ART of 60’ “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art,” said Andy Warhol. “Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”
Sources:
http://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/category/sophia-loren/page/2/
The 60s is a everlasting classic decade. I found myself much stronger in my interest, but also feel very inspired through too. For me is kind of summer decade, powerful through the beautiful colours, situations, developments and all this amazing spirit of 60s. You would not to find anything similar in the modern world. by Anna Grochola On the left: Sophia Loren talking with unidentified person at her villa 1964, Photo Alfred Eisenstaedt
KEY ART MOVEMENTS Counterculture & Hippie Counterculture (1964-1974) a movement made up mostly white, middle cals college youths, who tried to establish a new culture cased on love and peace, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War.Back to the history, prominent examples of countercultures in Europe and North America include Romanticism (1790-1840), Bohemianism (1850-1910), or counterculture of the Beat Generation (1944-1964).
Big Beatles Family.
Youth stopped seeing the point in having a family and a house in the suburbs, living through their spiritual and religious experiences.
Sources:
Generation 68 is 53 minute overview of 1968, http://thames2thayer.com/political_cinema/?p=34 http://www.shmoop.com/1960s/culture.html
On the left: The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has a widely-recognized album cover which depicts several dozen celebrities and other images.
Hippies during the 60s would do everything against what the status quo. They set their minds free using psychedelic drugs and rock and roll. Hippies weren’t just people who didnt care about anything, they simply didn’t want to be like everyone else in the country. This movement wanted to separate from the norm. Soon people began teaching eastern religion like Zen Buddhism. Thousands of young Americans began learning from spiritual gurus and learned about mystical meditation, self contemplation. Since many people looked down on the way the counter culture wanted to live their lives, the hippies began protesting to injustices they saw, in anti-Vietmam protests in the conformed society.
of 60s’ BURNING MAN MAD MAX
The Modern State of being Hippie Burning Man is an unusual festival and an annual art event in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather on a desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance.
Festival has beginning in last days of August and ends on the first Monday in September. Looking at this amazing pictures, Burning Man there is no doubt, might be the place to go. Sources:
www.burningman.com
Feminist Art Movement
Psychodelic Art was inspired by psychedelic experiences induced by substances such as LSD, mescaline etc. with his bright or highly contrasting colors, spirals, concentric circles, kaleidoscopic patterns. Leading proponents of the 1960s Psychedelic Art movement were San Francisco poster artists such as: Rick Griffin, Victor Moscoso, Bonnie MacLean, Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley, and Wes Wilson.
Artist Rick Griffin surfing
Victor Moscoso posters, c. 1960
began in the 60s and spread out throughout the 70. On 20 July 1964 Yoko Ono, avant-garde artist and widow of John Lennon, presented Cut Piece, which meant to protest violence against women. The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones considered it “one of the 10 most shocking performance artworks ever”.
ART of 60s’ Andy Warhol is leading figure in the visual art movement known as POP ART.
In 1962, he began his series portraits of Marilyn Monroe. Other subjects given similar treatment included Jackie Kennedy and Elvis Presley.
His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement.
Artist was always surronded by: intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan, 1965 Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, 1965
Stephen Shore Andy Warhol, Lou Reed 1965–67
“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art,” said Andy Warhol. “Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”
Andy Warhol and Tennessee Williams, an author of “A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ” 1967
ART of 60s’ Born in Pimlico in 1922, Hamilton left school with no formal qualifications. pioneered pop art and coined the term that defined the most important art movement of the postwar era. Hamilton listed the characteristics of pop art as “popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, Big Business”. No British artist had greater impact on the democratisation of culture, and art’s new language of the commonplace in the 1960s and 1970s. Towards a definitive statement on the coming trends in men’s wear and accessories (a) Together let us explore the stars, 1962
Richard Hamilton passed away on 14th September 2011.
Marcel Duchamp, 1967 Lithograph on paper
The work Swingeing London 67 Hamilton based on a photograph, appropriated from a newspaper, showing Mick Jagger handcuffed to the art dealer Robert Fraser. The photograph appeared following their appearance in court on drugs charges. Both were convicted.The title plays the term ‘Swinging London’ against the judge’s insistence on imposing a swingeing penalty. For many, this occasion typified the moral backlash against the liberalisation of the 1960s. Work presenting currently in Barbican, Pop Art Exhibition. On the right, “Swinging London” - Acrylic paint, screenprint, paper, aluminium and metalised acetate on canvas
Sources:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hamilton-towards-a-definitive-statement-on-the-coming-trends-in-mens-wear-and-accessories-t00705 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hamilton-marcel-duchamp-p79814 http://www.murdocklondon.com/themurdockman/gent-of-the-day-richard-hamilton-1922-2011/
Scandalic Jones’ exhibition of erotic sculptures, such as the set Chair, Table and Hat Stand (1969), are studies in forniphilia, which turn women into items of human furniture. Much of his work draws on the imagery of rubber fetishism. It was a pieces of art an absolutelly straigh forward and shocking for that days.
Pop goes the weasel … Allen Jones erotic Chair, 1969, sold for £2.6m at auction last year. Photograph: Gar Powell-Evans/Barbican
Sources:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/21/barbican-pop-art-design-vitra
A very latest version of Jones Chairs from 60s’, by Bjarne Melgaard - THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL Dasha Zhukova sits on Bjarne Melgaard’s chair.
An image of Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend Dasha Zhukova sitting in a chair designed by Bjarne Melgaard is pissing a lot of people off today again, and was called ”rasist chair”. Bjarne Melgaard is, Norvegian-born, New York-based artist.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2014?
Sources:
Evening Standatd, 22 January 2014, London
London needs Melgaard! -calling “Evening Standard
“A worn-out faggot” - Melgaard describing himself.
Style of 6
Pierre Cardin True visioner fashion of 60s was Pierre Cardin, the French designer
introduced unusual, contemporary, we would say even sciencefiction garments, using of vinyl, plastic and metal. His “bubble dress”, geometrical silhouettes and unisex collection set his fame.
60s’ Sources:
http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-23-1249-1257-view-1960s-profile-pierre-cardin-3.html#photo
Raquel Welch in Pierre Cardin Raquel Welch in a futuristic outfit featuring a mini skirt and scarf in blue plastic, worn with a perspex visor, circa 1967, Photo Terry O’Neill
Sources:
http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-23-1249-1257-view-1960s-profile-pierre-cardin-3.html#photo
Sources:
http://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/raquel-welch-in-a-pierre-cardin-outfit-60s/
Style of 60s’ Early 1960s fashion was more conservative. Late 1960s clothes were the exact opposite. Bright, swirling colors. Psychedelic, tiedye shirts and long hair and beards were commonplace. Woman started to show more body then before, wore unbelievably short skirts and men wore tunics and capes. This fantasies of fashion would not have been believed by people just a decade earlier. Apart from the fashion muses like Twiggy, real fashion gurus were in 60s’ public artists: musicians and actors, and their styles was copied very often by masses. Jean-Paul Belmondo was unequalled perfection with his sport style, boxing and football pasion, even was not conventionally handsome. Other sample is Jane Birkin, british actress which became a fashion muse with her simple and feminine outfits.
Photos: Jean-Paul Belmondo in Pierrot le fou directed by Jean-Luc Godard , 1965. Styling mustache: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Ursula Andress, 1966, photo by Georges Pierre. Portrait of Jane Birkin for Vogue UK by David Bailey, 1965
On Photo: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sources:
http://www.retrowaste.com/1960s/fashion-in-the-1960s/ http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-24-525-527-668-view-1960s-2-profile-jean-paul-belmondo.html#photo http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-24-525-529-view-the-one-profile-jane-birkin.html#photo
Trends come and go, but some fashions never go out of style. And that is some trends of 60s’. Undeniable.
PHOTOGRAPHY Ormand Gigly ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appeared prominently on covers & editorial pages of LIFE, TIME, PARIS MATCH, SATURDAY EVENING POST, COLLIERS, and other major international publications. Sources: http://www.ormondgigli.com/bio.html December 2013, British Vanity Fair
Devilish Duo Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, on their honeymooning in Blue Harbor, Jamaica.
On the right: This Image Photographed By Ormand Gigly in Bermuda for Time Magazine’s story on saucy, skimpy bathing suits, in 1968, is one of many evocative pictures in Gigli’s coffe-table book, “Girls in the Windows”, pictures spoted also in December 2013 in Vanity Fair. On opossite site: Ormand Gigly, Sardinia, 1969 chromogenic print signed, by artist (38.6 x 40.3cm.) You can own this piece for $7,500, Chriestie’s.
Such a beautiful, true photography, far from main commercial stream of 60’. Absolutely HOT.
MUSES OF MUSIC
the Doors
true legend of rock
MUSES OF MUSIC The Doors With an intoxicating sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the power of singer Jim Morrison’s poetry and style, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture. The Doors’ arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of hit singles and albums that would become stone classics, but also of something much bigger - a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience.
Due to his wild personality and performances, he is regarded by critics and fans as one of the most iconic, charismatic, and pioneering frontmen in rock music history.
Their songs, featured in an ever-increasing number of films, TV shows, video games and remixes, always sound uncannily contemporary, and might be there is no end of inspirations for the next generations. No matter how the musical and cultural tides turn, The Doors will always be ready to help a new wave of listeners break on through to the other side.
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“The End” for many is Vietnam Music, Morrison wrote the song about breaking up with his girlfriend Mary Werbelow.
1979, Apocalypse Now Interpretations and meaning of The Doors songs wasn’t end. Famous “The End” was used in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
Director Martin Scorsese used same the song in a sex scene montage in his early student film Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1968).
In the decades since the Doors’ heyday, till Morrison’s death in 1971, they remain a touchstone of insurrectionary culture for writers, musicians, activists, visual artists and other creative communities.
Is it Kinds of Leon has their style inspiration in The Doors?
MUSES OF MUSIC He’s pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar as first.
Jimy Hendrix James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning 4 years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15, to soon becamehe world’s highest-paid performer. He is died at the age of 27, on September 18, 1970 aftre accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia.
On photo: Jimi Hendrix during his U.S. Army duties at Fort Ord.
MUSES OF MUSIC FrancoiseHardy French singer who made her big breakthrough in 1963, Françoise Hardy is one of the French and world icons of the musical wave known as the ye-yes. With her melancholic melodies and look, she embodied the new romantic girl, sweet and mysterious, both middle-class and rock that the 60s cherished. Married to another French iconic singer, they appeared as one of the most glamorous couples of the French stage. With her long hair and slender f igure, her Courrèges outfits or glittering Paco Rabanne dresses, she influenced many other icons such as Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg or Carla Bruni. French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquières praises her as one of his main inspirations.
On photos: Francois with Salvadore Dali, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger.
Famous French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquières working for Balenciaga, praises her as one of his main inspirations.
WHAT in CINEMA
MUST SEE MOVIES
2 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Hepburn’s portray as the naïve, eccentric café society girl. Great view on New Your City + “Moon River” by Henry Mancini. Classic.
The Graduate, (1967) Mike Nichols Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, and with her daughter, Elaine. Beautiful liric pictures Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/
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MOVIES, MOVIES
of 60’
1 Fathom is a 1967 British spy comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Anthony Franciosa and Raquel Welch. Fathom Harvill (Raquel Welch) is a dental assistant and an American skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team. She is approached by a Scottish agent to recover an atomic triggering mechanism. Worth to see even for absolutelly amazing costumes of Raquel Welch and fashion of 60’ general. Must see movie for all fashion fans! Sources:
http://www.tomekzawadka.com/1_5_visual-work.html
Fathom (1967)’
A SPLASHY ADVENTURE- THRILLER CRACKLING GOOD FUN! - The New Your Times
“És rodó i dura molt” Its first marketing campaign was the logo with the slogan “És rodó i dura molt, Chupa Chups”, which translates from Catalan as “It’s round and long-lasting”.
Sources: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669224/salvador-dal-s-real-masterpiece-the-logo-for-chupa-chups-lollipops
Salvador Dalí’s Real Masterpiece: The Logo For Chupa Chups Lollipops. The logo was designed in 1969, while Dali having coffee with his friend and the lollipop company founder Enric Bernat. Dalí’s version masterfully integrated the wordmark into the sweet and bright daisy design.
ADVERTISING
Pepsi Ad, 1969 Graphic artist John Alcorn takes us away to a dreamlike world filled with sunshine, moutains, rainbows. Pepsi. Sources:
http://burlesquedesign.com/taxonomy/term/79
COVERS, COVERS
Make-up - Eyes were arguably the focus of Sixties make-up, with drawn-on lashes, coloured shadow and heavy liner all offset by nude lips. What is interesting - models frequently applied their own make-up for shoots, in the absence of professional make-up artists on set.
Vogue Cover, May 1966
Sixties Beauty In Vogue: Then And Now - Absolutely!
Suzy Parker was photographed in Barbados by Henry Clarke for the April 1, 1963 British Vogue magazine.
This edition of VOGUE presented american actress and model Suzy Parker in exotic scenery of idyllic island Barbados, and how VOGUE described this place - “ with sun every hour”. Whole in very luxurious sophisticated atmosphere. There’s a blaze of colour with flowers springing up red, pink, white, and gold everywhere. Plus memorable, extravagance sunset. In shots of Henry Clark we would see besides a beautiful gardens, fabulous beaches, and the private house up on the hill, all i n real sun-life luxury, that’s anyone could wish for.
FIRST STOP FOR SUN LOOKS Sources:
http://minimadmod60s.com/blog1/suzy-parker-barbados-henry-clark-1963/
http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2013/06/26/60s-fashion--beauty-on-vogue-covers---twiggy-britt-ekland/gallery/998024
BARBADOS
COVERS, COVERS Unapologetically sophisticated and unashamedly masculine, Esquire delivered style with substance in 60s’. An essential edit of fashion and culture, each month Esquire provides a diverse mix of content designed with the modern man in mind: sport, cars, humour, sex, tech, food, film, music, politics and travel. Sources:
http://www.qualitymagazines.co.uk/store/displayitem.asp?sid=1358&id=11640
Above: Great star of 60s, Raquel Welch. Raquel Welch - Filmski svet Magazine [Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)] (27 June 1968) Me Naiset 10 January 1968, Sources:
http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_2861982/me-naiset-magazine-finland-10-january-1968/ http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_1989/raquel-welch/magazinecovers_7
Great, Controversial Book cover of Mendell & Oberer, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, Bukowski, 1969
POSTERS, PUBLISHING
Still fresh - Harvey Ball, Smiley, 1963 On the Right: Jean Widmer, Poster of the Centre de CrĂŠation Industrielle, 1969 Herbert Bayer, 50 Years of the Bauhaus, 1968
Sources:
http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-343-917-995-view-chronology-profile-1960s.html#photo http://www.revistapunkto.com/2012/02/bauhaus-art-as-life-exposicao.html
Sources:
http://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/sophia-loren-photo-by-bert-stern-vogue-1962/
Sophia Loren, photo by Bert Stern, Vogue, 1962