LOOK AT THE MESS YOU'VE MADE!: David La Chapelle

Sunday, December 21, 2008

David La Chapelle: Heaven To Hell

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GQ Magazine said,"The only link between Andy Warhol and J-Lo.", on David LaChapelle. LaChapelle Heaven to Hell is the long-awaited third volume in an exhilarating trilogy that began with LaChapelle Land (1996) and continued with the infamous Hotel LaChapelle (1999). Packed with astonishing, color-saturated, and provocative images, those titles both became instant collector’s items and have since gone through multiple printings.

The Last Suppa'

Using his trademark baroque excess, LaChapelle inverts the consumption he appears to celebrate, pointing instead to apocalyptic consequences for humanity itself. While referencing and acknowledging diverse sources such as the Renaissance, art history, cinema, The Bible, pornography, and the new globalized pop culture, LaChapelle has fashioned a deeply personal and epoch-defining visual language that holds up a mirror to our times. Here are some of the highlights of the collection.