Kodak Moment: Hilary, Kristen and Art Basel Miami Beach

So no matter how rich or famous you get - apparently girls will be girls. Hilary Duff and Kristen Bell prove that here. I'm not sure what they're giggling about but they sure look like they're having a good time at the Avakian Boutique opening in Beverly Hills this past weekend.




At Art Basel Miami Beach, paintings of Beyonce and Barack Obama were featured. Many celebrities like Beyonce, Jay-Z, Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Pamela Anderson and others all came out to Art Basel Miami Beach to see the collections and galleries featured. ABMB is considered to be the most important art show in the United States and occurs annually in December.

For more information please visit Art Basel Miami Beach site.

David LaChapelle: Jesus Is My Homeboy

I absolutely love David LaChapelle’s ‘Jesus Is My Homeboy’ series. He’s a noteworthy photographer who has photographed everyone from Uma Thurman to Britney Spears and worked for magazines such as Vogue and Rolling Stone. After going to visual art school in NYC he was offered his first professional job as a photographer by Andy Warhol for Interview magazine. He’s won numerous as a photographer and even directed commercials and films including the documentary, Rize which was released in 2005.



I’m already a fan of LaChapelle as a celebrity photographer but this was something that was totally refreshing to me. Usually his work is shiny, bright and colorful (a lot of the time risqué) and even if you didn’t get it, you always paid attention to it. This was no different. At first I was a bit skeptical, naturally. I think in this country the way we’re brought up, anything that has to do with Jesus is a touchy subject if it’s out of the church and/or the Bible. After looking at a few of the pieces, I really appreciate LaChapelle’s point of view. It’s very modern and puts things in retrospect. If Jesus were here now, why couldn’t be my homeboy? Why couldn’t he humble the hardest thugs? I mean back in the day he dealt with the same types of people. At the end of the day we’re all sinners – just like those mentioned in the Bible. My favorite piece is when the modern ‘Mary’ is washing Jesus’ feet with her hair (from John 12:3)…which really gives a literal meaning to “I worship the ground you walk on.”

It’s smart, innovative, and retrospective and we don’t have a lot of that in pop culture nowadays. David LaChapelle will definitely go down as one of the most brilliant artists in our time.

Above our pieces of the ‘Jesus is My Homeboy’ series and a video of the series being displayed at a Switzerland church.

The Art of David Patterson

So last week sometime, the Boyfriend and I went to Atlantic Station to get out of the house. Aside from checking out the new H&M (which I heart) and the movies, we strolled by some street vendors that were out that weekend. As I strolled by, I came across David Patterson and his innovative art. I've honestly never really seen anyone else do this before. (Apparently, as an art student this is something that they are taught to do.) He's been doing it for a while now and he had so many pictures. They were all so beautiful...fantasy like visions of black art. What's cool about Patterson's art is he uses a pen and creates textures with different little lines and squiggles (as I like to call them). I'm not even an art buff but I seriously wanted to purchase every picture he had in the biggest size possible. Realizing that I had no where to put them in the apartment, I politely purchased the above picture (which is called "Surprise") in a convenient 8X10 size. However, once I do get my bigger place I plan on getting more of Patterson's pieces.

Add him my on myspace and show him some love.