The photo above shows one of the many chandeliers in former E. Braun & Co. There are some bigger ones, but I thought that this piece is exclusive yet still subtle. Besides I really like the soft bronze colour and the very warm light.
Month: December 2012
Oh so noble III
The photo above shows one of the two delicate entrances of former E. Braun & Co.
Oh so noble II
The photo above shows a part of the staircase of the former E. Braun & Co store on the noble “Graben” square, one of Vienna’s wealthiest areas.
Oh so noble I …
The photo above shows the side street entrance to one of my favourite department stores in Vienna. It is the former E. Braun & Co store, that was founded in 1892/1893 as one of Vienna’s most noble fashion stores.
In the beginning mostly aristocratic brides shopped here for their big day and their later life as a married woman. And of course it soon became an exclusive supplier to the court of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1911) .
Unfortunately the original store does not exist any more, but the fine building with the delicate interieur is still there. And also the later founded E. Braun & Co store on New York’s Park Avenue.
London style
Super cool Ray Ban WAYFARER LONDON – Special Series #8
Splendent lustre
As I was asked to post something about the atmosphere in Vienna right now, I chose this quite big ‘lamp’.
Ok, acutally it is a chandelier (Christmas lightning) that spans the ‘Graben’ square.
Some more enlightenment
Joseph Kosuth, from the Zero & Not series, 1985
The quote used by Joseph Kosuth is a quote from Sigmund Freud’s book about the Unconscious (1920). It means: “the repetition compulsion that was meant to make treatment successful, is drawn quasily by the I, that wants to stick to the pleasure principle, to its side.”
Joseph Kosuth (born 1945 Toldedo/Ohio) is an important protagonist of the so-called ‘Concept Art’ and studied in the series ‘Zero & Not’ the relationship of art to philosophy.
More naked men
Naked men seem to have become a trend in Vienna’s cultural activites quite recently …
Admittedley the new exhebition of Erwin Wurm ‘DE PROFUNDIS’ is not about nudity, but about the ageing body. Erwin Wurm presents 18 drawn self portraits and 71 redrawn/-painted photographs of (partly) nude fellow artists
Erwin Wurm
DE PROFUNDIS
12th December 2012 – 17th February 2013
1010 Wien, Albertinaplatz 1
Check it out at: De profundis at Albertina
Amour
Today I want to present you the new and very moving film of Michael Haneke ‘Amour‘. The film’s title keeps its promise and delivers so much more about social relations and challenges.
“Michael Haneke’s new film, a study of the effects of ageing and dementia on a blissful married couple, is intelligent film-making of the highest order.” (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian)
Check out the whole review here: Amour
Amazing Grace
Quite recently Grace Coddington (Creative Director of American Vogue) published her memoir ‘Grace. A Memoir’.
It covers 40 years in fashion and shares the excitement and vision that go into producing those unique and inspiring fashion images.
If you want to read an interview with this fabulous woman and/or an extract from her memoir check out this Guardian article: “Amazing Grace Coddington: inside the world of US Vogue’s creative director”.
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