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图片：Daniel Peddle & Costume National Homme @ Frillr
英文采访：CN Blog 15/6/2009
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(最后更新日期：2009年10月15日)

这幅用水彩、木炭、盐和金箔创作的艺术作品，来自艺术家Daniel Peddle。画中的人物是澳大利亚男模Jethro Cave。这幅作品的创作并非偶然，Daniel Peddle的另一个身份是“选角指导”。他为Costume National Homme 2009/10秋冬男装秀进行模特的选角，Jethro Cave被他挑选出来作为开场与闭幕模特，整场秀一共演示了三套服装，可见对他的器重。

 男模Jethro Cave是澳大利亚传奇音乐人Nick Cave的儿子，凭借独特的气质，他陆续登上《i-D》、《Vogue Hommes Japan》、《V Man》、《Dazed & Confused》等杂志，更是曾经代言Tomman 2009春夏广告。

Jethro Cave的鬼脸
水彩，木炭，盐和金箔，29" x 41" - 2009

关于这幅艺术作品的创作背景，对Daniel Peddle的英文采访原文（暂未翻译）：

Who is Jethro Cave and what struck you about him??

Jethro Cave is a model and also Nick Cave’s son. We cast him in Costume’s Men Show F/W09 and he actually opened the show. This is a coveted position as it sets the tone for the entire event. He has that perfect mix of coolness, style and elegance that Ennio loves with a healthy dose of rock and roll edge.

What canons of beauty does he interpret and why did you choose him for latest Costume show and for your work?

Backstage I was snapping pictures and he was goofing around and every time I asked him to pose for me he would make these really hideous faces! I thought well those are useless shots. But then later when I was back in NYC I looked again and suddenly found them quite funny. It was interesting to see a model be ugly and his twisted figure was striking with its sharp-shouldered Costume jacket. He looked like a monster dressed up for a cocktail party. Because of his expressive contorted face, I was able to be especially aggressive with the paint. I love how his eyebrow and yellow eye acts like some sort of vortex.

Nick Cave has been called a cursed artist. How much does a fractious attitude more typical of the 1980s count today in the world of fashion and how does Jethro embody it in his role as “the son of Nick Cave?”

The cursed artist will never go out of style! In this recently ended era of commercialized slick art produced like a commodity it is easy to lose sight of the fact that real art requires sacrifice, pain and sometimes misery. It is not always neat and tidy. I think we will see a resurgence of art and fashion that reminds us of the treacherous path artists must travel. Jethro looks like he’s on that path, perhaps one his father cleared ahead of him… but still it is riddled with briars and spooks.

Does it make sense these days to be thought of as a cursed artist? And what about being seen as a cursed model (like Kate Moss)?

Being an artist is both a blessing and a burden. You are responsible to your sensitivity. You can not escape seeing the world through that lens. I think Kate Moss is not really cursed like an artist is, she just chooses to live a riskier life that we sometimes associate with artists.

Is it preferable to models that are prissy and composed or exuberant models that make an impression media-wise and win the viewer’s attention?

Models already represent a huge “edit”, a carefully dissected slice of the general populace. For each show we cast, we see probably 1000 models and even more are proposed that we don’t see. Then we pick around 20 for the show. If you can’t make an impression you don’t stand a chance!

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