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Valeria Montti Colque s vibrant work deals with issues of gender, power and transnationality. Montti Colque has a peculiar style that is both recognizable and alien. She builds up a world of her own by mixing influences from popular culture, such as hip hop and punk, with saints, devils, female icons and other mythical figures. Identity is central to Valeria Montti Colque s work. She explores identities with the help of characters that sym- bolize strength, love, grief, trauma and gender power structures. The Jokerita is a female Joker, an outsider that can be both dangerous and a jester. The Mountain is an- other character that represents different entities depend- ing on the context. The mountain itself is alive. It provides man with material and protection in the form of caves. The Menstruation mountain is sacred and symbolizes the eternal life cycle. Both the mountain and menstruation are essential to humans, but their powers have been relegated to oblivion or ignorance today. Valeria Montti Colque s work is about finding oneself as an individual in an increasingly mobile and global time. Valeria Montti Colque has shown her work nationally and internationally. She has received several artist s grants and she has participated in a large number of performanc- es, public artworks and workshops. Montti Colque has been represented at the office of the Swedish Minister of Culture. She raises questions about gender and ethnicity, national borders, life and death, and the perpetuation of heritage and traditions. Some of it I can recognise in myself. How can anyone deal with a multicultural legacy, and how does it affect the person I am today, the things we do together, building the society of today? says Sweden s Minister of Culture Alice Bah Kuhnke on the subject of Valeria Montti Colque s art in Sweden s biggest daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

It was the decade of Coco Chanel, Jos®phine Baker, Art Deco, Surrealism, caf® culture and cabarets. American luminaries mingled with European artists like Dal¡ and Picasso in Montparnasse's bohemian arts scene, while Brassa» captured the vibrant dance halls of Montmartre. Explore anew the ann®es folles of 1920s Paris through this vibrant portrait.

Life advice from a screen legend<br/><br/><br/><br/>Arguably one of the most recognisable actresses of all time, this unauthorised collection of inspirational quotes demonstrates the spirit of a true style icon, and reflects on fashion, elegance, success, beauty and beyond.<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>'All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.'<br/><br/>'Who said nights were for sleep?'<br/><br/>'I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.'<br/><br/>'I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.'

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This small, portable book presents a unique perspective on the human body for artists to study and implement in their drawing work. In this book, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella simplifies the human body into basic, synthetic shapes and forms, offering profound insight for artists of all kinds, sparking the imagination and improving one's observational abilities. Rather than going the traditional route of memorizing a repertoire of poses, Lauricella instead stresses learning this small collection of forms, which can then be combined and shaped into the more complex and varied forms and postures we see in the living body. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Head and Neck Torso and Shoulders Upper Limbs Lower Limbs Resources

For over 150 years, Louis Vuitton's monographed bags have been associated with style and luxury. Born in 1821, he had left home at 13 to seek his fortune in Paris where he became an apprentice box-maker which eventually led him to introductions at the French Royal Court. With royal endorsement, Louis opened of his first workshop in 1854 where his skills and innovations established his brand as one of Europe's most popular.<br/><br/>Passing his passion for crafting beautiful luggage onto his son, Georges, and later his grandson Gaston-Louis, they ensured the company continued to grow, surviving two world wars, to become the luxury brand it's renowned for.<br/><br/>Louis Vuitton stores opened in cities throughout the world and expanded into other high-end brands. The merger in 1987 with Moeet Hennessy created the megabrand LVMH, and in 1997 the appointment of Marc Jacobs launched Louis Vuitton into the world of fashion.<br/><br/><b>"The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised."</b><br/><i>Marc Jacobs</i><br/><br/><b>"There's a lot of baggage that comes along with our family, but it's like Louis Vuitton baggage."</b><br/><i>Kim Kardashian</i><br/><br/><b>"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."</b><br/><i>Louis Vuitton</i>

<b>Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.</b><br/><br/> Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.<br/><br/>In this inspirational, allegorical guide, Al Mustafa the prophet delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on the work of living: beauty, truth, possessions, sorrow, joy, death and more. Translated into more than fifty languages and among the best-selling books of all time, <i>The Prophet </i>remains a wise and revitalising handbook for the soul.