Monsieur Qui

 I have been a little  MIA as of late, my apologies. Life has been super busy and I had a million things to do leading up to my return to NYC. Now the bags are packed and I have some time to show you one of my favorite fashion illustrators.
The New York Fashion Week is officially over so I might be a little late with the topic but here goes:

French illustrator Monsieur Qui (or Mr. Qui) creates stunning works using watercolor, typography and overlapping drawings of women, flowers and everyday objects. He works primarily on paper but is also a street artist, plastering the walls of Paris with his beautiful pieces.

I just love his style! Beautiful, yet edgy and his discreet use of colors make for awesome effects. 

Just imagine walking by this:

And people call this vandalism? 

Sometimes I find he drifts off into the kitschy but especially in street art that is often a rather good thing and a great attention grabber.

Check out his official website to see more of his illustrations and lots of pictures documenting his work as a street artist:  

http://www.monsieurqui.com/

The Stitch is Lost Until the Thread is Knotted

I love the work of Aya Haidar. Her art is both playful in its use of intricate embroidery but carries meaningful messages of loss, migration and cultural differences.

Her solo exhibit at Bischoff/ Weiss in London opens on September 7th and runs until October 6th 2011.

"My focus on developing inter-cultural dialogues is a vital step in the support of offering alternative ways to see the world, and initiate debate and dialogue about the globalised world we live in. I see my work contributing to dialogues around global cultures, media and questions of identity, both national and personal. I explore whether the durational aspect of craft, more so than other artforms, expresses concepts of time, through the way in which the hand of the artist is inherent within the medium. Alongside this a consideration of whether the voice is inherent within craft and its histories, alluding to feminist narratives by bringing the domestic into a more discursive platform."