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” Wildly feminine, cheerful, seductive and wicked at the same time. Nimbly hopping between art, fashion and illustration, the English multidisciplinary artist Julie Verhoeven (1969) has built up quite a reputation for herself over the past few years.
Her work adorns fabrics from Versace and accessories from Mulberry. It makes reference to surrealism and Schiele, to name but a few influences. And although her surname perhaps suggests otherwise, Verhoeven is English in heart and soul, almost to the point of eccentricity.
As from November 13th, Julie will be bending MU totally to her will, transforming De Witte Dame into a feminine cross between a latex cabinet of  curiosities, a Victorian boudoir and a stencilled punk bunker.

The core of Verhoeven’s work are her drawings. Not just sensual and beautiful, but also tragic femmes fatales populate her creative world. Some display a hint of Beardsley, while others have a blatant Vogue stare or a constructivist physique.
Allusions tumble over one another, easy enough to find for those who care to look. Blaring pop music and fashion, paintings and interiors, hairstyles and films, anything can nourish Verhoeven in her search for inspiration.

Verhoeven likes her women to humorously meddle with the boundaries of aesthetics, because underneath, destruction grows rampant. With a mischievous pen and a lick of paint, she reveals the deeper layers in a raw manner, in the best traditions of punk. ”

On the occasion of the exhibition, MU will publish ‘A Bit of Rough’, a book dedicated to the work of Julie Verhoeven. This publication includes an essay by critic Francesca Gavin.

Emmasingel 20 – de witte dame
NL – 5611 AZ Eindhoven
+31 (0) 40 296 1663
www.mu.nl – mu@mu.nl

Julie Verhoeven’s new book “A bit of Rough” gathers beautiful and magical drawings, collages and various projects. Truly inspiring book!

A Bit Of Rough is available from DonLon Books:

DonLon books
210 / Unit 3
Cambridge Heath Road
London
E2 9NQ
www.donlonbooks.com

OPENING TIMES
Thursday – Sunday 11am – 6pm

“Forget me notscarves are an extension of the coco’s work as an illustrator, all designs are based exclusively on personal compositions and all elements have been hand-drawn. The illustrations from the Winter 2009 scarves are displayed in Tokyo for the corner display space at the BIJOUX store in Marunouchi in Tokyo.

http://www.hpfrance.com/bijoux/

more Scarves available around the world in Barney’s, Colette, Lane Crawford, and more…

http://www.forget-me-not.me/ or http://cocopit.biz/

Based in Paris, Cédric Rivrain works within the fashion world as illustrator and designer since the age of 18. These collaborations include magazines such as Tokion, Numéro, and A magazine; drawing for fashion designers such as Yazbukey, John Galliano, and Martine Sitbon, and exhibiting in notable spaces such as Le Bon Marche, Maria Luisa, and Christie’s.
Born in 1977, the son of a doctor, Rivrain grew up in a medical environment, surrounded by bandages and the study of the human body. Anatomy has held a constant place in his life, and consequently and consistenly influences his work. The drawings exhibited here are personal. Devoid of any commercial or professional constraints. They are his free hand, his personal world, and his escape from his daily tasks. Yet even when Cedric attempts to distance himself from fashion with bandages and dissection, what he illustrates best, and what is constantly present is beauty. This personal work is not anti-fashion, but the radical difference between these drawings and those “on command,” is that these may reach deeper into what attracted this human being to the industry in the first place.

Brachfeld Gallery
78 rue des Archives
75003 Paris

Tuesday—Sunday, 2—7pm
tel +33 1 46 36 15 00
gallery@brachfeld-paris.com

The three new limited edition ‘Beauty by Coco’ brumisateurs are illustrated by the French illustrator Coco. Spraying with the Evian brumisateur gives an extra boost in the hydration of the outer skin of 16% thanks to the millions of microdroplets of the mineral water. The limited edition brumisateurs are available from May 2009.Coco has a very recognizable style and works for many international brands and magazines such as Vogue, Japanese and US Nylon, as well as collaborating with various fashion weeks worldwide. Her illustrations are light and soft, full of feminine elegance. The organic style matches perfectly the key values of Evian: natural beauty, purity and radiant youth with a touch of glamour. More illustration on www.cocopit.biz

“Forget me not” is a series of Art mode digital prints on scarves and turban, all made of 100% silk. It is an extension of Coco’s work as an illustrator – all designs are based exclusively on personal compositions and all elements have been hand-drawn by her.As well as scarves, Coco also collaborated on a small line of Couture turban collection with Yasmin Rizvi, whose talent has already been met with critical acclaim. Yasmin has just received the On|Off’s Visionary Award in September 2008 and she also was dubbed as The Hat Designer of the Year 2008.

www.rizvimillinery.com

Forget Me Not first collection (S/S 09), ”Diamantiferous” is available in a selection of luxury stores around the world such as Barneys, Colette, CoChineChine, Boon the shop, Club Designer and Storm. The scarves are also sold on the Colette e-shop.

 www.forget-me-not.me

Tina Berning – NO NIPPLES. NO GUNS. NO CIGARETTES. – November 14, 2008 – February 15, 2009

Tina Berning is showing her new works ‘NO NIPPLES. NO GUNS. NO CIGARETTES.’ on the November 14th, 2008 at 2 agenten, galerie für illustration in Berlin.

In her exhibition ‘NO NIPPLES. NO GUNS. NO CIGARETTES.’, Tina Berning explores the complex of relationships between conditioned aesthetics and supposed self-determination in the established canon of contemporary images. Within her works she refers to the exemplary representation of the human body as it is spread in the media. She elutes the figures from their surroundings and shows them remaining isolated in their poses. A reinterpretation arises in the interplay of voyerism and exhibitionism. Tina Berning’s exhibition ‘NO NIPPLES. NO GUNS. NO CIGARETTES.’ will be exposed for three months at galerie für illustration.

Please join us for the opening reception on November 14, 2008 at 7pm.

Tina Berning – NO NIPPLES. NO GUNS. NO CIGARETTES.
November 14, 2008 to February 15, 2009 – Opening hours: Mon – Fri from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

2 agenten – galerie für illustration – Gartenstrasse 1 – 10115 Berlin

More of Tina Berning’s work may be found at www.tinaberning.de. Please let us know if we if we can be of further assistance at mailme@jozopr.com.

I would to thanks nylon for having me on their home page. Leave me a comment if you go there

www.nylonmag.com

Thanks to Russh australia, to publish my work, I really like the magazine.

www.russhaustralia.com

www.cocopit.biz

Milan last September: the Prada show created a buzz with Miuccia filling the runway with silk-printed tunics, cropped flared trousers, and prints featuring nymphs and fairies – which has been declined on the handbags, clothing, and even the shoe boxes.
This has already become the most sought after pattern for this season.

Two artists were commissioned from Prada to do the illustrations for this season’s looks. The one who did the illustration on this bag is the eloquent James Jean.