marilyn minter genius

DAVID CHOE

i don't know what to say about

david choe

born in LA 

came up stealing stuff and drawing his famous whales on the streets

one of the most successful street artists of our time

his work is original to say the least and his style is

dirty

check out his documentary dirty hands

you will learn that his mediums range from spray paint

to markers, to oil paints, to urine

blood

and soy sauce

of course

RICK OWENS MICHELLE LAMY

ryan shulz may be my favorite living artist
because of

his ability to depict what one may think are

hideous and disgusting acts

beautifully.

blows my mind

smoking cigs shooting up slouching sideways all strung out

is still somehow simply so

beautiful.

the first time i saw ryan's work was on a post card elena gave me

the painting on it was the last one above of the kid laying on the oriental with 

the beginning of a shiner smoking a cigarette

there was no name or contact info on it

everyone who saw the postcard on my fridge thought it was a photo of me

i wanted terribly to have the painting but had no way of reaching the artist

then years later walking around in wicker park on a sunday

there it was in this completely random pop up shop

i asked this girl working there if i could buy it 

she told me they couldn't sell the paintings that they were there on loan or something

and that i couldn't afford it anyway

rude.

well, i found ryan and with time Jakub Smoking will be mine 

it only took like three years

STRIPPERS SAINTS & SLUTS

jaimie elizabeth is cool

she went to maine south,

so did i.

CITY OF LIGHTS

Le Flâneur (music by The XX) from Luke Shepard on Vimeo.

IF PATRICK BATEMAN PAINTED

 his work might look like this

 i don't know if bateman made clothes that they would look like these jackets

 i want this hoodie

the work of greg lauren. you may have read about him in vogue or interview. I love the reclaimed aspect of his work and how his jackets look like WWII pirate coats. the parachute string bows on his womens jackets are adorable. you can find them here at chalk in evanston and barneys.