Best Adidas Ever: Blood, Rainbows, Pig Head and Neon “Kate Moss”
September 6, 2013 | Marina Galperina
Non-for-profit arts organization Platform Six is currently hosting their first Exhibition and Art Charity Auction featuring the work of ten artists. That includes Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Elton John and Boy George, and actually…
These are pretty good. For shoes. Or art. For art shoes. Victor Ivanov’s pig flesh and head and resin Adidas are very much in his signature psychotic Frankenstein style. Sharleen Spiteri’s rainbow-dripping Adidas are perfect for your next big sporting event. Boy George’s Who Killed Disco trainers are “blood splattered” in a police evidence bag with a shattered disco ball and rhinestones on toe caps and inside soles and kitsch as fuck all over. And who knew Naomi Campbell was such a post-Catholic sculptural neo-symbolist or something?
Performance art diva Marina Abramović has already utilized social platforms such as Kickstarter and Reddit and celebrities like Jay Z and Lady Gaga in order to promote and fund the Marina Abramović Institute, a giant sleek space in Hudson, NY that will “will serve as her legacy and homage to time-based and immaterial art.” And yet, some of us have been surprised at her collaboration with…
Kanye West, an obnoxious but talented rapper who is also very into fashion, just released a new pair of sneakers that he “designed” for adidas called the Yeezy Boost (pictured above). The high profile footwear rollout, that coincided with the start of Fashion Week on Thursday, included a runway show…
Legendary model Kate Moss is the muse for a new exhibition and auction at Christie's in London. Featuring a variety of photos that showcase the versatility that characterized her modeling career, the auction will also include Kate-inspired art works, from sculptures to collages and even a tapestry. "Kate is the ultimate…
