Wooden Veneer Fight

Rodarte Spring/Summer 2011 vs. Bavarian balcony

Absolutely loved this collection. Carvings on planks as dresses. One cannot deny a certain resemblance to the traditional Bavarian balcony. Or the typical yet brutal wall systems Germans are so fond of. But yes, bad childhood memories can be transformed into renewed contexts of beauty.
/HORST

B-Sexual

Top Britney Spears by Todd Cole
Bottom Brigitte Bardot

Britney is the epitome of pop. A symbol for the hyperglycaemia of our society. A bitter sweet candy stick. A post-romantic icon of consumerism and self-dramatization. Wrapped-up in white tulle. Remixing an image of the original power of Dirndl-escapism: The über-icon and strawberry blonde Brigitte Bardot.
/HORST

Archetype

Poster Indiana Jones 1981 - 2008

Last night I spent a recognizable amount of hours on watching the Indiana Jones trilogy. And what can I say: It does make happy. Especially when you look at these genre-typical collage artworks.
/HORST

Portraits Of An Artist

Images Yves Saint Laurent, Francis Bacon, Norbert Bisky, Unknown, Unknown, Fila, Hunt Slonem, Keith Haring, Yves Klein

The staging of the artist and his subject in his workroom. A study of image. The image of the creative process as a cultural projection. A cliché. Dirty hands, dirty clothes, unfinished paintings, bare bodies - and a stylised posture. The cool and underwhelmed. A paradigm of advertising.
/HORST

Current State Of Mind

Stills Beyoncé - Why Don't You Love Me

"Why don't you love me?
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me
When I make me so damn easy to love?
And why don't you need me?
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me
When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got class
I got style, and I got ass
And you don't even care to care"
/HORST

Hero Worship

Part 9: Cher




She shares birthday with little Horsti, so she must be loved eternally. If anyone wants to make me really happy, book her for my birthday party. By the way: Her real name is Cherilyn Sarkisian. Isn't this absolutely beautiful?
/HORST

Hustler White

Hustler White 1996

The fashion is the incarnation of every male prostitute cliché, the storyline, well, is very LaBruce. So let's just focus on Tony Ward, rolled-up shirts and cut-out leather pants.
/HORST

Wet T-Shirt Contest!!!

It's 1st of August, time for some cold showers. There is nothing more seductive and cliché than a soaking wet white T-shirt. Boys and girls, send us your moisty photos and let's elect the dripping winner. Undies are also allowed, everything is allowed. Deadline is 15th of August.
/HORST

Insulin Injection

Artist Martin Eder

Kitten love extreme. More nudity, more kitsch, more tackiness. Yes, I do like intellectualism, the beautiful and the minimal. But there is two hearts beating inside of me. I am also a diabetic craving for grotesque kitsch and sugar-sweet irony. And Martin Eder delivers.
/HORST

Jochen Klein

Paintings Jochen Klein (1967-1997)

Photo wallpapers, magazine advertisements and erotic films melt into idyllic landscapes. Jochen Klein who died young recognizes in these motifs the vocabulary of a collective consciousness which despite the tendency to clichés reveals intimate desires.

/LYNN & HORST