlist including Kap Bambino, Cher and Meatloaf blasts out of the stereo upstairs in the LiveStudio, Le Mindu and his assistants are still working hard complete the extravagant headpiece and illustration. The arrival of a box of skinned white rats, (thankfully before lunch) has slightly altered our prediction of how the 'really pure, white, religious' and crystal encrusted headpiece that Charlie has previously hinted towards will turn out..
Also helping Charlie is singer Vava Dudu, who is set to perform tracks from her band La Chatte's forthcoming album at 15:00 GMT.

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18 comments

  • AlexKite
    16:09 12 Mar 2010
    Who's doing that drawing? It looks awful!
  • stefanschwartzman
    22:30 12 Mar 2010
    ummm...frankly...that wasn't very nice...and you can eat my butt :-)
    xoxoxo
    stefan
  • la
    00:11 13 Mar 2010
    what the hell is the point of writing that? How mean spirited and unpleasant.
    What do you do that is so good?
    Put your work on this site and lets see if you can justify such a vile attitude.
    Personally I loved the illustrations.
  • saint
    00:31 13 Mar 2010
    Alex Kite , just because you are in a forum which offers you anonymity, you feel it is just fine to write a miserable snide remark like that. You wouldn't say it to the mans face. Can you not see how vile that sort of comment is. How fucking hurtful your throw- away remark is. How do you think that makes that man feel and to what possible gain to you?
    If you don't care about his feelings , how do you think that we all feel about you now?
    I agree with LA , and i loved watching the man paint.
  • GalileosUniverse
    09:00 13 Mar 2010
    REF:PIC:www.porhomme.com/
    Alex although you are very much entitled to your personal opinion as much as the rest of the world ... what I miss is a well constructed criticism of why do you think is 'awful' ... the word 'awful' by itself seems to give the impression of something like throwing a dart .... but aiming at what ?
    Maybe if you were to elaborate more on what do you find disturbing about the work we then may be able to understand the purpose of such a personal qualification, I'm pretty sure then that the artist in question can then appreciate the motivation of your thought and may try to understand the motivation behind such opinion ... you are an intelligent human being and you can surely understand why such out of the blue comments is surely bound to make people upset and in the end what would be the point in that in a FASHION - ART forum where you are incredible free to EXPLAIN your thinking to the best of your abilities and all for free with the compliments of Show STUDIO :) and I hope you won't get discouraged because that is not the true aim in the end :)
  • AlexKite
    11:52 15 Mar 2010
    I feel that it is a dreadful depiction of women, and I'm sure a lot of other people would feel that too. Why should I not express that? Because it is 'art'? The artist is responsible for what they create and deserve any genuine criticism. What are his motives for creating such an image?
    Unlike you i am not actually anonymous.
  • AlexKite
    12:02 15 Mar 2010
    Thanks for this.
    I have replied to some of these points above.
    If an artist produces a 'shocking' picture they can expect a 'shocking' reaction.
  • GalileosUniverse
    12:27 15 Mar 2010
    PIC:REF:http://piley.blogspot.com
    As I see it the theme was hair with inspired references to a BETTY PAGE world plus the use of elements of religious symbolic ..... but what is so 'dreadful' about this work? ..... I'm trying to understand your interesting point of view ... and out of sheer curiosity had the artist, in place of women depicted men ... would that make change your opinion and/or think differently about the composed imagery ?
  • AlexKite
    13:16 15 Mar 2010
    I find the drawings ugly in a number of ways; the poses, the flaws in the drawings themselves and the kind of teenage boy ideas of sexy. Of course, this might all be contrived to create an effect, but I'm not a fan of ugliness in art, whether fashionable or not.
  • stefanschwartzman
    01:41 17 Mar 2010
    I'm sorry, I really, I mean REALLY should not be replying, it is always ALWAYS a bad idea and never gets anyone anywhere (my momma told me so, so it must be true) but I'm super impulsive and that part about being a dreadful depiction of women just bugged the hell out of me. The problem I have isn't that it's a criticism of my work, I'm okay with criticism as long as it's not totally conventionally minded and simple, it's the ideas behind that statement that bug me.
    A dreadful depiction of women? Why? Would you have preferred I drew a glowing crowd multi-racial fairy princesses with phds, petting cats while working together to discover new treatments for AIDS while at the same time helping ease the suffering of disaster victims in Haiti?
    Aside from being objectified (which is kind of obvious and pointless to be beefed with, they're fashion illustrations guy, have you never opened a fashion magazine before? objectification is kind of the name of the game in fashion) why are they "dreadful depictions"? Because they're gross and violent?
    I feel like those kinds of ideas are more horrible. I grew up around flawed women, amazing and wonderful, but flawed nonetheless, my mom, my sister, my best friends in high school who were a pair of terrifying girl juvenile delinquents, I've grown up quite familiar with the inner world of women which is actually a lot grosser, dirtier, and fucked up than you think it would be. Anyways, I've always found it pretty goddamn fun, interesting and wonderful.
    I think too much energy is focused on the idea that women HAVE to be good role models, not being overtly sexy, being smart, and kind. What about all the women who are ugly, mean, stupid, drunk messes who love to fuck? Are they just totally pointless, are they sub-humans? I don't think so at all. It's never one or the other in reality anyways, you can't just focus on one part and pretend the other stuff isn't important or doesn't exist. I'm in love with the idea of a gorgeous girl who's really nice and polite and decent but occasionally turns into a monster that eats rats and beats children (ever hear of a Japanese film called "Audition"? pretty good illustration of what I'm trying to say) I think it's not that bad for someone (man or woman) to be sexually objectified, as long as it isn't implying that along with being sexy they are also defenseless and weak, my work contains equally objectified and perverse images of women and men. Everyone is flawed and has the capability to be monstrous. I think it's really cool.
    Are John Waters' films, dreadful depictions of women? I don't think so, they're just hilarious depictions of dreadful people. Did Alexander Mcqueen hate women? (Note: I'm in no way comparing myself to his level, it's just that people say the same things about his work, which I feel actually respects women to a huge degree in the same ways i aspire to with my own work)
    Lastly, I turned 18 last May, so the teenage immaturity thing totally adds up doesn't it?
    that's it!
    x
    s
  • stefanschwartzman
    01:49 17 Mar 2010
    Everything you say is so perfectly calm, collected, amicable, and rational. I would hate to ever be in an argument with you, I would obviously lose.
    Then you might say, "But Stefan, it is not about winning or losing, it is about coming to a greater understanding", I would then proceed to scream and slam the door like a twelve year old.
  • AlexKite
    10:02 17 Mar 2010
    If I was right about the teenage thing I was probably right on some other points too. But don't listen to what I say - follow your 'heart'.
    You sound like you have done some good thinking for a teenager, but remember that good thinking doesn't necessarily create good art.
    You should take time to decide whether you want to be an artist or a stooge for the fashion industry( not that that's such a bad thing - can be quite lucrative)
  • GalileosUniverse
    16:19 17 Mar 2010
    Mosaic Heart artist Laurel True San Francisco
    PIC:REF: mosaicartsource.wordpress.com
    Let us assume that your passion by the power of your genes happened to be in FASHION, and then you heart lies in having the opportunity of being offered the prospect of working, preferably, with a remarkable individual, fantastically creative, visionary gifted, a strong headed designer such as for example the late Alexander McQueen ... would you then uphold the believe that you are just a ‘stooge’ working for a ‘stooge ‘? Would you seriously consider that you were wasting your time and energy if it contributes to the enrichment, improvement/perfection of your skills/technique and all for you to take it or leave it? What would be one's choice ? that rather intrigues me -do we really believe that the ART WORLD as it is today, is 100% a HAIR better than the FASHION WORLD ?.... more sane, integer, kinder, fair, conscious, solidaire, unselfish, honest, altruistic ? We may not have ‘dragons’ in the Art Kingdom but I dare to assume that it will never be short of its Ali Baba(s) and (its) Forty Thieves.... so to speak .
    To be fair ... to tink that this depiction of woman, which in my very personal perception is somehow shrouded with a kind of aesthetics of the ‘ innocence‘ kind in a figure of speech... to tink that it is ‘shocking’, it rather shocks me in turn .... when truly as a matter of fact we are today being confronted with real horror and traumatizing images in the internet, such as the heartbreaking pictures of very young girls having their genitalia totally ruined in order to “SAVE’ them from their natural perfectly normal female body functions just as NATURE always meant to work since the creation of man and woman .... and the statistics aren’t a fantasy of our imagination … I QUOTE : “ Every year, 3 million girls and women are subjected to the harmful traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Worldwide, the number of girls and women who have undergone this practice is estimated to lie between 100 and 150 million. ……. “ FGM has also become a Western concern.”
    Combating Female Genital Mutilation in Europe
    Sophie Poldermans, Master of Law
    European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation
    Academic year 2005/2006
    Yes that is a great advise you gave him " But don't listen to what I say - follow your 'heart' " ... the good thing is that this discussion may invigorate ILLUSTRATOR STEFAN to give him impulse to create and enrich his vision .... "
    " To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams." GIORGIO DE CHIRICO
  • GalileosUniverse
    16:39 17 Mar 2010
    PIC:REF: zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Plaetje:Wikipedia_Mich.
    QUOTE : "But Stefan, it is not about winning or losing, it is about coming to a greater understanding"
    I could had not been able to say it any better !
    " The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding." - Leonardo da Vinci
  • AlexKite
    09:48 18 Mar 2010
    Yes, I guess i wasn't too clear on the 'shocking'. what I meant was 'shocking' in terms of punk rock, or saying 'fuck' - ladies in 'sexy' poses with their boo bees sticking out.
    You're right about the real horrors that go on in the name of religion.
    " To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits" - trying to please the client? Fit in with current fashions?
  • hannah
    15:26 18 Mar 2010
    I like your personal statement behind your illustrations..
    very few artists - who are visionaries and experimenters.. break new ground and, when they do, they encounter tremendous resistance from people who do not understand certain "unique" form of art.
    obviously you have a certain style and therefore you were invited to participate based on your artistic merit. It is through events such as the collaboration of your work with Charlie Le Mindu that art and fashion can evolve.. keep up the great work!
  • GalileosUniverse
    13:48 19 Mar 2010
    DON QUIXOTE
    www.hornartgallery.com
    I am really rather perplexed at such a curious and vitriolic attitude, first I thought it was really all about the whole art 'objectification’, aesthetics and style thing, all of which in my perception was the point of the discussion ... but I cannot help to stop wondering (and please do correct me if I'm wrong!) if is there more than meets the discerning eye ... a kind of an inner 'crusade' going on between personal feelings for whatever bad episode may had occurred at the hands of our ‘so evil’ FASHION INDUSTRY .... which brings me to the following ... attempting to dash other people's FREE choices just because perhaps in one’s personal world love turned into the commodity of animosity, such as for example against the fashion industry, that alone does not mean that the world will be saved against the ‘evil workings' and manipulations by the 'fashion state’ ... but hey! if there is any consolation to be embraced that is surely the fact that there is not such a utopian thing, we ideally love to call ‘a perfect world’ ...
    At least Stefan is really having fun and enjoying to the fullest what he likes to do to the best of his ability, working with his heart on his art … and as you personally assume, that of “ to 'please the client' and as equally as you rather inelegantly attempted to make a verbal collage of Giorgio di Chirico's sublime quote by adding a cut-out of a personal feeling, attempting to manipulate it into a rather, soundly, ratiocinated and negative placard as I see it .
    I ask myself then, what is the PLUS point in trying to impose on fellow humans because of one's own very personal feelings of disenchantment for whatever reason(s)?, if this happens to be the case, and let us hope not ... I would personally rather prefer Don QUIXOTE 's vision of ' IDEALISM '....
    However noble one's idealism may be ... taking the defeatist journey only makes it more difficult to bewitch possible believers in favour of a chosen cause .... Having said that I do sincerely admire all kinds of assumed idealism to a certain point … because the problem I tend to have with it is that attacking the wrong targets out of a kind of vexatious feeling, that in my opinion is the unhelpful kind of idealism that achieves simply and absolutely NOTHING! of benevolent importance and contribution, I believe.
    Change comes mostly from within and by positively participating to influence fellow humans for whatever IDEALISTIC CAUSE! I consider that we all want things to be better for mankind's benefit and the rest of our most heavenly exquisite planet, but we then must be able to intelligently compromise in the most positive sense of the word, I believe.
    Not that it really matters but I personally don't believe in 'black or white'☺
    -------------
    “No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.”
    SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
  • AlexKite
    09:44 22 Mar 2010
    You are reading too much into this. I think a bit of criticism will do the lad good as we all benefit from criticism of our work. Perhaps I was a little harsh, perhaps not. Who can tell what's for the best?