I'LL BE WATCHING YOU

So what if I'm a few seasons too late? I still have to comment on this HILARIOUS piece of fashion by the one and only Karl Lagerfeld.

I sort of need this.

I probably wouldn't wear it, but I'd certainly be happy with little Karl propped up somewhere in my apartment.

Even his site makes me giggle.

Tee hee.

...just a few things I'm lusting over this morning...

Queen of Hearts, Acrylic Painting on a 5.8x8.3" old book cover

2006

Queen of Hearts, acrylic painting on a 5.8x8.3" old book cover, (detail), 2006

Hide Seek, pencil drawing on paper, 2007

Whatever It Meant To Be, pencil prawing on wood board, 2008

Whatever It Meant To Be, pencil drawing on wood board, (detail), 2008

Whatever It Meant To Be, pencil drawing on wood board, (detail), 2008

QUEEN ME.

Just some cute-n-creepy work from Brazilian illustrator, Eduardo Recife.

I discovered him a few years ago, and sort of haven't been able to shake him from my memory.

Doesn't that head of hair on Hide Seek seem awfully cabbage-like ?

See more from Recife here.

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT...

I've been officially missing in action, I know. What can I say? Lots of things happening, changing and shuffling. But I'm officially back (yay!)

I came across this LOVELY little thing a few weeks back while googling "stamps" for research on a project I was working on. I really have no clue what it says besides "blah blah...this design....blah blah...would be precisely...". But I can't help but think that the "C" at the top indicates that it was totally meant for ME.

In a world where books are being replaced with Nooks and letters have been replaced with emails, and emails have been replaced with texts, and texts have been replaced with BBMs, I can't help but appreciate ink and paper with more gust than ever.

If only.

From German collective Inges Idee (which translates to "Inge's Idea"). See more of their work here.

SIDEWALK FINDINGS:

UNION SQUARE EDITION

Yes, people. This is for real.

Joe Mangrum makes these masterpieces on NYC sidewalks (often at Union Square) by taking a handful of colored sand and using his clenched fist as a sort of funnel through which the sand gets finely distributed. Color by color, line by exquisite line. It's a process that he calls "sand painting".

I stumbled upon the artist in action tonight, and I watched in awe alongside a growing group of spectators. 

COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY INSPIRING.

And to think, each intricate piece of work as its being completed is also being formed by outside elements: wind, rain, the occasional passerby's misstep. Only to soon be wiped away and begun again. 

See more of this AMAZING artist's work here.

LEON LEVINSTEIN

@ THE MET

Also on Sunday, I stumbled on a small exhibit of Leon Levinstein's at the MET. I swear, every time I visit the MET, I discover a whole new wing, a whole new gallery. That place is simply gargantuan.

The show is called Hipsters, Hustlers and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980, and few of the above images are included. My favorite mmmmay be that very regal Coney Island queen...

But they all are literal jaw-droppers. So New York. So gritty. So lovely in its grit.

The good news is, although the Picasso show is no longer up, this one's up until October 17.

Read more here.