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[doyelikehaggis]

Amy Barnes & Michaela McQueen | [8/8/12]

[amphtaminedreams]

Currently Obsessing Over, Debrief No.4: EAT THE RICH (...But, like...After the Met Gala!)

-Anne Hathaway in custom Versace-

-L-R, top row: Olivia Rodrigo, Jenna Ortega, Sora Choi all in Thom Browne, bottom row: Conan Gray in Balmain-

-L-R, top row: Yung Miami in ACT N°1, Rihanna in Valentino Couture, bottom row: Tems in Robert Wun, Cardi B in Chenpeng Studio, Kim Kardashian in Schiaparelli-

-Emily Ratajkowski’s custom Dilara Fındıkoğlu dress, details-

-look, I hate exorbitant displays of wealth as much as the next perennially broke person (whose martyr of a landlord apparently has no choice but to raise the rent astronomically again! does the poor man’s suffering ever end!?)...But in the interest of FASHUN, I like to take a night off, anddd if the purpose of the Met Gala and all its afterparties isn’t to give a voice to the voiceless, i.e the amateur fashion girlies, then that would make this year all about Karl Lagerfeld and it is each and every one of our civilian duties to prevent that from happening! Monday 1st May 2023 was a celebration of three things, 1). Choupette the cat, 2). Anne Hathaway in custom Versace, 3). Emily Ratajkowski in custom Dilara Fındıkoğlu..and all the following fashion moments too-

-L-R, top row: Anok Yai in Atelier Prabal Gurung, Gwendoline Christie in Fendi, bottom row: Sydney Sweeney in Miu Miu, Rita Oran in Prabal Gurung, Nicole Kidman in Chanel-

-L-R: Aubrey Plaza in Stella McCartney, Vanessa Hudgens in Michael Kors, Olivia Rodrigo in Chanel, Keke Palmer in Sergio Hudson-

-Michaela Coel in custom Schiaparelli-

-L-R, top row: Margot Robbie in Chanel, Kate and Lila Moss in Fendi, Ashley Graham in Harris Reed, bottom row: Halle Bailey in Gucci, Emily Ratajkowski in Tory Burch, Penélope Cruz in Chanel, Chloe Fineman in Wiederhoeft-

-Anok Yai in 16Arlington-

-L-R, top row: Jeremy Pope in Balmain, Anne Hathaway in Versace, Jennie Kim in Chanel with Maude Apatow in Chloe & Sidney Sweeney, bottom row: Margot Robbie in Chanel, Suki Waterhouse in Fendi, Whitney Peak in Chanel, Lizzo in Paco Rabanne-

-L-R, top row: Gabrielle Union & Dwayne Wade in Prada, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas in Valentino, Amanda Seyfried in Oscar de La Renta, Nicola Peltz in Valentino, bottom row: Yara Shahidi in Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris Hilton in Marc Jacobs, Palomo Essar in Luar, Lily James in Tamara Ralph Couture-

-Anok Yai-

-L-R, top row: Nicole Kidman, Florence Pugh in Valentino, bottom row: Phoebe Bridgers in Tory Burch, J-Lo in Ralph Lauren, Olivia Wilde in Chloe-

-L-R, top row: Dua Lipa in Chanel & Rihanna in Chrome Hearts, Chloe Fineman, Kerry Washington in Michael Kors, bottom row: Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Jeremy Pope, LaLa Anthony, Lea Michele in Michael Kors-

-Emma Chamberlain in Miu Miu-

-L-R, top row: Cai Xukun, Iman Hammam & Joan Smalls, Emily Ratajowski in Versace, bottom row: Lil Nas, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Thom Browne, Ella Emhoff in Vaquera, Kate Moss in Fendi-

-L-R, top row: Lily James in Versace, Jennie Kim, Olivia Wilde, Paris Hilton, bottom row: Teyana Taylor, Elena Azzaro, Busta Rhymes, Georgia Fowler-

-Ava Max in Christian Siriano-

-L-R, top row: Aurora James in Bode, Whitney Peak, Yara Shahidi, Alia Bhatt in Prabal Gurung, bottom row: Quannah Chasinghorse in Prabal Gurung, Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne in Alexander McQueen, Song Hye-kyo in Fendi, Kaitlyn Dever in Michael Kors-

-L-R, top row: Emilia Silberg and Jared Leto, Miranda Kerr in Dior, Kelsey Absille in Prabal Gurung, Adut Akech, bottom row: Kylie Jenner in Haider Ackermann for Jean Paul Gaultier, Cardi B in Richard Quinn, Dua Lipa in Chanel, Phillipa Soo in Richard Quinn-

-L-R: Rita Ora in a mix of vintage Fendi & Chanel, Kylie Jenner in Jean Paul Gaultier, Precious Lee in Fendi-

-Elle Fanning in Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronlather for Vivienne Westwood, details-

-L-R, top row: Keke Palmer in Sergio Hudson, Imaan Hammam in Standing Ground, Adut Akech in Carolina Herrera, Vitoria Ceretti in Balenciaga, bottom row: Liu Wen in Tory Burch, Irina Shayk in Yohji Yamamoto, Lily Aldridge in Oscar de La Renta-

-L-R: Yara Shahidi in Jean Paul Gaultier, Janelle Monae in Thom Browne, Devon Aoki in Jeremy Scott-

-L-R, top row: Gustav Witzøe in Palomo Spain, Precious Lee in Fendi, bottom row: Brian Tyree Henry in Karl Lagerfeld, Eva Chen in Fendi, Karen Elson in Christian Siriano-

-L-R, top row: Jordan Roth in Schiaparelli, Camila Morrone in Rodarte, Lily Collins in Vera Wang, bottom row: Daisy Edgar-Jones in Gucci, Pasha Harulia in Bevza, Margaret Qualley in Chanel, FKA Twigs in Maison Margiela-

-L-R, top row: Madelyn Cline in Stella McCartney, Alex Newell in Christian Siriano, Conan Gray, Isabelle Boemke in Bode, bottom row: Vanessa Hudgens in Michael Kors, Finneas O’Connell in Vivienne Westwood, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz in Valentino, Liberty Ross in Burberry-

-L-R: Micaela Coel in Schiaparelli, Rita Ora, Ava Max in Christian Siriano-

-L-R, top row: LaLa Anthony in Sergio Hudson, Rihanna, Bad Bunny in Jacquemus, bottom row: Doja Cat in Oscar de La Renta, Ice Spice in archive Emilio Pucci, Cardi B in Miss Sohee-

-middle, far right: Emily Ratajkowski in Versace-

-Gigi Hadid in custom Givenchy, details-

-L-R, top row: Doja Cat in Oscar de La Renta, Alton Mason in Karl Lagerfeld Couture, Devon Aoki in Jeremy Scott, Lizzo in Chanel, bottom row: Michelle Yeoh in Karl Lagerfeld, Jodie Comer in Burberry, Chi Ossé in Advisry, Lea Michele in Michael Kors-

-L-R, top row: Salma Hayek in Gucci, Donatella Versace in Versace, Kylie Jenner, Lil Nas in Dior, bottom row: Aubrey Plaza in Stella McCartney, Mindy Kaling in Simkhai, Naomi Campbell in Chanel, Burna Boy in Burberry-

-Billie Eilish in Simone Rocha, details-

-L-R, top row: Micaela Diamond in Carolina Herrera, Kerry Washington in Michael Kors, Alexa Chung in Róisín Pierce, Anitta in Marc Jacobs, bottom row: Angèle in Chanel, Huma Abedin in Fendi, Julia Garner in Gucci, Svitlana Bevza in Bevza-

-Dua Lipa in Chanel-

-L-R, clockwise: Jenna Ortega in Thom Browne, Nicola Petz, Irina Shayk & Karlie Kloss, Emily Ratajkowski-

I have no time for the accompanying men in bland suits. Sorry bout it.

[fashionbooksmilano]

Lee Alexander McQueen :  Mind Mythos Muse

Edited with text by Clarissa M. Esguerra, Michaela Hansen. Text by Meghan Doherty, Linda Komaroff, Leah Lehmbeck, Erin Sullivan Maynes, Rosie Chambers Mills, Mei Mei Rado, Britt Salvesen.

DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York 2022,175 pages, Hardcover, 22.86 x 31.75 cm,  ISBN 978-63681-018-8

euro 55,00

email if you want to buy :booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

McQueen’s iconic fashion juxtaposed with historic textiles and works of art, revealing the designer’s dynamic approach to storytelling

One of the most significant contributors to fashion between 1990 and 2010, British designer Lee Alexander McQueen was both a conceptual and a technical virtuoso. His critically acclaimed collections synthesized his unique training in Savile Row tailoring, theatrical design and haute couture with a remarkable breadth and depth of encyclopedic and autobiographical references spanning time, geography, mediums and technology. McQueen’s singular viewpoint produced exquisitely constructed, thought-provoking, often subversive or allegorical fashion. Taking a reflective look at McQueen’s artful design process, this book documents the designer’s diverse sources of inspiration by displaying McQueen’s imaginative fashions alongside related artworks. McQueen's encyclopedic references range from ancient Greece and Rome to Tibetan silk brocade patterns, 17th-century Dutch painting, the prints of Goya and the films of Stanley Kubrick. In each of these cases and beyond, examples of McQueen’s imaginative and extraordinary work are displayed alongside artworks from LACMA’s permanent collection. Spanning art from a multitude of mediums, eras and cultures, this publication provides a new and innovative assessment of McQueen’s work and highlights his mindful approach to storytelling and construction through fashion. Lee Alexander McQueen (1969–2010) was one of the most important fashion designers at the turn of the 21st century. In 2011, following his death, the Costume Institute in New York organized an enormously successful retrospective of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

05/01/23

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[rileychester]

I know Leah is Amy’s daughter.

But does anyone else think that Leah reminds them of Amy’s best friend Michaela McQueen? 

Lying, stirring up trouble, wanting to party instead of doing school work.

[shadowworldwanderers]

Masterlist

Stories on AO3

Old Intros

Introductory Pages:

Morvant-Adjacent Babies:

Sunny ‘Rose’ Sonnshine

Lilah Reed Nyx Bloom Chuck Dourif Helena Reese Matheson-Adjacent Babies: Emilie Mayson Adelaide Dean Deanna Louis Ellie Sutton Marisol Swinton Delilah Symonds

Merrilees Marston Candice Castor Samantha Marston Calleigh Dean Amanda Matthews Judith Ellison Desmond/Desdemona Mercury Matilda Westwood Charlotte Jessica Burlingame Alexia Mill Hannah Hardstone Willow Walker Barbara Dean

Jessike ‘Sike’ Logan Elvie Ellory Cassidy Cole Elen Ellis Carlie/Carl Connor Essie Ellory Jenni Oriel  Jessamyn ‘Jess’ Oriel  Jessika ‘Sika’ Oriel  Josie Oriel Jodie Oriel  Jazz Oriel   Jemima ‘Jem’ Oriel Jemma Oriel Jade Oriel  Jasmine ‘Mina’ Oriel  Jo Oriel  Janine Oriel Juliet Oriel     Coralee ‘Cora’ Matthews Millie Meadows Joey Jackson Josh Jackson Gia Wolfe Darla Wolfe Arlene Wolfe Brigitta Wolfe Donna Amato Gina Amato Jeanne Amato Aria Amato Willow Amato Carla Amato Fiona Amato Fiamma Amato Isla Amato Inga Amato Anton Allegro Vincenzo Lombardi Solina Ramirez Lolita Sanchez Marisol Espinoza Jodeyne Morrison Ellory Masterson

Mallory McMichaels

Raffaela Romero Malina Ramirez Lina Markov Candida Crowe Adelaide Marconi Emilie Porter Dervla O’Brady Ava Viva DiLorenzo Jessica Dallas Melissa Madison Katrina Archibald Abigail Novak May Southerlyn April Meadows Julie-Anne Callas Pippa Galston Thea Tallis Kate Isles Lily McQueen Jewel Estella Richardson Alexia-Mae Cathstone Eliza-Beth Leigh Izzy ‘Six’ Sexton-Richards Alice Anais Andrews Britta Roslin Julie Dark Alexandra Jane Castle Jodie Noelle Richards Tallie Marx Michaela Philippa Kingsman Love Aniston Jessie Cole Tali Rice Hollie Mann Madison Mitchell-Mann Roslyn Hall Cariad Hall Joe-Lee Parton Bobby Parton Jim Parton Sonny Parton Lupa Wolfe Anne Rose

Belle Rose Jade Orton Jennifer Orton Jessica Orton Mirabelle Orton Judith Amato Angel Croft Brittany Walker Julietta Day Billy Bristol-Ives Tony Bristol-Ives Julianna-Rose Winstanley Sam Salmon Joe Vattore Danny Richardson-Drake  Mickie-Stephanie Cullen Megan Valentine Millie Maus Mattie Maus Georgina Thompson Finnley ‘Finn’ Shore Sera Shore River Morrison Max Willows Savannah Morrison Lola Claus Mira Claus Mellie Claus Maxie Claus Mirabelle Claus Missy Claus Maura Claus Maisie Claus Mindy Claus

Morella Claus Jack Wilson-Patterson

Bindi Wilson-Patterson

Freya Dalton

Michaela Swallow

Shadow World Babies: Angelike Kirk Eliana Olivier Marisol ‘Sunshine’ Corazon Annabella Sciorra Gianna Fioretti Rhiannon Ellis Cara Sutton Kat Trellis Kimber Bell Marisol Lees Ria Leigh Delilah Daae Hanna Weiss Mindie Swallows Kismet Christian Juliette Loomis Vanessa Myers Arielle Sea Ellie Dewey Lace Belle Esme Innocent Katie Rollins Cherie ‘Cherry’ Garcia Jessie Wolfe Erin Willows Suzannah Davies Emilia Loss Melanie Jeffries Meredith Greylek Kelly Greylek (No relation to Meredith) Cassidy Rubirosa Candice Banks Kendra Copper Ariadne Todd Desdemona Hex Raven Rose Candace ‘Candy’ Caine Angelina Haven Mina Schiff Callie Dennis Esme Ross Susanna Johnson Consuela ‘Connie’ Sanders Raffaela ‘Raffi’ Angeles Ariel Warton Syren Sirena Hela Helios Anne Dread Rose Rayes Hope Evans Faith Hopkins Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ Eames-Olivet Alexandria ‘Alex’ Eames-Olivet April Dawson June May May Engel Augusta Haim Billy Wolfe Savannah Stanley Stanley Cyprus Kellie Cyrano Bella Wolfe Mina Marston Nadiya Corazon Annalise Sciorra Samantha Southhall Amelia Borstein Elena Greenwood Elizabeth Preston Suella Randall Marienne Rubirosa Lilith Morningstar Saralee Rayes Destiny Dracula Martha Curatola Solina Dracula

Valentine Dracula Queenie Annabeth Queen Lily Sharpe Isobel Rubirosa Rose Wolfe Lily Marigold Savannah Rider Marigold Rose Baby Baker Mami Morrison Sugar ‘Sweet’ Sunshine Melody Eros Allie Gayson-Enders Pippa Gayson-Enders Michaela Orville-Hampton Janet Orville-Hampton Mariposa Shadows Lolita Mayhew Tamberlyn Alexara Sukila  Arielle Denver Suzanne Denver Thalin Chelsea Heart Jessica Brisbin Henna Jenkins Dora Jessop Kathleen Shore Samantha Carson Sarah Carson Karen Nielsen Belinda Andrews Amelie Ellis Sister Tatjana Nichols Madison ‘Sugar’ Fuller Daniel Rabebe Angelika Rabebe-Cortez

Lady Liandrin MacBeth Juliet MacIntosh John-Ross Croft Annchi ‘Angie’ Croft Morgana Addams Angeline ‘Angel’ Verna Lane Eulalie Tamerlane Poe

[kurtlukiraz]

Seni Yok Edebilirim, En İyi Mini Dizi dalında kazanan yapım oluyorken; dizinin yaratıcısı ve başrol oyuncusu Michaela CoelEn İyi Hanım Sanatçı ödülüne layık görüldü. Düzgüsel Halkı dizisindeki performansıyla büyük çıkış yakalayan Paul Mescal, John Boyega ve Josh O'Connor benzer biçimdeki reklamlar içinde En İyi Adam Sanatçı Ödülü'nün sahibi olan reklam oldu. Steve McQueen imzalı Ufak balta'deki performansıyla En İyi Muavin Adam Sanatçı Ödülüne layık görülen reklam Malachi Kirby oluyorken, En İyi Muavin Hanım Sanatçı parçalarının sahibi olan reklam Anthony'deki performansıyla Rakie Ayola oldu. En İyi Hüzünlü Dizisi Ödülünün sahibiyse Taç ve Londra Çeteleri benzer biçimdeki yapımları sürpriz bir şekilde geride kalanlar Beni de kurtar oldu. -Kazananlar kalınca ve ile işaretlenmiştir. En İyi Güldürü DizisiCharlie Brooker'in Antiviral MendiliRob ve Romesh'e KarşıBüyük Narstie Gösterisi Ranganasyon En İyi Hüzünlü DizisiLondra ÇeteleriSuzie'den nefret ediyorum Beni de kurtar Taç En İyi Keyif PerformansıAdam Hills – Son AyakBradley Walsh – Kovalayanları YenClaudia Winkleman – Kesinlikle Dansa Gel David Mitchell - Sana yalan söyler miyim? Graham Norton - Graham Norton Gösterisi Romesh Ranganathan – Ranganasyon En İyi Keyif Programı Yemin ve Aralık'ın Cumartesi Gecesi Paket Servisi Hayat ve Tekerlemeler Kesinlikle Gel Dans EtMaskeli Şarkıcı En İyi Uluslararası Dizi Çeçenya'ya Hoş Geldiniz: Eşcinsel Tasfiyesi Küçük AmerikaLovecraft ÜlkesiGeleneklere uymayanEn İyi Adam Sanatçı John Boyega Josh O'Connor Paapa Essiedu Paul MescalShaun ParkesVelid ZuaiterEn İyi Hanım Sanatçısı Bllie Piper Daisy Edgar-Jones Hayley Toprak SahipleriJodie ComerLetitia WrightMichaela Coel En İyi Muavin Adam Sanatçı Kunal Nayyar Malachi KirbyMichael SheenMichael WardRupert EverettTobias Menzies En İyi Muavin Hanım Sanatçı Helena Bonham CarterLeila FarzadRakie Ayola Siena Kelly Sophie Okonedo Weruche Opia En İyi Mini DiziYetişkin Malzemesi Seni Yok Edebilirim Düzgüsel Halkı Ufak baltaEn İyi Senaryolu Güldürü 9 Numaralı İçeride Hayaletler Mobeen Gibi Adam Bu ülke En İyi Tek Bölümlük Biyografi Kilitli Kaldık: Sessizliği KırmakAmerikan Cinayeti: Yan Kapıdaki AileAnton Ferdinan: Futbol, ​​Irkçılık ve BenHayatta kalan Kovid   Kaynak:son teslim tarihiYazı 2021 BAFTA Televizyon Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu – Haberler ilk olarak herdembilgiler'de çıktı.

[gundemburadadedim]

Seni Yok Edebilirim, En İyi Mini Dizi dalında kazanan yapım oluyorken; dizinin yaratıcısı ve başrol oyuncusu Michaela CoelEn İyi Hanım Sanatçı ödülüne layık görüldü. Düzgüsel Halkı dizisindeki performansıyla büyük çıkış yakalayan Paul Mescal, John Boyega ve Josh O'Connor benzer biçimdeki reklamlar içinde En İyi Adam Sanatçı Ödülü'nün sahibi olan reklam oldu. Steve McQueen imzalı Ufak balta'deki performansıyla En İyi Muavin Adam Sanatçı Ödülüne layık görülen reklam Malachi Kirby oluyorken, En İyi Muavin Hanım Sanatçı parçalarının sahibi olan reklam Anthony'deki performansıyla Rakie Ayola oldu. En İyi Hüzünlü Dizisi Ödülünün sahibiyse Taç ve Londra Çeteleri benzer biçimdeki yapımları sürpriz bir şekilde geride kalanlar Beni de kurtar oldu. -Kazananlar kalınca ve ile işaretlenmiştir. En İyi Güldürü DizisiCharlie Brooker'in Antiviral MendiliRob ve Romesh'e KarşıBüyük Narstie Gösterisi Ranganasyon En İyi Hüzünlü DizisiLondra ÇeteleriSuzie'den nefret ediyorum Beni de kurtar Taç En İyi Keyif PerformansıAdam Hills – Son AyakBradley Walsh – Kovalayanları YenClaudia Winkleman – Kesinlikle Dansa Gel David Mitchell - Sana yalan söyler miyim? Graham Norton - Graham Norton Gösterisi Romesh Ranganathan – Ranganasyon En İyi Keyif Programı Yemin ve Aralık'ın Cumartesi Gecesi Paket Servisi Hayat ve Tekerlemeler Kesinlikle Gel Dans EtMaskeli Şarkıcı En İyi Uluslararası Dizi Çeçenya'ya Hoş Geldiniz: Eşcinsel Tasfiyesi Küçük AmerikaLovecraft ÜlkesiGeleneklere uymayanEn İyi Adam Sanatçı John Boyega Josh O'Connor Paapa Essiedu Paul MescalShaun ParkesVelid ZuaiterEn İyi Hanım Sanatçısı Bllie Piper Daisy Edgar-Jones Hayley Toprak SahipleriJodie ComerLetitia WrightMichaela Coel En İyi Muavin Adam Sanatçı Kunal Nayyar Malachi KirbyMichael SheenMichael WardRupert EverettTobias Menzies En İyi Muavin Hanım Sanatçı Helena Bonham CarterLeila FarzadRakie Ayola Siena Kelly Sophie Okonedo Weruche Opia En İyi Mini DiziYetişkin Malzemesi Seni Yok Edebilirim Düzgüsel Halkı Ufak baltaEn İyi Senaryolu Güldürü 9 Numaralı İçeride Hayaletler Mobeen Gibi Adam Bu ülke En İyi Tek Bölümlük Biyografi Kilitli Kaldık: Sessizliği KırmakAmerikan Cinayeti: Yan Kapıdaki AileAnton Ferdinan: Futbol, ​​Irkçılık ve BenHayatta kalan Kovid   Kaynak:son teslim tarihiYazı 2021 BAFTA Televizyon Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu – Haberler ilk olarak herdembilgiler'de çıktı.

[soylazaro]

Levi's - Fair Exchange from Bacon on Vimeo.

Director: Martin De Thurah Production Company: Epoch Films Client: Levi's EP: Melissa Culligan Producer: Michaela Johnson Production Supervisor: Markets Husecka DOP: Kasper Tuxen 1st AD: Robert Blishen Production Design: Jindřich Koči Photo Assistant: Filmawai Efrem Art Coordinator: Milena Koubková Key Costumer: Dáša Štefflová Key Make Up / Hair: Hristina Georgievska Stylist: Kate Forbes Key Grip: Jiří Trousil Service Company: Unit Sofa EP: Fady Salame Post: RPS + Blacksmith Editor: Peter Brandt Managing Director: Eve Kornblum Producer: Sam Centore VFX / Post: Thomas Panayiotou Agency: Droga5 EP: Mike Hasinoff Agency Producer: Mateo Suarez + Mike Hasinoff Creatives: Scott Bell, Tom McQueen, George McQueen, Carrie Levy, Sean Buckhorn, Gonzalo Navarro, Mia Rafowitz, Cara Cecchini, Katie Shea

[jackbatchelor3]

Throwback Thursday: Dennis Savage's First Scene

[ms-mandy-m]

Ballerina Michaela De Prince in Alexander McQueen photographed by Luigi & Iango for Vogue Germany, July 2018.

[celestialmazer]

Julie Mehretu, Untitled 2, 1999. Private collection. Courtesy of White Cube. © Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu, Hineni (E. 3:4), 2018. Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle; gift of George Economou, 2019. © Julie Mehretu. Photography:Tom Powel Imaging

Julie Mehretu, Mind-Wind Field Drawings (quarantine studio, d.h.) #1, 2019-2020. Private collection, courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery New York/Paris. © Julie Mehretu. Photography courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

Julie Mehretu, Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts) Part 1, 2012. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. © Julie Mehretu. Photography: White Cube, Ben Westoby

Julie Mehretu, Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson, 2016. The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles. © Julie Mehretu. Photography: Cathy Carver

Julie Mehretu, Migration Direction Map (large), 1996. Private collection. © Julie Mehretu. Photography: Tom Powel Imaging

At home with artist Julie Mehretu

CAMILLE OKHIO - 25 MAR 2021

Julie Mehretu speaks with the joy and conviction of someone who has had the freedom to investigate all their interests. Curiosity has led her to the myriad topics, objects and moments that inform her work, among them cartography, archaeology, the birth of civilisation and mycology. Since the 1990s, her practice has expanded outwardly in all directions like a spider web. A lack of understanding and preconceived notions among reviewers have often led to her work being flattened – simplified so that it is easily digestible – but in reality, her work is far from a simplistic investigation of any one topic. It encompasses multitudes.

The artist’s recent paintings are mostly large scale, but her early works on paper (often created with multiple layers – one sheet of Mylar on top of another) are as small as a six-inch square. The works often comprise innumerable minuscule markings – tremendous force and knowledge communicated through delicate inkings and streaks. Their layers reveal, rather than obfuscate. And though Mehretu’s creative process springs from a desire to understand herself better, the work itself is in no way autobiographical. 

Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the tails of a continental rejection of colonialism, and raised there, then in Michigan, Mehretu has a flexible and full-hearted understanding of home. It is not one physical place, but many, all holding equal importance. On 25 March, Mehretu will present her first major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with works spanning 1996 to 2019. The institution is an important one for Mehretu, as it played host to several pivotal shows in her youth.

Her exhibition has served as an impetus for Mehretu to look back at her already prolific career, observing and organising the thoughts, questions and answers she has put forth for over two decades. The six years it took to bring this exhibition together proved an incredibly valuable time of reflection, fatefully dovetailing with a year of quarantine. 

Wallpaper*: Where are you as we speak?

Julie Mehretu: I’m in my studio on 26th Street, right on the West Side Highway. I’ve worked here for 11 years.

W*: Are there any artists, writers or thinkers that have had a meaningful impact on you?

JM: I don’t know how to answer that because there are literally so many! It’s constantly changing. Right now, Kara Walker, David Hammons, William Pope.L, and younger artists like Jason Moran (who has made amazing work around abstraction). There are so many artists that have been informative and important to me: Frank Bowling, Jack Whitten, Caravaggio.

I also look at a lot of prehistoric work, from as far back as 60,000 years ago, as well as cave paintings from 6th century China and early prehistoric drawings in the caves of Australia. 

W*: What’s the most interesting thing you have read, watched or listened to recently?

JM: For the last few weeks I’ve been immersed in Steve McQueen films. I’ve been bingeing on lovers rock music. And a TV show that really moved me was [Michaela Cole’s] I May Destroy You. It’s difficult, but it was really well done and powerful. 

Ocean Vuong’s novel On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous is amazing. The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing is a really incredible book too – she studies this mushroom that became a delicacy in Japan in the 7th century. It started growing in deforested areas – it’s in these places destroyed by human beings that these mushrooms survive. [I find it interesting] that this mushroom grows on the edge of precarity and destruction. Like with Black folks, there is a constant aspect of insisting on yourself and reinventing yourself in the midst of constant effort of destruction. 

W*: What was the first piece of art you remember seeing? How did you feel about it?

JM: One of the first times I remember being moved by a work of art was looking through my mother’s Rembrandt book. We brought so few things back from Ethiopia and that was one of them. [Particularly] Rembrandt’s The Sacrifice of Isaac. That story is so intense. I was so moved by the light and the skin and the way the paint made light and skin. 

W*: Do you travel? If so, what does travel afford you, and what have you missed about it during Covid-19?

JM: I travel a lot, but I haven’t travelled this year. There has been this amazing sense of suspension and a pause in that. I miss travelling, but going to look at art, watching films, reading novels and listening to music is the way I travel now. For instance, I’ve been listening to Afro-Peruvian music and now I want to go to Peru.

Before I know it we will be back in this fast-paced, zooming-around environment – there is something I want to savour by staying here, now, in this time and absorbing as much as I can.

W*: You are said to have a vast collection of objects and images. Walk me through your collection – what areas, materials, makers and things have the largest presence and why?

JM: When you enter our home there is this long hallway. Framed along the wall we have around 20 fluorescent Daniel Joseph Martinez block-printed posters he made with words – almost poems. Our kids grew up reading those. One says ‘Sometimes I can’t breathe’ and another one says ‘Don’t work’, while some are really long.

We also have a great Paul Pfeiffer photograph of one from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse series. We have a group of Richard Tuttle etchings right over our dining table. We have an amazing David Hammons body print as well, and my kids’ work is all over the house.

W*: As the daughter of immigrants and an immigrant yourself – how do you conceptualise home and how do you create it?

JM: There were a lot of times I felt very transient – as a student and a young adult, going in and out of school and residency programmes. It always came back to music and food. There are certain flavours, foods, music, smells that you take wherever you go. Also as a mother, I’m building a home for my children. Home becomes something else because of them. They are the core of home now. 

W* How has motherhood affected your practice?

JM: I became much more productive when I had kids for several reasons – one is that I felt a lot of pressure to make [work] in the time I wasn’t with them, which of course is unsustainable. A large part of making is not making – thinking and searching. 

When I got to work I could get into it much more quickly. Kids grow and change so fast, you feel time is passing so you need to use it. I wasn’t going to stop working, that’s for sure. All women who are pushing in their lives make that choice. 

W*: What is your favourite myth and why does it hold importance for you?

JM: Right now I’m reading Greek myths to my ten-year-old. We’ve read them before, but he wanted to read them again. I still read to him at night even though he’s a voracious reader himself.

The myths I remember the most are myths I’ve come across in visual works. Titian’s Diana and Actaeon – I know that myth so well because of his painting. Bernini’s mesmerising sculpture of Apollo and Daphne I saw in Rome, where her body becomes a tree. The leaves are so delicately carved into the marble, it’s a work of incredible beauty. I’ve been considering this deconstructionist approach to mythology. Storytelling becomes this place to interrogate propositions, which is what I think mythology does.

W*: Have you experienced a flattening of your work?

JM: I’m always concerned with flattening and pigeonholing. That is something that happens to artists like us all the time. When I first was working and showing there was a bit of that happening with my work. It was put into the space of cartography or an architectural analysis of it. It was said to be autobiographical work.

The art world tries to consume. There is this desire to flatten and the desire for Black artists to be a reflection of their experience. I don’t think any artist is like that at all. In reality, none of us are flat. We all contain multitudes and are complicated – that has always been the core of the Black radical tradition.

[doyelikehaggis]

Amy and Michaela walked so that Leah and Vicky could run (while holding hands <3)

[thecrownnet]

See the main list of BAFTA TV award winners below

Leading Actress Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You – WINNER Letitia Wright, Small Axe Billie Piper, I Hate Suzie Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People Hayley Squires, Adult Material Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Leading Actor Paul Mescal, Normal People – WINNER John Boyega, Small Axe Josh O’Connor, The Crown Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You Shaun Parkes, Small Axe Waleed Zuaiter, Baghdad Central

Drama Series Save Me Too – WINNER Gangs Of London I Hate Suzie The Crown

Single Drama Sitting In Limbo – WINNER Anthony Bbw (On The Edge) The Windermere Children

Comedy Entertainment Programme The Big Narstie Show – WINNER Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe Rob & Romesh Vs The Ranganation Production

Live Event Springwatch 2020 – WINNER Life Drawing Live! The Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance The Third Day: Autumn

Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment (as voted for by the public): Britain’s Got Talent: Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020 – WINNER Bridgerton: Penelope is revealed as Lady Whistledown EastEnders: Gary kills Chantelle Gogglebox: Reactions to Boris Johnson’s press conference Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Mee-cro-wah-vay The Mandalorian: Luke Skywalker arrives

Mini-Series I May Destroy You – WINNER Adult Material Normal People Small Axe

Reality & Constructed Factual The School That Tried To End Racism – WINNER Masterchef: The Professionals Race Across The World The Write Offs

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education – WINNER Daisy Haggard, Breeders Daisy May Cooper, This Country Emma Mackey Sex Education Gbemisola Ikumelo, Famalam Mae Martin, Feel Good Male Performance In A Comedy Programme Charlie Cooper, This Country – WINNER Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen Joseph Gilgun, Brassic Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education Paul Ritter, Friday Night Dinner Reece Shearsmith, Inside No.9

Supporting Actor Malachi Kirby, Small Axe – WINNER Kunal Nayyar, Criminal: UK Michael Sheen, Quiz Micheal Ward, Small Axe Rupert Everett, Adult Material Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Supporting Actress Rakie Ayola, Anthony – WINNER Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown Leila Farzad, I Hate Suzie Siena Kelly, Adult Material Sophie Okonedo, Criminal: Uk Weruche Opia, I May Destroy You

Scripted Comedy Inside No. 9 – WINNER Ghosts Man Like Mobeen This Country

International Welcome To Chechnya: The Gay Purge (Storyville) – WINNER Little America Lovecraft Country Unorthodox

Single Documentary Locked In: Breaking The Silence (Storyville) – WINNER American Murder: The Family Next Door Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me Surviving Covid

BAFTA TV Craft Awards (ceremony held May 24)

Emerging Talent: Fiction Georgi Banks-Davies (Director), I Hate Suzie – WINNER Harry Tulley (Dubbing Mixer), Anthony Stephen S. Thompson (Writer), Sitting in Limbo William Stefan Smith (Director), On the Edge: BBW

Emerging Talent: Factual Marian Mohamed (Director) Defending Digga D – WINNER Ashley Francis-Roy (Shooting Producer/Director) Damilola: The Boy Next Door& The Real Eastenders Jessica Kelly (Director) The Schools that Chain Boys & Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market Kandise Abiola (Producer) Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story

Costume Design Jacqueline Durran, Small Axe – WINNER Rosa Dias, Sex Education James Keast, Belgravia Amy Roberts, The Crown

Director: Factual Teresa Griffiths, Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line – WINNER Xavier Alford, Locked in: Breaking the Silence (Storyville) James Bluemel, Once Upon a Time in Iraq Deeyah Khan, America’s War on Abortion (Exposure)

Director: Fiction Michaela Coel, Sam Miller, I May Destroy You – WINNER Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People Benjamin Caron, The Crown (episode 3) Steve McQueen, Small Axe

Editing: Fiction Editing Team, I May Destroy You – WINNER Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen, Small Axe Nathan Nugent, Normal People (episode 5) Pia Di Ciaula, Quiz

Make Up & Hair Design Jojo Williams, Small Axe – WINNER Bethany Swan, I May Destroy You Cate Hall, The Crown Louise Coles, Sarah Nuth, Lorraine Glynn, Erin Ayanian, The Great

Original Music Harry Escott, Roadkill – WINNER Cristobal Tapia De Veer, The Third Day (Episode 3) Scott Salinas, Baghdad Central Martin Phipps, The Crown

Photography & Lighting Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe – WINNER Ed Rutherford, Little Birds Rob Hardy, Devs Suzie Lavelle, Normal People

Production Design Helen Scott, Small Axe – WINNER Joel Collins, His Dark Materials Matt Gant, Megan Bosaw, Gangs Of London Samantha Harley, Alexandra Slade, Sex Education

Scripted Casting Gary Davy, Small Axe – WINNER Kate Rhodes James, Baghdad Central Lauren Evans, Sex Education Shaheen Baig, The Third Day

Sound: Fiction Jon Thomas, Gareth Bull, James Ridgway, Dillon Bennett, Eilam Hoffman, His Dark Materials (Episode 7) – WINNER Niall O’sullivan, Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady, Normal People Paul Cotterell, James Harrison, Ronald Bailey, Small Axe Sound Team, The Crown

Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Jean-Clement Soret, Robert Harrington, Dan May, Brian Fisher, His Dark Materials – WINNER Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Chris Reynolds, Asa Shoul, Framestore, Untold Studios, The Crown Michael Illingworth, Oliver Milburn, Danny Hargreaves, Oliver Ogneux, Laura Usaite, Pedrom Dadgostar, War Of The Worlds Milk Visual Effects, Dneg Tv, Freefolk, Goodbye Kansas Studios, Greg Fisher, Dave Houghton, Cursed

Writer: Comedy Sophie Willan, Alma’s Not Normal – WINNER Charlie Brooker, Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, This Country Writing Team, Ghosts

Writer: Drama Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You – WINNER Alastair Siddons, Steve Mcqueen, Small Axe Lucy Kirkwood, Adult Material Lucy Prebble, I Hate Suzie

[nicolemaiines]

hi victoria! hope you're well <3 could you please help me out with an fc for a tough boxier muse with a soft side in the 30-35 age range ?

hello! I'm doing alright, thank you for asking <3 I wasn't sure what gender you were looking for so I included lots of options, hopefully they help!

nico tortorella, laith ashley, asia kate dillon, alex blue davis, alfred enoch, tom hopper, alyssa diaz, keiynan lonsdale, candice patton, natalie morales, miranda rae mayo, monica raymund, charlie barnett, roberta colindrez, bre-z, david castañeda, steven r mcqueen, robertp attinson, joseph gilgun, alex saxon, winston duke, samira wiley, michaela coel.

[kyleknight]

Here’s the transcription of the thanks in the FANDOM lyric booklet.

WATERPARKS THANKS: Benji, Joel, and Josh Madden, Miles, Abi, Joey, Benny, Lior, Naveed, and the rest of MDDN, Hopeless Records, Zakk Cervini, Courtney Ballard, Jared Poythress, ICM, PRS guitars, Chinatown Market, XLarge, Reconstruct, De’Wayne Jackson, Lucy Landry, Michael and Jennie, Lucas Hand, Jawn Rocha, Emilio, Good Charlotte, IDKHow, Chapel, Alternative Press, Rocksound, Kerrang, Vans.

GEOFF THANKS: Amy Dove (Rest in Peace Mom) and Geoff Wigington (Dad), Chloe Kristensen, the absolutely most amazing baby ever, Farore Wigington, Awsten Knight & Otto Wood, Grandpa Wigington, Grandma Wigington, Papa Dove, Roscoe Knight, Ginny Knight, Rick Wood, Patrice Wood, Rebecca Humphries, Timothy Humphries, Sarah Lilley, Cameron Gore, Arjun Kapila, Jawn Rocha, Travis Riddle, Andrew Atwood, Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Josh Madden, Amy Madden, Zakk Cervini, Doug Reed, Chelly McQueen, Emilio Rivera, Jared Poythress, Good Charlotte, everyone at MDDN, everyone at Hopeless Records, and you. Thanks for supporting us over the years and continuing to do so! See you soon!!!

OTTO THANKS: you.

AWSTEN THANKS: Mom and dad (almost called you daddy, abstained tho)! Benji and Joel for saving the world every day. Josh and Amy and Elle. Zakk for making my favorite album w me, very cool! Otto and Geoff bc sweet boys and not too tall! I like that. Jawn for showing people I’m cute!!!!! I’m just gonna start listing now because I don’t wanna have the longest list: Travis R, Andrew A, Lucas H, Elijah D, Kal S, De’Wayne J, Zakk A, Chelly M, all both of my therapists, Pete W, Gracie K, Emilio R, Michaela O, Fish F, Inderjot S, Joe R, Your Mom, Mikey W, Heather P, Kevin (dog), Sherry S, Carter H, Christian V, Sam F, Eric Tobin and the rest of Hopeless Records, Dallon and Ryan, Netflix, sherbet because I can eat it, Zantac because I need it to sing so there’s me promoting big pharma like a dipshit, Harvey, Creed Bratton, crawfish, my favorite wing place on Magnolia even though I know they’re absolutely laundering money there, Hulu because they’re getting all the good shows, the hot yoga place I started doing because it’s the only thing that can make me stop thinking about fonts, old lady Thai, Jet, all the taco trucks I miss in Houston, HEB, everyone that came to the Warehouse Live show last year, that was great. A24 and Blumhouse wow I love y’all, Donald Glover, lemon candles, black cherry soap, Target, my car that I didn’t name because I suck at naming cars, Loona, people who dye their hair like me bc that is so cute, Instagram even though they sell my data to Russia which is so wack of them to do wow, me because I’m cute, Claritin D (there I go with big pharma again god DAMMIT), also apparently China is collecting more data than Russia which is crazy, idk why that’s in here, I’m not thankful for that uhhhh. Resources, candles, anyone who is nice to me, not dust.

AWSTEN ANTI-THANKS: The people that live in the apartment above me, I’m gonna cut your skin off, I fucking hate you so bad, you made it so hard to think while I was making things for this album, I hope someone forces you to eat a gallon of pennies and you have to shit that out, you’re literally like punching your floor as I type this and I will destroy you, absolutely fuck you. Fuck dust and seriously I’m gonna cut out my neighbors eyes. Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg got baby legs. Idk if you saw the Entertainment credits but I can parallel park now! Good shit. If you didn’t see it, don’t worry about it, don’t buy that. Anyone who’s ever coughed on an airplane I’m on. Me. You. Us. Aw.

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The best British TV of 2020

Television has been a more constant companion than ever this year, even as the schedules were thrown into disarray by the first lockdown and productions were halted. Daily press conferences and official statements drew large audiences to public service broadcasters, but a growing number of people also found themselves trying out streaming platforms for the first time. New subscriptions soared as the many hours spent at home were whiled away with boxsets.

Broadcasters proved how adaptable they could be under difficult circumstances with fast commissioning and inventive formats. Happily, some landmark dramas were unaffected by delays and the BBC had 2 great triumphs in Steve McQueen’s anthology Small Axe and Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You. At its best, television brings us together and enlightens us on the lives of others, and, in our worst times, it provides a welcome escape. Here then are a dozen highlights from a most unusual year.

Quiz

In a year in which coughing has taken on a new significance, this ITV drama examined its role in a case of alleged fraud, in which audience members were accused of signalling to a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? From television to book to stage and back to television is an unusual trajectory even for today’s magpie media, but Quiz pulled it off with style and its stage origins were rarely visible, except for a very welcome fantasy musical number (more, I say!).

Actor of a thousand faces Michael Sheen skilfully essayed Chris Tarrant, while a third-act cameo from Helen McCrory lent gravitas to the courtroom scenes. The expert hands of director Stephen Frears were very much in evidence, but the real skill lay in the way James Graham’s script maintained the suspense throughout the 3 parts, keeping us guessing even after the final credits rolled.

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