Last night was the much anticipated Red Velvet art & music event at the Jajo Gallery in downtown Newark. Congratulations to Sheena and everyone else involved with this amazing night! There was some awesome art, live performances and phenomenal DJs. I heard 300+ people rolled through to celebrate the local Jersey arts and support a great cause:  Project RED for AIDS. I want to thank all of my friends who came out to support. I love you guys! Below are the 2 new pieces I had in the show:

Pagan Poetry – 16″ x 20″ Mixed Media

Diamond – 12″ x 12″ Mixed Media

More photos, a lot of these I scooped from Sheena. Check out her blog: Chainsaws & Jelly

If you were there and have pictures SEND THEM TO ME! gm@ginamarr.com

This is the event that Sheena has been busting her ass to put together for so long. To say I am proud of her is a huge understatement. Everyone involved is talented and passionate and it’s gonna be truly amazing. If you know what’s good for you, you better show up, donate and have a good time! Holy shit I am excited.

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I have a deep love affair with anything dark, romantic and slightly macabre. So it’s fair to say that a new exhibit that just recently opened at the Museum at FIT has got me a bit turned on. It is a look at the history and beginnings of Gothic fashion as well as it’s influence on today’s designer and street fashions. The exhibit will feature looks from designers who truly exemplify the spirit and essence of the Gothic aesthetic along with ensembles representing several of today’s Gothic subcultures such as Japanese “Gothic Lolitas”.

Victorian mourning dresses, Alexander McQueen and Gothic Lolitas … I’m swooning already.

images and copy: FIT

The Museum at FIT
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street. New York City 10001-5992.

Gothic: Dark Glamour

September 5, 2008 through February 21, 2009

“Gothic” is an epithet that evokes images of death, destruction, and decay. Not simply a word that describes something, such as a Gothic cathedral, it is almost always a term of abuse that implies the dark, barbarous, and gloomy. Such negative connotations have made the gothic an ideal symbol of rebellion for a wide range of cultural outsiders. From its origins in 18th century gothic literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire literature and cinema, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. Throughout its history, fashion has been central to our vision of the gothic. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) presents Gothic: Dark Glamour, the first exhibition devoted to the gothic in fashion, from September 5, 2008 through February 21, 2009.

Set in theatrical mise-en-scene suggesting iconic gothic settings, such as the labyrinth, the ruined castle and the laboratory, more than 75 ensembles are on display. Although popularly identified with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion is represented in this exhibition with looks by designers such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, Anne Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Olivier Theyskens, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Jun Takahashi of Undercover, and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as sub-cultural styles, such as “old-school goth,” cyber-goth, and the Japanese look of Elegant Gothic Lolitas.

“The dark glamour of the gothic has made it perversely attractive to many designers,” said Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT and curator of this exhibition. “John Galliano told me that he saw the ‘Gothic girl’ as ‘edgy and cool, vampy and mysterious,’ while Rick Owens said that whenever he saw goth kids, he felt as though they were his children. But other designers, such as Olivier Theyskens and Ann Demeulemeester, reject the gothic label, although they acknowledge that their work may display a certain dark romanticism.”

An introductory gallery focuses on the origins of gothic style, which have inspired both designers and goths. The Victorian cult of mourning, for example, is illustrated by actual mourning dresses, veils, and momento mori jewelry. The main gallery space is designed as a labyrinth, featuring iconic themes such as Night, with black evening dresses; the Ruined Castle, with fashion inspired by gothic images of the Dark Ages, ruins, and fragments; and the Laboratory, where futuristic fashion “monsters” are created. Other themes include Veils and Masks, Batcave, and the Haunted Palace – the last of which draws on Edgar Allan Poe’s architectural metaphor for a disturbed mind.

Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator

Curator: Valerie Steele
Art Director: Simon Costin
Exhibition Manager: Fred Dennis
Exhibition Designer: Charles B. Froom
Graphic Designer: Angela Middleton

I have to give a shot out to the guys over at Daily Dose, a shop in Jersey City. I used to live there for almost 4 years, miss it dearly and can’t wait to one day move back but anyhoo, they are coming out with some fresh shit and that JD inspired tee has my name written all over it. Always have to show some love for Jersey. This truly is a place like no other. Love it or hate it, this is our home and it’s filled with some amazing and unique individuals.

Also on a side note, my Virgo brother Truce is having a birthday blast this friday at Grand Banks. If you are in the area swing by to enjoy some drunkin fun and good tunes provided by DJ Arlo.

go and see. because i am.

source: vinyl pulse

i love me some love and beats

source: brooklyn museum

The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist’s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space. The exhibition will explore Murakami’s progression as an artist, focusing on earlier work produced between 1992 and 2000 in which Murakami attempts to explore his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity, as well as through self-portraiture created since 2000.

Tickets for © MURAKAMI are $10 for adults, $8 for older adults and students with valid ID; children under 12 are free. © MURAKAMI tickets include the cost of general admission and are available at the Brooklyn Museum Visitor Center for the day of purchase.The gallery will open April 5th and conclude July 13th, 2008. For more information, check out the Brooklyn Museum.

So all I have to say is who’s coming with me?!

Was anyone else bored by this? I love love love the dress above and the shoes, but for the most part I was really disappointed. I thought I’d post some pics of what was MAYBE cute, to get anyone else’s opinion. Did you see that neon green houndstooth dress? Gah!! A lot of people are not happy with Marc!

I really love that hot pink bag. The coat is cute.

Again only saving factor of this look is the shoes.

Yellow potato sack or hot dress?

The clothing was amazing. Not wearable by most women today but still, just beautiully done. It’s nice to see things like this when you have been looking at mostly babydolls and potato sack dresses for a week. However I think it’s safe to say that the star of the show were the SHOES. Rodarte teamed up with Christian Louboutin to make these BRAZILLIANT* shoes. Imagine these with a great pair of jeans, a wifebeater and a smile. Ok maybe not a wifebeater, but you get my point. They are like superhero shoes and I mean that in a good way.

*Brazilliant: Amazingly brilliant.

But the shoes weren’t the end. I’m seriously thinking about picking up a pair of motorcycle gloves and customizing them immediately. IMMEDIATELY.

Now onto Anna. Oh Anna Sui, how I love you. Seriously if I had no inhibitions whatsoever I would dress like this. I would so be that hippie who never realized the 60′s ended and just “kept on keepin on”. The styling is over the top but there are some great things in this collection, that just makes me want to go tie a headband around my head and hot glue a big black rose anywhere I possibly can. :)