Addressing Orientalism

Jamelie Hassan's recent exhibit Orientalism and Ephemera had me thinking and I bought Edward Said's seminal masterpiece Orientalism and I've been reading it and have been made aware of ideas of human race divisions on an entirely new level. It is a tough but interesting read so it's a bit of a joyful thing to read about some guerrila performance art aimed at American art star Matthew Barney and his lovely European wife, Bjork at Barney's opening at the SFMOMA. Interesting. It's nice to have some real world examples to help me understand all this... I'll be sure to get back to reading Orientalism.

Jermey Laing

If you're like me, you're a little bit tired of t-shirts and strategically torn jeans that pass as fashion on our streets, then you'll be happy to look at what Jeremy Laing is creating. Perhaps it's not street fashion per se but it is fresh. And I'm terrifically happy to see it. A Toronto kid no less. Laing launches his Spring/Summer 2007 collection at 11 am, Saturday, September 9 2006 at 601 Studios - 601 West 26TH Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY. If you're in the area, go check it out for me.

My brother... Bogus

Amen