David LaChapelle’s “Earth Laughs in Flowers” series takes from the Dutch Masters’ still life and its opulent piles of fruit, only, his throws in some signifiers of the modern age that “explore contemporary vanity, vice, the transience of earthly possessions and, ultimately, the fragility of humanity.” It’s all vapid hues of pink and yellow, plasticine sheen and nothing subtle: Silicone assholes, Vienna sausages, blooming, flowers, wet fruit, a praying mantis, blood-splattered wine-glasses, more flowers, more fruit, clouds of cigarette ash, Cheetos, junk, a toy airplane, a burning American flag. See them for the first time on US soil at “David LaChapelle: Earth Laughs in Flowers,” Feb 23 – Mar 24, Fred Torres Collaborations, NYC
David LaChapelle’s Martyred Jackson and ‘Rape of Africa’
David LaChapelle’s newly opened solo exhibit at Paul Kasmin Gallery features the divine adventures of Michael Jackson, conveniently shot just a year before the death of the “modern martyr.” Also: a critique of the Catholic Church’s corruption with vague bondage and much bling and Rape of Africa, a spin of glamorized politics over Botticelli’s Venus & Mars (the possible “acid trippers”). Preview the work below. Read more »
See Pharrell shuffle through David LaChapelle’s studio where everything is as grandiosely tacky and day-glo as you would imagine. And he’s got a deliberately crowded Michael Jackson mirror-bureau shrine. Of course he does. |BBC|
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- “The Crash: Motion Emanates, Los Angeles” by David LaChapelle
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- “Negative Currency: One Dollar Bill used as a Negative” by David LaChapelle
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- “The Crash: Boundless Freedom, Los Angeles” by David LaChapelle
Renowned surrealistic photographer of scantily clad celebrities David LaChapelle has turned his focus to luxury status symbols. Intended to inspire some reflection on the real value of “Cars and Money,” an exhibition of his series “The Crash” and “Negative Currency” is on view at Miami’s Wolfgang Roth and Partners Fine Art. Collaged images of smashed cars are titled after luxury ad phrases like “Luxurious Power” and “Boundless Freedom,” while negative images of pink dollars reference the false commodities of the recent economic collapse.
“Cars and Money: New Works by David Lachapelle,” December 2 – February 13, 2010, Wolfgang Roth & Partners Fine Art, Miami
Tomorrow, Sotheby’s is holding a ‘Photographs’ sale in London and it might be a good time for art collectors to take advantage of the thoroughly depressed art market. Nude works by Helmet Newton are among the auction’s highlights, as well as images from David LaChapelle, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Erwin Olaf among others. After the jump is a decidedly not safe for work gallery of some choice photos that are estimated to fetch between $5000 and $30,000, but will likely sell for less.
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