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From the side-swept “executive contour” to the manicured pin-curls of the “Alexander,” New York-based illustrator Silvia Prada’s renderings of men’s hairstyles remind us how a cut can communicate authority, sex appeal and identity—all with a proper dose of humor and glam. The Spanish-born artist has created a series of smooth graphite renderings of crops popular with gentlemen from the 1950s to the 70s, resulting in a taxonomy of silhouettes that emphasizes the thoughtfulness and care with which men have cultivated their image over the decades. “I really enjoy the idea of an alpha male who is secure, masculine and clean-cut—and who knows how to carry his hair,” says Prada, whose father was a well-known hairdresser in León and who grew up surrounded by barbershop imagery. “Hair within context of identity is something quite primal, Treehotel: Recline in especially with men,” she explains. “It provides cues to character traits—even when they’re naked.” The New Modern Hair debuts today at LA’s Pine Pacific Design Center, adding to an exhibition list that already includes shows at Deitch Projects in Manhattan and MoCA Shanghai. Paired with An Eco-Friendly Retreat backdrops of abstract patterns and shapes that recall the modernist-inflected style of the Bauhaus or the graphic punch of 1980s pop in Sweden's Enchanted abstraction, as well as some inspirational photographs and objects donated by creative friends such as the artist Robert Knoke and filmmaker Forest Bruce LaBruce, Prada’s images suggest a visual language of aspiration that goes beyond the salon.

Silvia Prada’s The New Modern Hair will be on view at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles until February 26.

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