不驯的坏品味
Taste Untamed
烈马狂歌
麦当娜曾经称赞Klein是一个艺术家,而不只是摄影师,而Klein坚持认为,“我从来没有把我所做的认为是艺术,而且永远不会。”
在Steven Klein的作品里,总是笼罩一股阴沉之气,有时摄影师的情绪看起来如此孤立。Klein作为顶级摄影师的最成功之处就在于,他创作了某些看似伤风败俗却又标志性的形象,他找到了这些名人的“阴暗”与流行文化的契合点,并成功地将其贩卖,就好像《美国周刊》飞下了报摊,《美国偶像》位列排行榜之首。
“我所有的东西就是,无即是好,无即是多,艺术并不比时尚摄影高尚,在时尚摄影和艺术中,人们都可以得到同样的刺激感觉,但我的说法并不意味着就可以不严肃的对待工作。”
“My whole thing is, nothing’s better, nothing’s more. Art isn’t better than fashion photography. With fashion photography and art, people have the same kind of hype about their work. But to say that it all means nothing doesn’t mean you have to take your work less seriously.”
“Steven的优点就是它的作品与众不同的地方,它审视黑暗面的方式,和那些我们不想集中去表现的边缘事物。我意识到性感能够成为商品,但是他的作品是一种更能触摸的现实。”现代艺术博物馆的摄影馆长Susan Kismaric如是说。
Susan Kismaric, a photography curator at the Museum of Modern Art. “Steven’s edge is what distinguishes the work, the way it examines the dark side, the side of things that we tend not to want to focus on. I mean, I realize that sex sells clothes, but his is a sexuality that is much more palpable and realistic.”
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