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Limited edition and numbered book
THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART
By Silvia Prada
Published by cultureEDIT and Silvia Prada
THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART features a series of stylized portraits highlighting male hairstyles juxtaposed with geometric drawings. The book pays homage to the barbershop and is an artistic representation of the subtle nuances and cues that help define the male persona, identity and representation within the parameters of visual and popular culture. Through this series of work, Prada is capturing the typecasting and idealized character building that has become ingrained in our minds through media, pop culture and iconography.
The portraits - with titles ranging from The Flat Top to The Sportsman and also to Executive Contour - feature commentary and meticulous instructions on how to obtain each look in order to resemble a member of the subculture or lifestyle pictured. The geometric drawings, all loony remixes of 20th-century art movements such as Bauhaus, De Stijl and Russian Constructivism, highlight the emphasis on the shape for each hairstyle and command a manifesto for the references that each portrait points to.
US $50.00
Softcover / 10.6”x7.9”, 27x20 cm / 28 pages / black and white grayscale
Edition of 500, numbered
Pub date: September 2012
Printed and bound in Spain
Limited edition book
THE SILVIA PRADA ART BOOK
By Silvia Prada
Pubished by Silvia Prada
THE SILVIA PRADA ART BOOK encapsulates iconic moments that are manifested next to Prada's trademark geometric compsoitions. The portraits, ranging from Madonna, Kate Moss, Jeff Bridges, Vincent Gallo, Jenny Shimizu, Tony Ward and Marky Mark, documents the refining of sexual identity as it pertains to the visual culture of the 90's, a decade that gave rise to a new generation to whom individualism and a self-defined style were of crucial importance. The works collectively highlight POP's dismissal of conventional beauty, stripping away superfluous gender-defining attributes and other social conventions.
US $60.00
Hardcover / 11.8”x9.5”, 30x24 cm / 18 pages / black and white grayscale
Mobile piece and centerfold foldout
Edition of 1000
Pub date: 2006
Printed and bound in Spain