“Atom Heart Mother” by Hipgnosis | Style Imitating Art

Next up for Style Imitating Art…

About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Shelbee, or Marsha or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

This Week’s Presenter

It was my turn to choose the inspiration for this round and I took a different direction from our normal artistic avenues. My husband and I recently watched the Netflix documentary, Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis, which details the career of the art design team that created some of the most iconic album covers in music history.

Album cover art along with band tour posters are often underrated in the world of contemporary art, yet these artists offer some of the most fascinating perspectives. I think when music is the foundation from which the art manifests, it adds an extra layer of creativity to the mix, resulting in unique and memorable works of art.

So I decided I wanted to feature an iconic album cover by Hipgnosis for this round of Style Imitating Art.

The Artwork

“Atom Heart Mother” Cover by Hipgnosis

I chose the cover for Pink Floyd‘s fifth studio album, Atom Heart Mother, which was released in 1970. Not wanting to be pigeonholed into a specific musical genre, Pink Floyd requested “something plain” on the album cover to leave it open for interpretation. Inspired by the weirdness of the psychedelic rock era as well as Pink Floyd’s willingness to push boundaries, Hipgnosis used a photograph of a Holstein-Friesian cow standing in a green pasture under a blue sky for the cover. There is no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. It doesn’t even include the name of the band. It is weird. It is random. It is funny. It has good colors for sartorial inspiration. And I really like cows. I think this will be fun to style!

If you want to be featured with your art inspired outfit in my gallery post on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, be sure to submit your photos to me at shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. 

Happy styling, my friends!

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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