Philip-Lorca deCorcia

T and I ran over to LACMA today to see the Philip-Lorca deCorcia exhibition. The blurb on the website will say more about him than I can but I will say it was a really good show. HIs work has become a template of sorts for a lot of the current hip fashion / editorial work you see now. I guess it's the lighting and the staged non-stagey-ness about it that makes it perfect for depicting vacuous movie star / models shilling the latest fashions or bottled water. My favorite part of the show was the installation of part of his "Thousand Polaroids". They were a wonderful sketchbook-y look into his aesthetic. Even Thom dug deep and found the patience to sit through it.