“That’s So Gay” Public Service Announcement
Posted on October 9, 2008
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The Advertising Council and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) have teamed up to fight the phrase “That’s so gay”? The groups enlisted lesbian comedienne Wanda Sykes and heterosexual actress/singer Hilary Duff to headline their first two television commercials. Watch them below.
Catherine Opie: American Photographer
Posted on October 8, 2008
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“American Photographer,” the subtitle of Catherine Opie’s midcareer survey at the Guggenheim, is both a statement of fact and a critical provocation. From her now-iconic queer portraits like Self-Portrait/Cutting, 1993, to the restrainedly elegant series “Freeway,” 1994–95, the quietly polemic “Domestic,” 1998, and, more recently, her lustrous photographs of surfers, Opie’s work has focused on subjects ranging from the far periphery to the dead center of Americana, often expanding and modifying conventional understandings of both. Presenting more than 180 photographs, this vast exhibition should further complicate our take on these images and the social groups they portray, asking how Opie’s subjectivity—as it is declared or presumed—shapes interpretation, and how meaning is made and remade through consecutive bodies of work. A catalogue, which includes and essay by author and lesbian activist Dorothy Allison, accompanies the show. [Artforum]
Visit the exhibition at:
Through January 7 2009
Linda Reigns Supreme
Posted on October 7, 2008
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The recent revival of the supermodel shows no sign of waning and these raunchy pictures of Linda Evangelista are proof.
Photographed for a fashion spread in W magazine the Canadian beauty strikes a number of dominatrix-style poses in the 11 pictures entitled ‘Love/Hate’.
The photo layout by fashion photographer Steven Klein is one of many new projects the supermodel (who famously said: ‘I don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day’) has embarked on recently.
With big name brands turning to familiar faces in the wake of the economic downturn, the 5 ft 9.5″ model is currently fronting Prada’s Autmun/Winter lace look campaign and was appointed L’Oreal’s international spokesperson last November. The beauty company announced a profit boost of 20 per cent since she appeared in their TV advertisements.
