Olivier Zahm
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Olivier Zahm is the founder and owner of the French fashion and culture magazine Purple.
, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Zahm is an art curator and has selected exhibitions for PS1
, MoMA
, and Centre Pompidou.
In 1992, Zahm founded Purple Prose magazine (1992–1998) with Elein Fleiss—the publication has also evolved spin-offs like Purple Fiction (1992–1998), Purple Sexe (1998–2001), Purple magazine (1998–2003), Purple Journal (2004–present), Purple Fashion (1995–1998, 2004–present), and Purple Books, a publishing house. The Purple Anthology was published by Rizzoli in 2008, encompassing the first 15 years of Purple.
The "realistic", sometimes dubbed "anti-fashion"-, aesthetics of Purple was a reaction against the glamour of the 80’s, and can be linked with the global counterculture of that time, with the work of Juergen Teller
, Terry Richardson
, Wolfgang Tillmans
, and Mario Sorrenti
.
Since 2004, Zahm has been editor-in-chief of Purple Fashion
, a biannual magazine attempting to bridge the worlds of art and fashion. Zahm also runs the Paris-based think tank
Purple Institute, an art direction society and consulting company aimed at creating links between the art world and industry. He also created "La communauté des amants".
Olivier Zahm founded Purple Diary in 2009 and had a show of his photographic work at Colette in March 2010.
Career
Olivier Zahm worked as a freelance arts journalist contributing to ArtforumArtforum
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Zahm is an art curator and has selected exhibitions for PS1
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
MoMA PS1 is one of the largest and oldest institutions in the United States dedicated solely to contemporary art. It is located in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City...
, MoMA
Moma
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, and Centre Pompidou.
In 1992, Zahm founded Purple Prose magazine (1992–1998) with Elein Fleiss—the publication has also evolved spin-offs like Purple Fiction (1992–1998), Purple Sexe (1998–2001), Purple magazine (1998–2003), Purple Journal (2004–present), Purple Fashion (1995–1998, 2004–present), and Purple Books, a publishing house. The Purple Anthology was published by Rizzoli in 2008, encompassing the first 15 years of Purple.
The "realistic", sometimes dubbed "anti-fashion"-, aesthetics of Purple was a reaction against the glamour of the 80’s, and can be linked with the global counterculture of that time, with the work of Juergen Teller
Juergen Teller
Juergen Teller is an artist and fashion photographer.-Life and career:Teller studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, Germany...
, Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson
Terrence "Terry" Richardson is an American fashion photographer.-Early life:Richardson was born in New York City, the son of Bob Richardson, a fashion photographer who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse...
, Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer and artist. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first...
, and Mario Sorrenti
Mario Sorrenti
Mario Sorrenti is a photographer and director best known for his spreads of nude models in the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar....
.
Since 2004, Zahm has been editor-in-chief of Purple Fashion
Purple (magazine)
-History:In 1992, Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm started the magazine Purple Prose as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980’s; much as a part of the global counterculture at the time, inspired by magazines like Interview, Ray Gun, Nova, and Helmut Newton’s Illustrated, but with the...
, a biannual magazine attempting to bridge the worlds of art and fashion. Zahm also runs the Paris-based think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
Purple Institute, an art direction society and consulting company aimed at creating links between the art world and industry. He also created "La communauté des amants".
Olivier Zahm founded Purple Diary in 2009 and had a show of his photographic work at Colette in March 2010.
External links
- purple DIARY
- Olivier’s MySpace Profile
- Purple’s website
- Olivier Zahm on Sgustok Magazine
- Olivier Zahm: For Fashion’s Bad Boy, No Secrets in New York Times
- Style.com's The Future of Fashion Part Four: Olivier Zahm
- Gawker – Meet Olivier Zahm: Either the Best or Worst Human Being in New York
- Black Book – Olivier Zahm Incarnates Magazine, Has Five Friends
- T Magazine – Asked & Answered | Olivier Zahm
- GQ – 10 Essentials | Olivier Zahm
- The Sunday Times – People Like Them | Olivier Zahm
- Artnet – ZAHM BAM!