Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mats Gustafson

This guy is pretty fabulous. His career skyrocketed in the late 70s, when the world of fashion was ruled by photography. Using water colors and simple paper cutouts, he pushed his imagination to its furthest corners, opening new doors and windows for the art world. Mats' work is always very elegant, with subdued color palletes and classy silhouettes. Maybe its just the Halloween spirit creeping in, but his work also seems to have a kind of eeriness that I can't get enough of.




This one is my personal favorite. Everything is so simple but SO sophisticated.










He did a campaign of somesort awhile back that showcases his love for black (which is fairly obvious after seeing the above picture). Below are some of his drawings from that campaign:




2 comments:

  1. wow really cool, i like his work a lot too. chic and simple. neat!

    -eh.

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  2. he's creepy because none of the models have faces... they're like ghosts of fashionistas past, present, and future.

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