Antonio Lopez - Illustrator

[piep]

Puerto Rican/American illustrator. There is not so much on the net to find about him, but there are some books out there for everybody interested in his work. I own "Antonio's Girls", which is good, but definately better is "Antonio 60-70-80". His drawings are perfect imo, even if they sometimes are not exactly my taste.

 

[piep]

The Illustrations above are scanned by me from "Antonio's People"
http://www.thameshudson.co.uk/en/1/...1572b9df9d48e79d61aeb9ef7f&23&0&9780500285022

 

[Estella*]

hurrah piep, i will contribute something tomorrow!

 

[piep]

antonio in the mid-sixties

 

[Whitelinen]

I like the one with two males (?) and fedoras...Not sure what to think about all this yet.

 

[Estella*]

article (and pictures) on an antonio exhibition in 2000:
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/haden-guest/haden-guest3-31-00.asp

antonio lopez and juan ramos:
http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/antonio/bios.htm

i've always liked antonio's fernand leger inspired series from the sixties (pictures scanned by me from the book 'antonio 60-70-80' edited by juan ramos)
... he definitely was immensely talented but some of his overloaded eighties' work in all its colour-madness makes me nauseatic ..

 

[Estella*]

i also like #3 and #4 in your first post, piep, as they are a bit lighter ...

 

[piep]

i've always liked antonio's fernand leger inspired series from the sixties (pictures scanned by me from the book 'antonio 60-70-80' edited by juan ramos)
... he definitely was immensely talented but some of his overloaded eighties' work in all its colour-madness makes me nauseatic ..

lol, i know what you mean, antonio is for me a love/hate thing, or better i am in awe for many of his stuff and then i loathe for example his big series of shoe metamorphosis (there is an example in the article you posted). sometimes he drifts to real kitsch, and i don't get the feeling it is meant in an ironic way.

 

[gius]

^i love also that black and white drawing Estella Mare has posted.
it's very different from other fashion illustrations i've seen... maybe it's the facial expressions and muted colour that makes it kind of mysterious

 

[iluvjeisa]

Antonio's work is great. Here's an image of his circle in 1974, Paris (Antonio's girls). Note Jerry Hall hamming it up...

From Antonio's girls.

 

[iluvjeisa]

To drawings from AG - some of his things can be almost messy, but when he gets it right...

From Antonio's girls.

 

[daisies]

Everyone who loves Antonio should read "the Beautiful Fall" by Drake. It's an amazing tell all about the decadent 70's (actually follows YSL and Karl Lagerfeld from 50's til now) Anyway, the info on Lopez and Juan and their genius fashion flair are documented throughout the entire book.

 

[iluvjeisa]

^It's a great book. Such an interesting topic...

 

[testinofan]

have a style very lempika for me opinion i like

 

[misslikey]

after googling for more than an hour for photos of his work I found this entry on livejournal with lot of his work, including early 70s illustrations for Valentino
here's the link

 

[iluvjeisa]

Antonio Lopez with a number of his girls....including Grace Jones and Jessica Lange.

scanned by me

 

[justaguy]

US Vogue September 1984
The New York Collections | The Difference Is a Coat
Illustrator Antonio
Photo Chuck Baker
Models Ariane Koizumi, Andie MacDowell, Danielle Ghione, Wanakee Pugh
Hair Ray Allington, Edward Tricomi
Makeup Ray Allington, Leventé


vogue archive

 

[justaguy]

US Vogue September 1980
Beauty: The New Color Focus
Photo Denis Piel
Illustrations Antonio
Models Beverly Johnson, Rosie Vela
Hair Harry King
Makeup Way Bandy


vogue archive

 

[BerlinRocks]

When to see the show in NYC ... pretty good, and the display is very good and classy ... There are illustrations, Polaroids and 2 videos ... And there's a big catalogue filled with itw and articles and stuff at the gallery desk that you can consult ...

* note for the gallery girl at the desk, she should stop chewing gums like a cow ... Pretty inappropriate for a gallery that pretends to be classy ...

 

[BerlinRocks]

http://photobucket.com/albums/u380/brocksnyc

my own pictures. Sorry I'm on iPad, so I don't know another way of uploading pictures for you to see ...