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Hair`em Scare`em – Book by Gestalten

14. December 2009 Books & Magazines Judith

5ee4619962a34b5ee3bf47ebde33090f44de20f92de0784d589ab35a356d34ebIt`s hairy. It`s entertaining. It`s intelligent. It`s Hair’em Scare’em, a new book by Gestalten presenting hairy works in the context of contemporary art, design and fashion by featuring artists such as Levi van Veluw, Julian Wolkenstein and Nick Cave.
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“Hair’em Scare’em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design.
The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream.” (more…)

Levi van Veluw – Natural Transfers

9. March 2009 Art & Fashion Judith

Levi van Veluw, the man whose face is inevitably connected with his art came up with some new, hairy works. (more…)

Interview with Levi van Veluw

4. December 2008 Art & Fashion Judith

Sascha Lee from Beautiful Decay in interview with Levi van Veluw. Read here. (more…)


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Lucy And Bart

10. November 2008 Art & Fashion Judith

If I would have to face the choice, to be at the command of an artist for one day, I would turn in my head to Levi van Veluw and my body to Lucy And Bart. (more…)

Candysticks – when art meets fashion

7. May 2008 Art & Fashion Judith

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By accident I just flipped through the portfolio of Berlin based photographer Betti Fiegle.
…and when I looked at her “sticky faces” series there was one photo that irretrievably reminded me of on of Levi van Veluw´s early artpiece “Candystick”.

Van Veluw´s photos are self-portraits, drawn and photographed by himself in a one-man-process, not to be considered as portraits but as artpieces that document the history of a short creative process with the artist shifting between the entities of subject and object. Betti Fiegle intelligibly translates the motive into the genre of fashion photography, brings lighting and make up to perfection and stages the candystick-theme in a joyous and bright mood.

I didn´t ask, but I guess, photographer Betti Fiegle got inspired by the art of young, Dutch artist Levi van Veluw.
Fortunately, there´s no question about “who did it better” – the genres are different, the staging too and while van Veluw prepares his work for exhibitions and gallery’s, Betti Fiegle probably predominantly does for advertising, magazines and books.

The left photo is from Levi van Veluw, the left one from Betti Fiegle.

Levi van Veluw – Landscapes

1. March 2008 Art & Fashion, Calls & Events Judith

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Show from Levi van Veluw, March 1st-April 5th, Ronmandos Amsterdam(more…)

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