Andy Warhol – Karen's New York Love Affair

Camping at the Met

Camp at the Met - Voguing with Karen Rempel, New York Model — *Voguing at the Met’s Camp exhibit*

The Met has an exhibit called Camp: Notes on Fashion. This year’s Met Gala celebrated the exhibit, which is part of The Costume Institute at the Met. The exhibit examines how the elements of irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration are expressed in fashion. Not to mention food!

Here are some of my favorite pieces from the exhibit.

I would love to wear one of these gorgeous gowns to the next gala at the National Arts Club! An inspired pairing…

Camp at the Met - Venus on the halfshell — Spanish designer Cristoba Balenciaga evening dress (1951), black silk velvet and pink silk taffeta.
French designer Thierry Mugler “Venus” ensemble (1995-96 haute couture), bodysuit of beige synthetic powernet embroidered with clear paillettes and pearl beads; dress of black silk velvet and pink silk satin with pink and blue silk satin roses.

Here’s a variation on wearing the lampshade on your head. There’s so much going on here, the mind boggles. David Hockney swimming pool, suit of armor, art deco shapes, wetsuit zipper. And so cute!

Camp at the Met — *British designer Mary Kathantzou ensemble, 2011. Top of polychrome printed cotton-synthetic crepe; skirt of polychrome printed synthetic satin and white synthetic velvet trimmed with clear crystals.*

Bob Mackie gown — When you think Bob Mackie, you must think Cher! This 2008 dress is nude synthetic tulle embroidered with iridescent crystals, clear seed beads, and clear paillettes; headpiece of white silk organza and white felt embroidered with polychrome crystals and iridescent paillettes.

Green twins — Wild and Lethal Trash ensemble (1996); jacket of yellow PVC, bodysuit of purple synthetic spandex knot.
French designer Jean Paul Gaultier dress (1995-6) of synthetic plain weave.

Leftovers? — This is making me hungry. According to Andrew Rose, camp is the “inherent funniness of leftovers.”
The Italian design House of Moschino (Jeremy Scott) “TV Dinner” ensemble (2019-20). Cape of jute plain weave, polychrome foam, and silver spandex knit; romper of green synthetic plain weave embroidered with green paillettes.

Souper dress — *“The Souper” dress, à la Andy Warhol, 1966-67*. You know how much I love the Campbell’s Soup theme!

Mushroom Soup

I took this photo series while I was creating the Warhol in the Forest treasure hunt for Val and Garry at Starshine Valley. It was mid-September, and mushrooms were blooming shyly, peeping out from grasses and bits of wood.

Mushroom Soup

Warhol in the Forest

This is a treasure map for Val and Garry, to help them find the 28 pieces of gold hidden in the Starshine Forest.

1-beam — *Beaming at Andy in the heavens*

3-wildlife cam with camo — *Wildlife cam in camo*

4-by ford — *Hanging out in the creek [Hint: by ford]*

6-Inukshuk in headlights — *Caught in the headlights*

11-the end of the road — *At the end of the road [Hint: go for the gravel]*

14-3 in the corner — *Three in the corner*

16-under the vol-cone-oh — *Under the vol-cone-ah*

18-triangle rock — *Triangle rock in the forest*

19-between a cow and a cowboy — *Between a cow and a cowboy*

20-tripod — *Tripod at the center of the universe*

21-medicine wheel — *Medicine wheel – eat your broccoli, it’s good for you*

22-the person by the road — *The person by the road*

23-sitting by the dock of the bay — *Sitting by the dock of the bay*

24-rock hill hint-sw corner — *Rock hill [Hint: SW corner]*

*Boulder hill with triangle rock [Hint: S of thinking post]*

26-ideas raining down at the thinking post — *Ideas raining down at the thinking post*

27-at the end of the fence — *The end of the [fence] line*

28-sitting on a stump — *Sitting on a stump*