One Spot, Two Spot...

 Red Spot, Blue Spot

What is it about these brightly colored dots that speak to me?  Is it the simplicity, the memory of the excitement I felt opening a fresh box of Crayola crayons when I was young and innocent? 

 The Complete Spot paintings by Damien Hirst will be on view at all 11 Gogosian Galleries around the world thru February.  This is the first time a single artist has taken over ALL the galleries.

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I was always a colorist, I’ve always had a phenomenal love of color… I mean, I just move color around on its own. So that’s where the spot paintings came from—to create that structure to do those colors, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of color.

—Damien Hirst

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Apparently the spot paintings represent the randomness in this world.  The colors are chosen arbitrarily.  If the painting comes off as successful; then it is unsuccessful.  Endless multiplicity should give us reason to pause and consider each as part of a whole ~ going on into infinity.  This might be the only time that is really possible, given his paintings sell for millions and it's rare to see so many in one place.

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Whatever meaning is ascribed to them, I just find them visually exciting, just like Damien's spin art collection.

I can't speak about the dots without mentioning the spin art paintings.  I love them too!  The effectiveness of the design on a round canvas also has me swooning every time I see one.

Can you imagine walking in to your home every day and being greeted by that?  It's like a giant smile.

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Johnson Hartig, designer of Libertine  didn't have to choose one over the other!

Johnson Hartig

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What are your thought's on Mr. Hirst's exuberant work?

Pop Art Princess ~ Lisa Perry

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 A reader shared these wonderful bags with me after reading my blog story about Roy Lichtenstein and Miu Miu.  The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in collaboration with the Italian luxury brand Borbonese, released a limited edition collection based on Roy's colorful art.  They are the piece de resistance to any pop art outfit.  The small bag collection is sold exclusively thru the Lisa Perry stores.  This requires a more in depth conversation about Lisa Perry and her mod life styled.

Lisa gravitated towards the likes of Pierre Cardin, Courreges, and Rudy Genrich.  Anything mod from the 1960's became her passion.   Lisa lives and sells that mod aesthetic she fell in love with on a trip to Paris so many years ago.  She is addicted to color and couture.  Her lifestyle stores sell the pop art shift dresses she began designing after graduating from FIT instead of going into the family textile business.  She also sells clothing with a very "focused DNA" as Lisa calls it; exclusive lines she has picked up like French tee shirts and the handbags above.  She has an extensive vintage couture collection from the 60's and 70's, and has added some housewares, accessories, and bedding to her eponymous stores.

A peek at the 2nd floor loft space above the Madison Avenue store.  It's set up like an apartment ~ Lisa's goal is for someone to walk in to any of her spaces and say, "WOW, this is so fun!"  I would say she succeeded!

She doesn't just sell the dream, Lisa lives it, and by the looks of her Hamptons house, lives it well.  She loves a backdrop of white with pops of different colors in each room.  "Anything that screams POP makes me happy."  You can't not be happy in this home, and she has two more like it.  One in New York City and a third in Palm Beach.

I adore how the tile under the table mimics the look of the pool, which is quite close.  I wonder, "How many people have fallen in?"

Lisa is an art collector as well.  Between the pool and the ocean is a Robert Indiana mosaic made into a table and a Gary Hume snowman sculpture by the tree.

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