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Sylvia Ji’s Gilded Roses at Corey Helford Gallery
December 16th, 2011 | 
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Exhibition: Gilded Roses
Artist: Sylvia Ji
Place: Corey Helford Gallery, Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
Opening Reception Saturday, December 17, 2011 from 7‑10pm
On View December 17 – January 14, 2012
Tomorrow, on Saturday December 17th, Corey Helford Gallery will present work of Los Angeles based artist Sylvia Ji, “Gilded Roses” is her fourth exhibition in the gallery and with it she is exploring “the ornamented being”. Ji will show twelve new paintings she created with inspiration from modern couture and western European costume designs.
“As a child I would revel in and devour all things related to historical costume; it is a passion of mine. Bygone eras of corsets, crinolines, explosions of lace, feathers, silks, satins, glinting jewels—all gilded to a state of heightened beauty and sartorial elegance.” – Sylvia Ji
Syvlia's signature red palette is highlighted by an assortment of jewel tones: deep crimsons, inviting purples and crisp emeralds with use of gold leaf to accentuate each piece. View more of her work after the jump:
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TOP STORIES: Benetton UNHATE, Michael Kors, H&M, Mark Ryden and Versace
#1 – Benetton UNHate Campaign
#2 – Michael Kors Holiday 2011 by Mario Testino
#3 – H&M Holiday Campaign
#4 – Meat Dress Painting by Mark Ryden Covers Juxtapoz
#5 – Versace H&M by Haruki Horikawa & Mervyn Boriwondo for i-D
With more than 800 Facebook likes Benetton campaign takes over the lead, followed by the Holiday campaigns, art and Versace for H&M. These five stories got the most of your page views in the week behind us as well as the most responses over at our Facebook and Twitter accounts, and to round it up we had the help of the trusty Google Analytics.
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Meat Dress Painting by Mark Ryden Covers Juxtapoz
Magazine: Juxtapoz
Featured Artist: Mark Ryden
The meat dress painting fronting the latest edition of artzine Juxtapoz is actually called Incarnation, created in 2009 it was part of The Gay 90's : Old Time Art Show. Mark's hauntingly beautiful art will get its first monograph release, you can expect Pinxit released this month in conjunction with Art Basel and the noted Taschen Books.
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Book Tip: Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness
Authors: Valerie Steele, Daphne Guinness
More than just a woman with a remarkable couture collection, Daphne Guinness is a model, editor, stylist and muse to designers such as Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford and Azzedine Alaia. This just released book accompanied by Daphne's interview with Valerie Steele director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT in New York, also features a series of fashion photographs.
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