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Stephen Sprouse: Xerox/Rock/Art
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- 9788862083706
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- Hardback, 208 pages
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- Damiani
- Colour
- Xeroxes
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This books is drawn from a large archive of design work (comprised of 1500 individual items that include some 600 drawings, color Xeroxes, swatch references and inspirational material) by Stephen Sprouse that spans the years of 1974 to the late 1980's. Sprouse's meteoric rise to become America's daring darling of the Fashion World is a story still being processed. The works in the book focus on a period reflective of Sprouse's participation with and connection to the glamourous, high profile Uptown studios of Bill Blass and Halston and his profound embrace of the Downtown vibe of the East Village and the Bowery. It is here where he would ultimately create his most iconic design work surrounded by a hotbed of furious creativity, where art/fashion/music thrived as interdisciplinary talents. Stephen Sprouse would embody this revolutionary fusion like other.The works on paper include sketches and designs executed with Sprouse's facile and powerful use of ink markers. With this medium Sprouse's line conjures the delicate and fluid to the dense and bold with the urgency of an explanation point! Several of the works represent Sprouse's use of the Xerox machine which allowed him quick design options including application of vivid gouache color. Paper is only varied by the sketchbook or tepad in use or, as in some of the earliest works, lined paper from classic hole punched or spiral bound tebooks are employed. Rock and punk music were a constant theme for Sprouse engaging his aesthetic sensibilities. An early ink drawing from the mid 70s depicts a raven-haired model wearing a dress that features a long skirt with a slit beside which Sprouse hand writes the words in large caps GO JACKIE GO-GO-GO - invoking the former First Lady to dance with abandon! There are several ds to Jackie Onassis in Sprouse's drawings. Ather drawing shows a coiffed, chic, brunette in a bright, hand-colored red jacket and skirt ensemble. An observance from ather Halston assistant of the day stated that Stephen really saw the edge in Jackie and added she would come to the Atelier and Stephen would hem her pants. The image of the two together in this gesture brings to mind compositions of reverence t dissimilar to religious or royal court paintings of the Renaissance - such was the devotion to his muse. In the late 70's, his most important muse was Debbie Harry of the group Blondie. For Debbie, his close friend and roommate as well, he created perhaps his most iconic designs. His true debut to the public at large commenced the minute Debbie stepped onto the stage to sing Heart of Glass in a 1978 televised/video appearance where she wore an off the shoulder short dress. Debbie's Sprouse original was designed with a fabric Stephen created from tv and video scanlines that he photographed, Xeroxed and silkscreened. Life imitating art. The birth of Punk, an arguably American invention, headquartered itself in the East Village and Bowery streets and Sprouse was in his element here. Certainly, the title and lyrics of a classic New York Dolls song inspired the subtitle of this exhibit. One drawing on view depicts a female model in rock stance whipping a microphone in hand and bears Sprouse's handwritten reference to a Patti Smith lyric Starts Pumpinnn - My Heart (Pumpin) - from her 1976 Radio Ethiopia album. From these influential dynamics, Sprouse would launch collections coveted by women and men and celebrated as much Uptown as Downtown for their brilliant attitude. We see the trajectory of the designer's career as it developed in these works displayed. At its height, Stephen's work would jump off the pages of every conceivable Fashion magazine. His designs would embed themselves into the creative banks of the Fashion Industry and continue to influence that community to this day.Recognized at age 14 as a boy genius in an article by Eugenia Sheppard written in 1966 for The International Herald Tribune, the toriously shy talent found himse
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Damiani
ISBN-10
886208370x
ISBN-13
9788862083706
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209153098
Dimensions
Weight
1390g
Height
280mm
Width
214mm
Additional Product Features
FIRST Published
2014
Place of Publication
Bologna
Spine
25mm
Content Note
200 Images
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Date of Publication
26/03/2015
Subject
Design & Commercial Art
Imprint
Damiani
Genre
Design & Commercial Art
Country of Publication
Italy
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