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Jennie Lee is a fine artist based in Manhattan. She currently works at the clothing label Libertine.


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Come One, Come All to 
Libertine's 1st Sample Sale
Both Mens and Womenswear

Thursday December 18th    11-7
Friday December 19th    11-7
Saturday December 20th      11-7

187 Lafayette St. 7th Floor (Between Broome and Grand)

Bags and Scarves             Original $190                 Now $30
Tee shirts                          Original $250                 Now $40
Thermals                          Original $300                 Now $50
Shirts                                Original $450                 Now $100
Cashmere Sweaters          Original $1,250              Now $200
Blazers                             Original $1,680               Now $300
One of a kind vintage pieces 
and much, much, much more............

CREDIT CARDS AND CASH ACCEPTED

Subways:
6 Train to Spring + JMZNRQW to Canal + BDFV to Broadway/Lafayette

http://ilovelibertine.com
I was watching the documentary on the fantastic Leigh Bowery the other night and they showed clips from the 1987 film,Hail The New Purtian by Charles Atlas.
Music by The Fall, costumes by Leigh Bowery,choreographed by Michael Clark.
Enjoy.

Last night I went to see Synecdoche,New York and the film remains in many of my thoughts today.It was deeply moving and and yearned to be seen multiple times.
There were beautiful paintings used in the movie by Philadelphian artist,Alex Kanevsky.
Here are some of his works i found on his gallery's site.
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Read an interview with the artist here.



Happy Belated Halloween and Happy Obama!
Here is a photo of an asian Sigmund Freud & his freudian slip in the Libertine studio.
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Please help us celebrate the unveiling of our new website:
There are so many podcasts to choose from these days to entertain me on my way to work.
My favourite video podcast of the week consists of Swarovski's own video of their collaboration with Alexander McQueen for Spring 09.



The lovely & amazing Mika Rottenberg has a 6 page spread in the new art issue of W magazine that hit newstands today. arss_rottenberg_01_h.jpgarss_rottenberg_02_h.jpgarss_rottenberg_03_h.jpgarss_rottenberg_04_h.jpgarss_rottenberg_05_h.jpgarss_rottenberg_06_h.jpg
Each room was built and photographed by her in her Harlem studio.
The Isreali born video/installation artist creates worlds where the women's unique characteristics are utilized to make chains of cause and effect.
Click here to see the making of these photographs.
Everyone should buy this issue and plaster their walls with them.

My art book of the week is Paula Rego Behind The Scenes by John McEwen.book.jpg
Paula was born in Lisbon 1935 under the Salazar dictatorship.She survived her early life escaping into the vivid folktales that were told to her by her elders and playing at the beach.
In her paintings,she brings the characters and I can interpret the rest according to my experiences.
For example in 'Pregnant Rabbit Telling Her Parents' I  envisioned my sister,Lila, when she first found out she was with child.
(Paula's main model was named Lila as well)
My Lila ended up using this picture for the invitation to her baby shower.
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This book is most amazing to me because you can see the gathering,making and arrangement of the costumes and props for her paintings. Along with the live models which included her whole family.
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Here is The Pillowman. He's originally from a play that portrays a sad doll stuffed with pillows whom compassionately smothers children to death-to spare them the misery of adult life.
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Her subjects involve taking care of her dying mother,Jane Eyre,death by broken heart,and female binge drinking as a mark of equality.
Meet the Dog Woman.
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Paula hopes to have an exhibition of the assemblages with her paintings one day.
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There's a heavy tension that occurs twice a year that is exhausting but yet heavily addictive.
Here are some shots I was able to take between breaths...
Johnson Hartig & Maryam Malakpour wearing new Libertine SS09
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Caitin wearing more of the collection
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Maryam's little baby,Sophie. She is getting ready to be in a Marie Claire shoot
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And a few looks from Ben Cho's show at the Altman Building on Tuesday night
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Is it really September already? Farewell summer!
When I was a child,the summers were possibly the worst time because instead of being able to go outside and do nothing,my mother would force my sister and I to stay inside and do math homework.
That backfired since I got so angry that I purposely failed math-and piano for that matter after 8 years of lessons,I still cant play anything but the beginning of stairway to heaven. Those were the early days of rebellion.
Enough reminiscing from my twilight years...
I took ANOTHER camping trip this past weekend with some lovely friends,one being the talented writer, Lesley Arfin.
Here's a pic of her and our friend Dan.
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If you've done your summer reading,you will already know her autobiographical book,Dear Diary. The first time I picked it up,I couldn't put it down until it was finished.
I felt a kinship to say the least (especially finding god in a strawberry).
Not only is her book inspiring, but it opens up the universe for all people to go express themselves and tell their story.
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It will be available on paperback very soon. Let's hope they make a film version too!
Equally enticing is her new post as Editor at Large at Missbehave Magazine. 
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And if you live here in NYC, jumpstart Fashion Week tonight by dancing to the sounds of the 90's at BOWERY ELECTRIC. Lesley & Gregg K spin records every Thursday-located at Bowery and 2nd Street. 11-4am
And..don't forget to check her blog for bits of Lesley's facetious wisdomisms...http://cafeconlesley.blogspot.com/
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