2001
Takashi Kurakami
- He had an exhibition in Grand Central Terminal prior to 9/11.
- Abstract/Cartoonish style.
- Crosses anime with conventional art.
- Known for his smiley faced “emoji” flowers and vivid colors.
- Marc Jacobs is noted as having been part of promoting Murakami to the forefront.
Alexander McQueen
- He killed himself at the age of 40.
- Crossed performance art with fashion.
- White dress was spray painted by robots on the runway.
- Large, dynamic headpieces worn on the runway.
- Capitalism lead to a decline in his work.
- Commercialization of his art and fashion may have contributed to his depression and subsequent death.
Donnie Darko
- Creepy, Cult Classic film.
- Staring young Jake Gyllenhaal and Drew Barrymore.
- Philosophy of Time.
- Manipulated Dead
- Manipulated Living
- Living Recipient
- The Artifact
- Alternate Timeslines/Tangent Universe.
- truly a mind bending movie.
- See 2nd image for drawings.
9/11
- I remembered my dads face as he watched the news reporting 9/11. Later on, my mom talked about how she had been at work at the time, and the eerie silence that the hospital held.
- See third and fourth image for news clippings.