“The Guitar” by Juan Gris | 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, Terri of Meadow Tree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. 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, Terri, and Shelbee 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 is Salazar’s turn to choose the art. She chose “The Guitar” by Juan Gris, who was a Spanish painter as well as a friend and artistic follower of Pablo Picasso and the Cubism movement. Salazar settled on this Cubist painting because she likes the contrast between the floral pattern and the strong lines as well as the autumnal colors used in the work. You can read more about why she chose this piece here.
The Artwork
The Guitar by Juan Gris
During the period of 1913-1916, guitars and violins became the main motifs of Gris’s works. His instruments often have a magisterial quality making them seem like objects of reverence. And in some way, the guitars in his paintings are “a confrontation of symbols that evoke art in general, the art created by Gris and, naturally, by Gris himself.” (Source)
You might already know that I am a fan of Cubism since one of my first artworks chosen for this series was Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”. I like the deconstructive element of changing the shapes of common objects into angular cubey things. I also really enjoy when art inspires art. In this case, music has inspired the painting (and now the painting will inspire our style). And I find all the gorgeous shades of fall to be very inspiring for outfit creation, too. I am also drawn to all the different subtle patterns that appear in the painting which I think will be so great for inspiring some cool print mixing into an outfit as well.
I have some ideas starting to float around in my mind, but I need to go stand in my closet room for a bit and let the magic find me!
If you want to join us for this week’s challenge and be featured with your art inspired outfit in Salazar’s review post on November 2, 2022, be sure to submit your photos to her at 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
Happy styling!
Keeping it on the edge,
Shelbee
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10 Comments
Lovely
A wonderful piece of art! I’m looking forward to seeing the outfits.
xoxo
Lovely
http://www.mynameislovely.com
shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
Thanks so much, Lovely! I am excited to style this one! But then again, I get excited to play dress up any chance I get! Have a wonderful week, my friend.
xoxo
Shelbee
Jennifer
Excited to see your outfit!
Jennifer
Curated by Jennifer
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Thanks, Jennifer! I have some ideas but nothing concrete yet!
xoxo
Shelbee
Sofía Moral
Hi! I have just discovered your blog and I love it!
I am from Spain and it is nice to see that you appreciate the art of an artist from my country 🙂
The idea of creating outfits from art is just so creative
The post is lovely, I will be definitely checking your future blog posts
Kisses from https://sophisticatedmeblog.blogspot.com/
shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
Sofía, thank you so very much! This Style Imitating Art series was started by Salazar over ten years ago! I only joined a little over a year ago and it has been so much fun! You are welcome to join us anytime. It really helps me to look at my wardrobe in a new way and I love learning about art and artists from all over the world. I also co-host a monthly style series called Songful Style where we use a song to inspire our outfits. The next post for that will go live on Monday. I am heading over to check out your page now. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
xoxo
Shelbee
Michelle
I’ve never seen Cubism from any other artist than Picasso. Interesting!
Michelle
https://mybijoulifeonline.com
shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
I don’t think I ever have either really! It is super interesting! I hope you will be able to join us this time!
xoxo
Shelbee
Marsha Banks
I love this one, Shelbee! It has so many possibilities from the shapes to the textures to the colors!!! Hmmm…gotta figure it out and get to it!!
https://marshainthemiddle.com/
shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com
Thanks, Marsha! I have to get working on this one myself! But probably not until the weekend when I have available photographers on hand! I can’t wait to see what you create.
xoxo
Shelbee