Modus Operandi

1. Giorgio Morandi
2. Atelier Giorgio Morandi, Bologna, 1989–90
3. Giorgio Morandi, Natura Morta, 1952

Same same but different. Please compare the work shown above with this recent photo booth experiment. Things of similarity. Maybe I do live in a parallel place of mind?
/HORST

Bits & Pieces

1. Paul Mpagi Sepuya
2. Ricky Swallow

An experiment in colour and form. A design study. Of candles and jockstraps, cups and trestles. The comforting beauty of everyday objects, respectively subjects. Yet decorative in any home.
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Nachtkerzenplanze

1. Tim Hamilton Redux Fall/Winter 2011
2. Gustave Courbet Sill life with apples and peaches (1872)

It's interesting to see one's personal taste evolving with age. The minimalism of modern times requests the decorative exuberance of historical realism. Let them eat fruit!
/HORST

Image credits David Schulze

Death

1. Vanitas still life & Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011
2. Hedi Slimane still life & Comme des Garçons Spring/Summer 2011

I've never understood the fascination for it. I am afraid of death. Who can take this fear away? Or is this even possible? Men in leopard skirt shorts might be a consolatory beginning.
/HORST

Still Life, Still

1. Marble and glass vases, white Maison Martin Margiela box
2. Porcelain deer, Fantastic Man perfume and fleur de sel
3. Fluorescent sunglasses, Prada case, white paper coffee cup

The reduction of myself as an object.
/HORST

Table Cloth Fight

Tsumori Chisato Fall/Winter 2011 vs. Henri Matisse Spanish Still Life, 1911

Is that a Matisse on her skirt?
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Art Department: Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Photos Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Cordially contributing a photographic interpretation of the essence of Lynn & Horst, the creator himself states: "These are pairs, but pairs not that they are separate but that they are slight shifts in viewing of an object. Each is a study that I keep in the background of my studio, pinned to the wall. Lynn & Horst I also come back to as an example of a study, the pairings of objects and references. In these desk and model studies the objects and references become each other."
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Worldly Wisdom*

Part 2: The secrets of Fine Dining



Top Guido Mocafico
Bottom Doug Inglish

1. Solely use the freshest ingredients.
2. Arrange the precious delicacies with care.
3. Enjoy the meal with closed eyes.
/HORST

*In this series, the author would like to share his infinite wisdom and experience as world-renowned heart-breaker, charmer and gigolo with his readers.

Namesake

Photos Horst P Horst

Finally a tribute to the beautiful work of Horst P Horst that has been long time overdue. Gracious nymphes in black and white. Precise still life compositions. Architecural male nude portraits.
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