DOCSLIB.ORG

Madonna. Like an Icon.Indd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Madonna. Like an Icon.Indd LUCY O’BRIEN Madonna. Like an Icon Buch Madonna Ciccone ist die bestverdienende Sängerin aller Zeiten. Sie ist eine der berühmtesten lebenden Pop-Ikonen, wahrschein- lich sogar die bekannteste Frau auf der Welt. Wie kaum eine an- dere Künstlerin prägte Madonna die Popkultur des 20. Jahrhun- derts. Seit über 25 Jahren ist sie eine der meistfotografierten und meistdiskutierten Frauen der Welt. Lucy O’Brien beleuchtet in ihrer ausführlich recherchierten Biographie die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte dieser einzigartigen Künstlerin. Sie hinterfragt bestehende Klischees, analysiert ihre Musik und führt aufschluss- reiche Interviews mit Musikern und Produzenten, die mit Ma- donna gearbeitet und sich noch nie so offen zu ihr geäußert ha- ben. O’Brien zeigt, wie sehr Madonna unsere Kultur beeinflusst hat und in welchem Maße sie Tanz, Film, visuelle Kunst, The- ater und Fotografie einsetzt. Außerdem erfahren wir, wie und vor allen Dingen warum Madonna sich immer wieder neu erfin- det. Zudem führte O’Brien Interviews mit Künstlerinnen wie Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Jeanette Winterson und Tracey Emin, um den kulturellen Kontext sichtbar zu machen, in dem Madon- na wurde, was sie ist. »Madonna. Like an Icon« ist ganz einfach die definitive Madonna-Biographie. Autorin Lucy O’Brien schreibt seit den frühen 80er-Jahren über Musik, Feminismus und Popkultur. Bevor sie für verschiedene Magazine und Zeitschriften wie »NME«, »Sunday Times«, »Marie Claire« und »The Guardian« schrieb, spielte sie in einer Punkband. Sie hat bereits erfolgreiche Biographien über Dusty Springfield und Annie Lennox verfasst sowie eine preisgekrönte Geschichte der Frauen in Rock, Pop und Soul. Lucy O’Brien lehrt Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft am Londoner Goldsmith’s Col- lege und an der Westminster University und lebt mit ihrem Mann, einem Musiker, und ihren zwei Kindern in London. Lucy O’Brien MADONNA Like an Icon Die Biographie Aus dem Englischen von Winfried Czech und Frauke Meier Die Originalausgabe erschien 2007 unter dem Titel »Madonna. Like an Icon« bei Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, London. SGS-COC-1940 Verlagsgruppe Random House FSC-DEU-0100 Das für dieses Buch verwendete FSC-zertifizierte Papier München Super liefert Mochenwangen. 1. Auflage Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung April 2008 Copyright © der Originalausgabe 2007 by Lucy O’Brien Copyright © der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2008 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH Umschlaggestaltung: Design Team München Umschlagfoto: Armando Gallo/ Retna Ltd./Intertopics Redaktion: Kerstin von Dobschütz NG . Herstellung: Str. Satz: DTP Service Apel, Hannover Druck und Bindung: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Printed in Germany ISBN: 978-3-442-46660-3 www.goldmann-verlag.de Für Malcolm, Erran und Maya und Dorothy O’Brien (1906–1951) Inhaltsverzeichnis Danksagung . 009 Einführung . 011 Buch I: Die Taufe 1 Madonnas Tod . 023 2 Ein magischer Ort . 041 3 Arroganz und Dreistigkeit . 067 4 Jam Hot . 095 Buch II: Das Geständnis 5 Krank und verdorben . 125 6 Wie ich aufhörte, mir Sorgen zu machen, und Madonna lieben lernte . 138 7 Make-up à la Hollywood . 155 8 Und wo bin ich in dem Bild? . 178 9 Die Sünde ist in dir . 197 10 Reine, nackte Haut . 221 11 Der gefallene Engel . 250 12 Ich nehme nur das auf, was ich brauche . 294 Buch III: Die Absolution 13 Bits und Nullen und Einsen . 331 14 Feste arbeiten, Feste feiern . 369 15 Popstar-Mama . 403 16 American Life, American Wife . 426 17 Abba auf Drogen . 446 18 Von Gott gekommen . 474 Anhang Zitatnachweis . 497 Ausgewählte Bibliografie . 521 Diskografie . 525 Videos, Filme, Theaterstücke und Bücher . 547 Bildnachweis . 555 Register . 559 Danksagung Als Erstem und ganz besonders danke ich Malcolm Boyle für seine Liebe, seinen Humor und seine Inspiration. Ein Riesen- dank geht an meinen Rechercheur Rob Diament (Leadsänger und Songwriter der Band Temposhark und Besitzer eines ein- drucksvollen Madonna-Archivs). Wann immer es schwierig wurde, haben mich seine Intelligenz und sein Enthusiasmus inspiriert. Dank auch an meine Agentin Jane Turnbull sowie an meine Lektoren und Lektorinnen Doug Young und Sarah Ems- ley von Bantam Press und Mauro DiPreta von HarperCollins US für ihre Unterstützung und ihren Glauben an dieses Buch. Ein weiterer Dank geht an Robert Sabella für seine Hilfe und sein Fachwissen. Als Nächstes danke ich meinen Interviewpartnern, die aus- nahmslos alle so großzügig waren, mir ihre Zeit zu opfern und mit mir ihre Erinnerungen auszutauschen. Was mich dabei überraschte, war die erstaunliche Kraft der Kreativität und der Energie von so vielen Menschen, die Madonna gekannt und mit ihr gearbeitet haben. Die Fülle des Materials, das ich auf diese Weise erhielt, war so überwältigend, dass nicht alles in dieses Buch einfließen konnte. Im Einzelnen geht mein Dank an: Edward Acker, Lorenzo Agius, Tori Amos, Nancy Andersen, Camille Barbone, Andre Betts, Jimmy Bralower, Ginger Canzo- neri, Louise Carolin, Ingrid Chavez, Gardner Cole, Pablo Cook, Wendy Cooling, Marie Cooper, Wyn Cooper, Andrae Crouch, 9 Kevin Cummins, Marius De Vries, Bill DeYoung, Kim Drayton, Johnny Dynell, Andy Earle, Julia Eccleshare, Brigitte Echols, Ul- rich Edel, Deborah Feingold, James Foley, Geoff Foster, Randy Frank, Bruce Gaitsch, Salim Gauwloos, Jon Gordon, Niki Haris, Ramon Hertz, Richard Hojna, Barney Hoskyns, Anthony Jack- son, Mark Kamins, Mihran Kirakosyan, Danny Kleinman, Pearl Lang, Brian McCollum, Melodie McDaniel, Alex Magno, Bob Magnusson, Maripol, Charles Melcher, Bill Meyers, Peter Mor- se, Rick Nowells, Melinda Patton, Guy Pratt, Princess Julia, Ra- istalla, Tim Rice, Dustin Robertson, Sandy Robertson, Earle Se- bastian, Susan Seidelman, Tony Shimkin, Guy Sigsworth, Peter Sparling, Billy Steinberg, Peggy Vance, Carlton Wilborn, Doug Wimbish, Dick Witts und Peter York. Des Weiteren danke ich vielmals Heather Bradford, Sarah Cheang, Wendy Fonarow, Louise Kerr, Adrian Neale, Susan O’Brien, Daniel Theo und Jane Turner für ihre wunderbare Hil- fe bei der Recherche. Und zum Schluss – aber deshalb nicht we- niger herzlich – gehen meine Liebe und mein Dank an meine Familie für alles, was sie mir gegeben hat. Einführung Es war das Jahr 1985, in dem ich zum Madonna-Fan wurde. Ich kann mich noch gut erinnern, wie ich eines Abends ins Zimmer meiner Freundin trat, die Fernsehen schaute, und mich neben sie setzte. »Was läuft gerade?«, erkundigte ich mich. »Das ist Madonna. Sie zieht ihre Show ab«, erwiderte sie. »Oh, nein!« Fast wäre ich auf der Stelle wieder verschwunden. Für mich war Madonna lediglich diese käsig blasse Poptussi, die sich für das Video zu Like a Virgin, in Kunstfasern geklei- det, lasziv in einer venezianischen Gondel räkelte. »Nein, war- te doch«, sagte meine Freundin. »Sie ist wirklich ziemlich gut. Ziemlich lustig. Sie hat irgendetwas an sich, das sehr anzie- hend ist.« Also sah ich weiter zu. Und schon nach wenigen Minuten hatte es mich gepackt. Die Frau, die in den Top of the Pops wie ein hilfloses Starlet wirkte, hatte offenbar doch einige Stär- ken und Fähigkeiten zu bieten. Und tatsächlich war es gerade das Video ihrer Like a Virgin-Tour gewesen, durch das so viele Menschen zum ersten Mal begriffen, was so faszinierend an ihr war. Sie strahlte eine warme, überschwängliche Energie aus, sie sprach ihr weibliches Publikum auf eine direkte Art an. Sie war etwas pummelig, und es scherte sie kein bisschen. Sie lächelte viel, zwinkerte der Menge zu und lud sie damit ein, sich mit ihr zu amüsieren. Und ihre Musik – rhythmuslastig, tanzbar und dabei mit einer eingängigen Melodie – war sehr ansprechend. 11 Mit der Like a Virgin-Tour hatte sie mein Interesse geweckt, mit dem Film Susan … verzweifelt gesucht gewann sie meine Bewunderung. Sie spielte fröhlich, rotzfrech, unbekümmert. Das war nicht nur ein weiterer künstlicher Retorten-Star, das war sie selbst. Danach vollführte Madonna eine Reihe gezielter Verwandlungen, vom wasserstoffblonden Vamp der True Blue- Ära Mitte der 80er zur dunkelhaarigen geheimnisvollen Verfüh- rerin in Like a Prayer. Für ein ehemals katholisches Mädchen war Letzteres sehr inspirierend. Das Video der Blonde Ambiti- on-Tour mit einer reumütigen Madonna in seinem riesigen Kir- chenschiff ließ mir das Herz stocken. Es folgten der kommerzielle Glanz des Films Dick Tracy so- wie die dekadente Eleganz des Videos zu Justify My Love, von Jean-Baptiste Mondino in einem anonymen Pariser Hotel in Schwarzweiß gefilmt, der unverblümte Spaß von Vogue, dem Soundtrack für einen Sommer des Tanzes, sowie die Enthül- lungen in Madonnas Sex-Buch und in der Dokumentation Truth or Dare, in Deutschland unter dem Titel In Bed with Ma- donna erschienen. Sie sagte einmal über sich, »ich ziehe es vor, den Leuten im Gedächtnis zu bleiben, statt in Vergessenheit zu geraten«, aber damals, im Jahr 1992, ging sie damit selbst für ihre treuesten Fans bis hart an die Schmerzgrenze. Trotzdem bewunderte ich auch weiterhin ihren Abenteuer- geist, ihre Furchtlosigkeit und die Art, wie sie in ihrem Werk al- ternative kulturelle Lebensentwürfe meisterte – von den S&M- Lesben in ihrem Sex-Buch über die gelungene Darstellung einer Schwulen-Disco in Confessions on a Dancefloor bis hin zu dem Video zu Like a Prayer, wo sie einen schwarzen Christus voll auf den Mund küsste. All das tat Madonna stets mit einem wa- chen Auge darauf, dass sie auch für den Mainstream populär blieb. Für ihre Hauptrolle in dem Film Evita beispielsweise ver- wandelte sie sich in eine konventionellere Hollywood-Ikone. Nachdem sie Mutter geworden war, schien es beinahe,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Unobtainium-Vol-1.Pdf
    Unobtainium [noun] - that which cannot be obtained through the usual channels of commerce Boo-Hooray is proud to present Unobtainium, Vol. 1. For over a decade, we have been committed to the organization, stabilization, and preservation of cultural narratives through archival placement. Today, we continue and expand our mission through the sale of individual items and smaller collections. We invite you to our space in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where we encourage visitors to browse our extensive inventory of rare books, ephemera, archives and collections by appointment or chance. Please direct all inquiries to Daylon ([email protected]). Terms: Usual. Not onerous. All items subject to prior sale. Payment may be made via check, credit card, wire transfer or PayPal. Institutions may be billed accordingly. Shipping is additional and will be billed at cost. Returns will be accepted for any reason within a week of receipt. Please provide advance notice of the return. Please contact us for complete inventories for any and all collections. The Flash, 5 Issues Charles Gatewood, ed. New York and Woodstock: The Flash, 1976-1979. Sizes vary slightly, all at or under 11 ¼ x 16 in. folio. Unpaginated. Each issue in very good condition, minor edgewear. Issues include Vol. 1 no. 1 [not numbered], Vol. 1 no. 4 [not numbered], Vol. 1 Issue 5, Vol. 2 no. 1. and Vol. 2 no. 2. Five issues of underground photographer and artist Charles Gatewood’s irregularly published photography paper. Issues feature work by the Lower East Side counterculture crowd Gatewood associated with, including George W. Gardner, Elaine Mayes, Ramon Muxter, Marcia Resnick, Toby Old, tattooist Spider Webb, author Marco Vassi, and more.
    [Show full text]
  • Schirn Presse Basquiat Boom for Real En
    BOOM FOR REAL: THE SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT PRESENTS THE ART OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT IN GERMANY BASQUIAT BOOM FOR REAL FEBRUARY 16 – MAY 27, 2018 Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) is acknowledged today as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. More than 30 years after his last solo exhibition in a public collection in Germany, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting a major survey devoted to this American artist. Featuring more than 100 works, the exhibition is the first to focus on Basquiat’s relationship to music, text, film and television, placing his work within a broader cultural context. In the 1970s and 1980s, Basquiat teamed up with Al Diaz in New York to write graffiti statements across the city under the pseudonym SAMO©. Soon he was collaging baseball cards and postcards and painting on clothing, doors, furniture and on improvised canvases. Basquiat collaborated with many artists of his time, most famously Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. He starred in the film New York Beat with Blondie’s singer Debbie Harry and performed with his experimental band Gray. Basquiat created murals and installations for New York nightclubs like Area and Palladium and in 1983 he produced the hip-hop record Beat Bop with K-Rob and Rammellzee. Having come of age in the Post-Punk underground scene in Lower Manhattan, Basquiat conquered the art world and gained widespread international recognition, becoming the youngest participant in the history of the documenta in 1982. His paintings were hung beside works by Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter and Cy Twombly.
    [Show full text]
  • RESUME FINAL 10-7-19.Xlsx
    MacGowan Spencer AWARD WINNING MAKEUP + HAIR DESIGNER, GROOMER I MAKEUP DEPT HEAD I SKIN CARE SPECIALIST + BEAUTY EDITOR NATALIE MACGOWAN SPENCER [email protected] www.macgowanspencer.com Member IATSE Local 706 MakeupDepartment Head FEATURE FILMS Director ▪ Hunger Games "Catching Fire" Francis Lawrence Image consultant ▪ “Bad Boys 2” Michael Bay Personal makeup artist to Gabrielle Union ▪ Girl in a Spiders Web Fede Alvarez Makeup character designer for Claire Foy Trilogy leading lady TV SHOWS/ SERIES ▪ HBO Insecure Season 1, 2 + 3 Makeup DEPT HEAD ▪ NETFLIX Dear White People Season 2 Makeup DEPT HEAD ▪ FOX Leathal Weapon Season 3 Makeup DEPT HEAD ▪ ABC Grown-ish Season 3, episode 306, 307, 308, 309 Makeup DEPT HEAD SHORT FILMS Director SHORT FILMS Director ▪ Beastie Boys "Make Some Noise" Adam Yauch ▪ Toshiba DJ Caruso ▪ Snow White Rupert Sanders ▪ "You and Me" Spike Jonze SOCIAL ADVERTISING: FaceBook, Google, Apple COMMERCIALS Director COMMERCIALS Director ▪ Activia Liz Friedlander ▪ Glidden Filip Engstrom ▪ Acura Martin De Thurah ▪ Heineken Rupert Saunders ▪ Acura W M Green ▪ Honda Filip Engstrom ▪ Adobe Rhys Thomas ▪ Hyundai Max Malkin ▪ Allstate Antoine Fuqua ▪ Infinity Carl Eric Rinsch ▪ Apple "Family Ties" Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu ▪ International Delight Renny Maslow ▪ Applebee's Renny Maslow ▪ Pepperidge Renny Maslow ▪ Applebee's Renny Maslow ▪ Hennessey ▪ AT&T Oskar ▪ Jordan Rupert Sanders ▪ AT&T Rupert Saunders ▪ Kia Carl Eric Rinsch ▪ AT&T Filip Engstram ▪ Liberty Mutual Chris Smith ▪ Catching Fire Francis Lawrence ▪ Lincoln Melinda M. ▪ Chevy Filip Engstram ▪ Miller Lite Antoine Fuqua ▪ Cisco Chris Smith ▪ NFL Chris Smith ▪ Comcast Pat Sherman ▪ Nike Rupert Saunders ▪ Cottonelle Renny Maslow ▪ Nissan Dominick Ferro ▪ Crown Royal Frederick Bond ▪ Pistacios Chris smith ▪ Dannon Liz Friedlander ▪ Pistachios Job Chris smith ▪ Disney Renny Maslow Featuring Snoop Dog, Dennis Rodman + Snooki ▪ Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Ústav Hudební Vědy Bakalářská Diplomová Práce
    Masarykova univerzita Filozofická fakulta Ústav hudební vědy Bakalářská diplomová práce 2013 Marušková Tereza Masarykova univerzita Filozofická Fakulta Ústav hudební vědy Teorie Interaktivních médií Tereza Marušková Hudební videoklip v době nových médií (Music Video In The New Media Era) Bakalářská diplomová práce Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. Brno 2013 Čestné prohlášení Prohlašuji, ţe jsem diplomovou práci vypracovala samostatně s vyuţitím uvedených pramenŧ a literatury. V Brně, 2013. ………………………… Podpis autora práce Poděkování Zde bych chtěla poděkovat vedoucímu práce PhDr. Martinu Flašarovi, Ph.D. za cenné rady, stejně tak i Aleši Opekarovi, Pavlíně Adlerové a Barboře Buzovské. Haně Maruškové i Jaromírovi Maruškovi za trpělivost. OBSAH 1. ÚVOD 6 2. DEFINICE POJMU HUDEBNÍ VIDEOKLIP 8 3. HISTORIE HUDEBNĚ-VIZUÁLNÍCH DĚL 10 3.1 Předchŧdci hudebního videa 12 3.2 Historický kontext českého videoklipu 15 4. ÉRA MTV 17 4.1 Historie video technologie a televizního média 17 4.2 MTV 19 4.3 Situace hudebních televizí v České republice 22 4.4 Významné reţisérské osobnosti hudebního videoklipu 22 4.5 Fyzické prostředí videoklipŧ 30 4.6 The Residents a Videoart 32 5. VIDEOKLIP V DIGITÁLNÍ DOBĚ: YOUTUBE A FACEBOOK 35 5.1 Nová média vs. prvky kinematografické historie a vizuální kultury 35 5.1.1 Změna nastalá s dostupností digitální technologie 38 5.1.2 Výsledky technologických změn: uţivatelské video a fan video 40 5.1.3 Autorské právo 46 5.1.4 Internet a cenzura 46 5.2 Online marketingová strategie 48 5.2.1 Porovnání rozpočtu videoklipu vzniklého v éře MTV a éře internetu 48 5.3 Distribuce 52 5.4 Reforma ţánru hudebního videa za pomoci online platformy 56 6.
    [Show full text]
  • Download PDF Booklet
    www.zerecords.com UNDER THE INFLUENCE / WHITE SPIRIT The 21st century has produced a new generation of young contenders of all kinds, who have, within months, spread a new string of names across the planet such as The Rapture, Playgroup, LCD Sound system, Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radio 4 and the likes, just to name a few. Once again the heat was initiated in NYC, even though its Lower East Side epicenter « cleaned up » by Giuliani and Bloomberg, has moved a few blocks east and across the river to Brooklyn and Williamsburg. It might be wise to remind the younger ones among us that the origins of this new musical cycle is for the most part rooted in the NO WAVE movement of which James Siegfried aka James White, aka James Chance is undoubtedly one of its most prominent figures. New York City was hands down the artistic telluric center of the second half of the 20th century, especially from the 70’s, on. Rising from the ashes of the Velvet Un- derground, a slew of local bands redefined the aesthetics of rock’n’roll which the merchants of the temple hastened to rename under various designations, such as Punk, New Wave, No Wave, Jazz-Funk or even Disco and Disco- Punk without forgetting to mention the original Electro designation pioneered by the band Suicide. One of the indispensable and emblematic figures of the mid-70’s is of course James Chance. James Siegfried, born in Milwaukee in 1953, began his musical journey on the piano at the age of seven.
    [Show full text]
  • 18 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week
    Events and Parties (https://news.artnet.com/art-world/events) Editors’ Picks: 18 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week Here's what's on our agenda. Sarah Cascone (https://news.artnet.com/about/sarah-cascone-25), November 4, 2019 Maripol, Debbie Harry in the Loft (1980). Polaroid by Maripol, courtesy of the artist. Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting, and thought-provoking, shows, screenings, and events. See them below. Monday, November 4 Jerry Saltz. Photo by Celeste Sloman, courtesy of Jerry Saltz. Jerry Saltz. Photo by Celeste Sloman, courtesy of Jerry Saltz. 1. The Museum of Art and Design’s “MAD Ball (https://madmuseum.org/press/releases/museum-arts-and- designs-mad-ball-2019-honor-hass-brothers-visionaries-award)” New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz is master of ceremonies at this year’s annual benefit for the Museum of Arts and Design, the MAD Ball. The event honors the Haas Brothers with its Visionaries! Award, which was designed this year by artist Kiki Smith. Saltz will also announce the winner of this year’s $50,000 Burke Prize, which is given to a young contemporary artist who works with traditional craft materials. Location: Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 East 42nd Street Price: $750–2,500 Time: 6:30 p.m. cocktails and silent auction; 7:30 p.m. dinner; 9 p.m. dancing —Rachel Corbett Marilyn Minter. Photo by Nadya Wasylko. 2. “Badass Art Woman Awards (http://www.projectforemptyspace.org/bawa)” at Project for Empty Space The third annual Badass Art Woman Awards, from Newark nonprofit gallery and artist residency program Project for Empty Space, honors Brooklyn Museum associate curator Carmen Hermo, of the Elizabeth A.
    [Show full text]
  • Press Release
    Press release The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents on July 3, 2015 Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time Sponsored by Iberdrola is pleased and proud to support the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao's production of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time, one of the most important exhibitions ever devoted to this American artist and the first thematic examination of his output. Though Basquiat was only active for a brief period in the 1980s, he produced one of the most remarkable bodies of work of the 20th century, with a formal and conceptual appeal that continues to fascinate audiences today. He combined images and texts in a unique style—mixing hieroglyphics and comics, high and low culture—to present a revealing vision of the world tinged with pain. Basquiat’s creations are manifestos that denounce inequality, racism, prejudice, and discrimination and defend the values of freedom, dignity, and respect. His art is steeped in music and poetry, harmoniously combining elements of everyday life with classic works of art, literature and music, anatomical drawings, and references to the world of sports, history (especially Afro-American history), life and death. Throughout his brief, precocious career, Basquiat never stopped creating. Once, when asked about his prolific output, the artist replied that he simply did not know what else to do with himself. In other words, for him art was a necessity. We hope and trust that visitors who come to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will enjoy this exhibition, a tribute to Basquiat’s brilliant and meteoric career. I congratulate the Museum and everyone who made it possible for this show to travel from Ontario, Canada, to our city, giving us a chance to enjoy the extraordinary work of this artist and takes its social message to heart.
    [Show full text]
  • RESEARCH DEGREES with PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY Gold Griot
    RESEARCH DEGREES WITH PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY Gold Griot: Jean-Michel Basquiat Telling (His) Story in Art by Lucinda Ross A thesis submitted to Plymouth University In partial fulfilment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Humanities and Performing Arts Doctoral Training Centre May 2017 Gold Griot: Jean-Michel Basquiat Telling (His) Story in Art Lucinda Ross Basquiat, Gold Griot, 1984 This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognise that its copyright rests with the author and that no quotation from the thesis and no information derived from it may be published without the author’s prior consent. Gold Griot: Jean-Michel Basquiat Telling (His) Story in Art Lucinda Ross Abstract Emerging from an early association with street art during the 1980s, the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was largely regarded within the New York avant-garde, as ‘an exotic other,’ a token Black artist in the world of American modern art; a perception which forced him to examine and seek to define his sense of identity within art and within society. Drawing upon what he described as his ‘cultural memory,’ Basquiat deftly mixed together fragments of past and present, creating a unique style of painting, based upon his own experiences of contemporary American life blended with a remembering of an African past. This study will examine the work of Basquiat during the period 1978 – 1988, tracing his progression from obscure graffiti writer SAMO© to successful gallery artist. Situating my study of Basquiat’s oeuvre in relationship to Paul Gilroy’s concept of the Black Atlantic, I will analyse Basquiat’s exploration of his cultural heritage and depiction of a narrative of Black history, which confronts issues of racism and social inequality, and challenges the constraints of traditional binary oppositions.
    [Show full text]
  • The Race of Sound Refiguring American Music a Series Edited by Ronald Radano, Josh Kun, and Nina Sun Eidsheim Charles Mcgovern, Contributing Editor the Race of Sound
    The Race of Sound Refiguring American Music A series edited by Ronald Radano, Josh Kun, and Nina Sun Eidsheim Charles McGovern, contributing editor The Race of Sound Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music Nina Sun Eidsheim Duke University Press Durham and London 2019 © 2019 Nina Sun Eidsheim All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Designed by Courtney Leigh Baker and typeset in Garamond Premier Pro by Copperline Book Services Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Title: The race of sound : listening, timbre, and vocality in African American music / Nina Sun Eidsheim. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018. | Series: Refiguring American music | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers:lccn 2018022952 (print) | lccn 2018035119 (ebook) | isbn 9780822372646 (ebook) | isbn 9780822368564 (hardcover : alk. paper) | isbn 9780822368687 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: African Americans—Music—Social aspects. | Music and race—United States. | Voice culture—Social aspects— United States. | Tone color (Music)—Social aspects—United States. | Music—Social aspects—United States. | Singing—Social aspects— United States. | Anderson, Marian, 1897–1993. | Holiday, Billie, 1915–1959. | Scott, Jimmy, 1925–2014. | Vocaloid (Computer file) Classification:lcc ml3917.u6 (ebook) | lcc ml3917.u6 e35 2018 (print) | ddc 781.2/308996073—dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022952 Cover art: Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2017. © Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. This title is freely available in an open access edition thanks to generous support from the ucla Library. This book is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 United States (cc by-nc-nd 3.0 us) License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/.
    [Show full text]
  • SHFT Pop up Fall 2011 Prgm
    'SHFT Pop Up Fall 2011' October 20, 2011 – October 27, 2011 Hosted by: Peter Glatzer & Adrian Grenier Products curated by SHFT Art curated by Edie Kahula Pereira Mission SHFT is a multi-media platform founded by film producer Peter Glatzer, and actor-filmmaker Adrian Grenier to convey a more sustainable approach to the way we live through art, video, design and culture. SHFT.COM brings together curated and original videos, a shop with sustainably designed items, and a host of blogs and resources under one platform. Art is one of the most powerful tools we have to underscore our relationship to nature. Through our curatorial collaboration with Edie Kahula Pereira, and the generous support of Sungevity, we’ve gathered art works and design pieces that examine our increasingly fragile connection to the earth. With this collection, we wanted to explore the idea that “environmentalism” as a movement, as a separate category, has become anachronistic. Sustainable ideas should be folded into the fabric of our lives, a part of our consciousness that touches everything we do. It should be reflected in our culture, our art, our music and design, and nudge us further towards the sustainable direction in which we’re inevitably headed. This collection reflects the cultural shift we see taking place, and celebrates the artists and designers who have incorporated these ideas into their work with unique and practical narratives. Curatorial Statement: It’s certainly exciting to start with a blank page, finding that first image that sets a direction in motion. SHFT, and their message of sustainability in culture, always in the back of my mind and, by my side, collaborating with me to form a visual message.
    [Show full text]
  • PRESENTS MARI POLA X MARIPOLA X Maripol Le Livre Art Publishing
    PRESENTS MARI POLA X MARIPOLA X Maripol LE LIVRE ART PUBLISHING limited edition 600 copies, numbered and signed by the artist hard cover with uv selective varnish 152 pages 173 color photographs 69 poems texts English and French size 8.43 x 10.2 inches release february 2014 prix $90 isbn 978-0-615-85155-6 ABOUT THE BOOK Maripol, the iconic 70’s-era Polaroid artist, opens up her personal collection of erotic photographs and poetry diaries for the first time in MARIPOLA X, a limited edition art and literary collectible. Roughly 200 Polaroid photo- graphs compose a colorful set of sensual and erotic visual memories, and reveal with much joy and innocence what happened behind closed doors in 1980s New York City. Maripol also shares a selection of 69 of her po- ems, written over the course of two decades, presented here in French and in English. The world they reveal is not far removed from the narrative of her images. Both the photographs and poems explore and expose the elements that constitute and shape the artist’s creative nerve center, where love, hope, innocence, sexuality, fantasy, friendship and community merge in the intimate story the artist invites us to discover. A precious and exclusive limited edition of 600, numbered and signed by the artist, MARIPOLA X will be released in Fall 2013, and will be available at llapnyc.com/shop and in Marc Jacobs’ Bookmarc stores in Paris, New York, London, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. ABOUT MARIPOL Maripol landed onto the effervescent New York art scene in 1976 straight after her studies at the Beaux-Arts in France.
    [Show full text]
  • Creator/Executive Producer & Writer
    EVENTS CALENDAR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS, SCREENINGS AND Q&As JUNE 1 BBC America Killing Eve 2 AMC Dispatches from Elsewhere 2 Rebooting the Entertainment Industry Series Sponsored by PwC and Ad Council Episode 4: The Future of Sports & Live Events 3 HBO Succession 4 HBO Avenue 5 4 Surging Viewership Rewriting TV Strategies 8 HBO We’re Here 9 HBO Outsider 9 Rebooting the Entertainment Industry Series Sponsored by PwC and Ad Council Episode 5: The Outlook for Future Growth Presented by Skydance Media 10 HBO I Know This Much is True 22 HBO Watchmen 23-25 Virtual TV Fest & A Night in the Writers’ Room VARIETY.COM/STREAMINGROOM PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Michelle Fine-Smith [email protected] YEARS State of the Union GABRIELLE UNION SPEAKS OUT ABOUT TOXICITY ON THE SET OF 'AMERICA’S GOT TALENT' AND THE NEED TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE IN HOLLYWOOD BY MATT DONNELLY P.24 We picked the very best movies and TV shows to stream right now so you don’t have to. POWERED BY LAUNCHING MAY 30 Variety.com/WhatToWatch JENNA GREENE BLOSSOMING CAREER Maude Apatow next stars in “The King of Staten Island.” P.2 4 Breaking STILES/A-FRAME: HAIR CONSULTATION: LARRY SIMS/FORWARD ARTISTS; TOP: THE ROW; JEWELRY: BARE & GOLDEN (THIS PAGE) PHOTOGRAPH BY BY PHOTOGRAPH & GOLDEN (THIS BARE PAGE) JEWELRY: THE ROW; TOP: ARTISTS; SIMS/FORWARD LARRY HAIR CONSULTATION: STILES/A-FRAME: the Silence Gabrielle Union talks about her exit from “America’s Got Talent” and being a voice for change. By MATT DONNELLY P.3 2 Growing Into Her Own Maude Apatow expands her range in “Hollywood,” “Euphoria” and dad’s “King of Staten Island.” By JENELLE RILEY : THOMAS CHRISTOS KIKIS/THE WALL GROUP; MAKEUP CONSULTATION: FIONA MAKEUP CONSULTATION: GROUP; KIKIS/THE WALL CHRISTOS : THOMAS P.3 6 Entering the Mainstream With backing from Sony, Chinese streamer Bilibili looks to broaden its audience but keep its street cred.
    [Show full text]