Bold, beautiful and damned : the world of 1980s fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes PDF
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000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess__rreevv..iinndddd II 2299//0044//22001133 1100::5500 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess__rreevv..iinndddd IIII 2299//0044//22001133 1100::5500 The world of 1980s fashion illustrraator TONY VIRAMONTES BOLD, BEAUUTTIIFFUULL AND DDAAMMNNEED DEAN RHYS MORGAANN FOREWORDBY JEAN PAUL GAULTIER LAURENCEKINGPUBLISHING 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess__rreevv..iinndddd IIIIII 2299//0044//22001133 1100::5500 PAGEI PAGEV AFLUIDINTERPRETATIONOF LISABETHGARBER.PARIS, AMILITARYCAPINBOWLER 1983 FELTBYHALLELUJAH BOULEVARDFORBRITISH PAGEVI VOGUE.PARIS,1983. RONGRACEDRAWNFORTHE VOGUE©THECONDÉNAST COVEROFLEMONDE.PARIS, PUBLICATIONSLTD 1986 PAGEII ENDPAPERS LESLIEWINER,INAGRAHAM ASELECTIONOFPOLAROIDS SMITHHALOHAT,APPEARED TAKENBYTONY INTHEDECEMBERISSUEOF VIRAMONTESINTHE1980S BRITISHVOGUEINA FEATURECELEBRATING ‘THENEWFEMMEFATALE’. PARIS,1983 Publishedin2013byLaurenceKingPublishingLtd 361–373CityRoad LondonECIVILR UnitedKingdon Tel:+442078416900 Fax:+442078416910 email:[email protected] www.laurenceking.com ©2013LaurenceKingPublishing Unlessotherwisestated,allimagesarecourtesyoftheTony ViramontesStudioArchive. ThisbookwasproducedbyLaurenceKingPublishing. Copyright©text2013DeanRhysMorgan DeanRhysMorganhasassertedhisrightundertheCopyright, DesignsandPatentAct1988,tobeidentifiedastheAuthorof thisWork. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedor transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical, includingphotocopy,recordingoranyinformationstorageandretrieval systemwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN:9781780673073 PrintedinChina 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess..iinndddd IIVV 0055//0044//22001133 1111::1122 11--IInnttrroo1122..1122..1122..iinndddd VV 3311//0011//22001133 0088::5544 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess..iinndddd 66 3311//0011//22001133 0099::5555 CONTENTS FOREWORDBY JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 9 OUR BROTHER TONY 11 INTRODUCTION 13 PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST 17 ON FASHION 39 ON WOMEN 111 ON MEN 147 AFTERWORDBY AMY FINE COLLINS 190 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 191 BIBLIOGRAPHY 192 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess__rreevv..iinndddd 77 0099//0055//22001133 1122::1155 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess..iinndddd 88 3311//0011//22001133 1100::0011 FOREWORD BY IimmediatelyspottedtheremarkabletalentofTony OPPOSITE:FACEFORWARD JEAN PAUL Viramontes.Inparticular,theseriesofadvertisements VIRAMONTESTAKESTHE heproducedfortheGeniusGroupaswellasthe IMPACTOFBLACKTOA black-and-whiteimageswithnewspaperhairdosentitled WHOLENEWLEVELINTHIS GAULTIER HeadingsthatwerepublishedinJillmagazinein CHARACTERISTICALLY September1985:magnificentblack-and-whiteimages GRAPHICSKETCHOFAFELT thatwerestrikingintheirintensityandgraphicquality. HEADDRESSBYSTEPHEN JONESFORJEANPAUL Iwasstruckbythisworldthatcorrespondedsoclosely GAULTIER’SSPRING/SUMMER tothecreativeavenuesthatImyselfwaspursuingatthe COLLECTION.PARIS,1984 time.Notablyhischoiceofmodels.Infact,anumberof modelswhoappearedinmycatwalkshowsinthe1980s alsofeaturedinViramontes’simages:TanelBedrossiantz, ClaudiaHuidobro,LaurenceTreil,BenShaul,Mike Hill,Anthonis,NickKamen,VioletaSanchez,Walter, Mimi,ChristineBergstrom,TalisaSoto,TeriToye. TonyViramontes’sinfluencewassogreatandhisstyle sopowerfulthattheyhavelefttheirmarkontheperiod andonfashion. Ashootingstarwhowasabletouniteinasingleimage severaldiverseelements:photosredrawnorhighlighted inmarkerpen(agenrethatheinitiatedandwentonto pioneer),illustration,collage,design,graphicsand finallyFASHION. Unlikemanyotherartistsandphotographers,hereally loved,adoredandworshippedfashion!Itwasalmosta formofsocialactivism,enablinghimtoexpresshimself throughhisworks. Hisimageswillremainsymbolicofthe1980sbuthave alsobecomeclassicexamplesofatimelessmodernity. JeanPaulGaultier Paris2012 9 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess..iinndddd 99 3311//0011//22001133 1100::0011 000011--003377IInnttrrooVViirraammoonntteess..iinndddd 1100 3311//0011//22001133 1100::0011
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