Here is a new discussion thread, "SUPERNOVA", dedicated to SUPERSTARS on the rise.
Our first nomination is SOLANGE KNOWLES, little sister of Beyonce Knowles, whose "I DECIDED" single is currently #1 on the U.S. R&B charts. She is 22 years old, was married at 18 years old, divorced a few years afterwards, and has a son now that is almost 4 years old.
Solange describes her music as a combination of old girl groups like The Ronnettes and The Supremes, the "Wall of Sound" production style created by Phil Spector and new electronica that she discovered while on a previous trip to Europe.
At the moment Solange is visiting the U.K. and other cities in Europe to promote her new single and album.
Enjoy the video clips via You Tube below -
"I Decided" Music Video via You Tube -
"I Decided" Live Performance & Interview on GMTV U.K. via You Tube -
"Be My Baby" Live Performance with Charlotte Church via You Tube -
Victoria's Secret Supermodels photographed by Gavin Bond courtesy of British GQ
Here are the Victoria's Secret supermodels shot for the "Special Collector's" September 2008 issue of British GQ, including the cover and inside ages. The models were shot backstage from the annual Victoria's Secret show by photographer Gavin Bond and styled by Charlotte Stockdale.
Lights #7, 2007, Acrylic on Canvas by Li Shurui courtesy of Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery
Lights #5, 2007, Acrylic on Canvas by Li Shurui courtesy of Goedhuis Contemporary Gallery
Lights #78, 2008, Acrylic on Canvas by Li Shurui courtesy of 82 Republic Gallery
Lights #80, 2008, Acrylic on Canvas by Li Shurui courtesy of 82 Republic
One of Beijing's rising young art stars, Li Shurui is 25 years old and graduated, in 20004, with a degree from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute's Oil Paint department. She currently resides in Beijing and is partnered with painter Chen Jie. Additonal information on Chen Jie can be found via this link.
"Seeing Mountains" installation images courtesy of Li Shurui & Long March Space
Her art career started while she was an undergraduate with an installation, called "Seeing Mountains", of a long line of fabric cubes that floated across a lake in a remote part of Yunnan Province inhabited by a matriarchal ethnic minority tribe.
Untitled Lights, Acrylic on Canvas, 2007-2008 courtesy of Li Shurui
Untitled Lights, Acrylic on Canvas, 2007-2008 courtesy of Li Shurui
She then developed into large scaled air brushed abstract paintings with a vague international familiarity, but at a recent gallery group show, she had an instillation work consisting of an open elevator stuck between floors illuminated by flourescent lights.
This focus on lights illustrates Ms. Li's obsession with light, especially synthetic lights, manifesting in how her paintings are painstakingly recreated from photographs, enlarged into abstract kaleidescopic images. Examples illustrative of this work are the images at the top of the posting and directly above this paragraph.
Li Shurui photographed by Natalie Behring courtesy of the New York Times/IHT
When asked in a recent article interview with The International Tribune/New York Times on who inspires her, she mentions "seventh-century ruler Wu Zetian, who through a combination of brains, beauty, unsparing ambition and tenacious hard work, became China's first and only female empress".
By stating such a person as an ispiration does show that Ms. Li is a feminist by nature, even though she has stated that "she is still too young, still too much in the stage of discovering herself, to figure out whether she considers herself a feminist or not."
You can read the IHT/NY Times Article "China's Female Artists Quietly Emerge" via this link and view the accompanying photo slide show via this link.
Illustrations from the Spring/Summer 2008 "Gypsy" collection courtesy of Denis Simachev
Check out our new FANTASTIC FASHION thread - a series to feature new and upcoming fashion discoveries.
Our first designer is Denis Simachev, a young Russian who currently had a smash show during the Men's Spring/Summer 2009 Collections in Milan recently, which was a bit retro Miami Vice with a New Russian Money edge to it.
Denis Simachev S/S 2008 "Gypsy" collection images courtesy of the designer
We've included selected images from his online catalog, including pieces from both his Men's and Women's Sprint/Summer 2008 "Gypsy" collection, where there's a continuation of the retro Miami Vice them to the new season's collections.
Here are bits from her interview in the accompanying article: About the rumors of her never eating: “I’ve been accused of not eating for 10 years. If I hadn’t eaten that long I’d be awfully hungry.”
Davide and herself wanting a fourth child: “I’d love to have a girl - just for all the clothes I’ve got to hand down.”
How she’d describe herself: “I’m incredibly ordinary, a normal-looking girl, and I just make the best of what I have.”
More images and information can be found via the Allure Magazine web link. The issue is on the news stands beginning in August 2008.
Mai Chai Poo Chai Music Video featuring Nong Poy courtesy of Doobadoo
Here is the music video for the Thai band Doobadoo's song "Mai Chai Poo Chai", roughly translated as "I'm not a boy", featuring the beautiful Nong Poy.
The complete lyrics for the song are as follows:
ผู้ชายคนนั้น ที่ฉันแอบหลงรัก
poo chaai kon nan tee chan aep long rak That guy, the one that I’ve secretly fallen in love for.
อยากได้ยินเสียง อยากเจอหน้าเขา อยากเข้าไปทักทาย yaak daai yin siang yaak jer naa kao yaak kao bpai tak taai I want to listen to his voice, to look at his face, I want to go up and say hi.
อยากบอกความในให้รู้ทุกสิ่ง แต่เราเป็นผู้หญิงไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย yaak bok kwaam nai hai roo took sing dtae rao bpen poo ying mai chai poo chaai I want to tell everything that’s in my heart, but I’m a girl and not a guy.
ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. mai chai poo chaai . . mai chai poo chaai . . Not a guy.. I’m not a guy.
ก็เพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง จึงไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน gor pror waa chan nan keu poo ying jeung mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. That’s why, I can’t reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
และเพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง ที่ไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน lae pror waa chan nan keu poo ying tee mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. Unable to reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
ฉันอยากบอกรัก และฉันอยากโทรหา chan yaak bok rak lae chan yaak toh haa I want to say I love you and I want to call you.
อยากเดินควงแขน อยากชวนดูหนัง yaak dern kuang kaen yaak chuan doo nang I want to walk while holding hands, I want to invite you to see a movie.
อยากหอมสักครั้งจริงๆนะให้ตาย yaak hom sak krang jing-jing na hai dtaai I truly want to kiss you just once.
อยากบอกความในให้รู้ทุกสิ่ง แต่เราเป็นผู้หญิงไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย yaak bok kwaam nai hai roo took sing dtae rao bpen poo ying mai chai poo chaai I want to tell everything that’s in my heart, but I’m a girl and not a guy.
ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. mai chai poo chaai . . mai chai poo chaai . . Not a guy.. I’m not a guy.
ก็เพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง จึงไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน gor pror waa chan nan keu poo ying jeung mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. That’s why, I can’t reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
และเพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง ที่ไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน lae pror waa chan nan keu poo ying tee mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. Unable to reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
(Interlude)
ฉันอยากบอกรัก และฉันอยากโทรหา chan yaak bok rak lae chan yaak toh haa I want to say I love you and I want to call you.
อยากเดินควงแขน อยากชวนดูหนัง yaak dern kuang kaen yaak chuan doo nang I want to walk while holding hands, I want to invite you to see a movie.
อยากหอมสักครั้งจริงๆนะให้ตาย yaak hom sak krang jing-jing na hai dtaai I truly want to kiss you just once.
อยากบอกความในให้รู้ทุกสิ่ง แต่เราเป็นผู้หญิงไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย yaak bok kwaam nai hai roo took sing dtae rao bpen poo ying mai chai poo chaai I want to tell everything that’s in my heart, but I’m a girl and not a guy.
ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. ไม่ใช่ผู้ชาย.. mai chai poo chaai . . mai chai poo chaai . . Not a guy.. I’m not a guy.
ก็เพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง จึงไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน gor pror waa chan nan keu poo ying jeung mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. That’s why, I can’t reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
และเพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง ที่ไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน lae pror waa chan nan keu poo ying tee mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. Unable to reveal the truth inside.
เลยต้องเก็บไว้ และต้องซ่อนไว้ loie dtong gep wai lae dtong son wai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it.
ก็เพราะว่าฉันนั้นคือผู้หญิง ที่ไม่อาจเปิดเผยความจริงข้างใน gor pror waa chan nan keu poo ying tee mai aat bpert poie kwaam jing kaang nai Because I’m girl. That’s why, I can’t reveal the truth inside.
จึงต้องเก็บไว้ จึงต้องซ่อนไว้ ลึกๆในใจ jeung dtong gep wai jeung dtong son wai leuk-leuk nai jai That’s why, I have to keep it and hide it deep inside my heart.
Nong Poy fans should check out the My Favorite Girls blog for more info, pics and videos.
