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Welcome to Deutschland party, some photobooth photos of all the interns and a photo of the ship at Canary Wharf.

Dagmar Hricková

Article I wrote on the artist Dagmar Hricková for Schön! magazine & featured on the SAATCHI website

http://www.saatchionline.com/daaasha

Born in the Czech Republic and now based in the outskirts of New York, Dagmar Hricková has lived her life as somewhat of a nomad, taking inspiration from her ever changing surroundings to create truly conceptual and thought provoking art.

Hricková’s inspiration steers away from ‘the niceties of the world, and she has discovered that true beauty, for her, lies tucked away in the edges of society. Dagmar’s work has a phantasm feel to it, with moody landscapes, dark figures and distorted faces. When analysing her paintings there is definitely an overwhelming sense of escapism that is created, which seems to reflect Hricková’s visual objective, she claims to have no desire to engage with realism in her work. In more recent years she has focused on the effect children have on her, whom she says she enjoys teaching and in turn learning from, depicting their expressions and the wisdom she sees in their faces.

Most of her paintings are made from oil on canvas or a combined technique, and her artistic inspiration stems from artists such as Alyssa Monks and the Australian sibling duo Angus and Julia Stone, Dagmar also claims to spend a lot of time residing in The Tate Modern where she finds herself lost in observation of the people around her.

Following her completion of an American Arts certificate at UCLA , Hricková has gone on to make quite a name for herself in the art world. She has displayed her work at several shows globally in addition to her recent accomplishment of ‘Showdown Finalist’ for the Saatchi Gallery in 2011. Year 2012 brings Dagmar an array of opportunities, one of which is finishing a book cover for an American Novelist, as well as further scheduled shows. Here at Schön! we are completely absorbed in Hricková’s work to date and were excited to see where her endless travels and people watching will take her paintings in the future.

Words/ Scarlett Casciello-Rogers
Work/ Dagmar Hricková

Why is she so bloody amazing?!

Margot Fonteyn

‘Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike”- Margot Fonteyn

Here at Schön! we marvel at the compelling story of the greatest Ballerina of the Twentieth Century, the late Margot Fonteyn. Enchanting the world with her incomparable finesse for ballet, Fonteyn’s remarkable life story is one that continues to be a topic of much discussion. Born in Reigate, in 1919, Fonteyn learned to dance in China at the age of four laying the foundations for her to establish a career back in England at the age of 16. Her big break came about in 1934 after her performance as a snowflake in the Nutcracker. However, it was her execution of Aurora in the 1955 production of The Sleeping Beauty that gained her the recognition she needed to dominate the ballet world for over 40 years.

As Fonteyn’s career continued to evolve so did her complex love life, and her audience began to follow the stories that surrounded her. Although married to Roberto Arias, a Diplomat and known for his constant infidelities, it was the relationship that developed on stage between herself and the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev that fascinated the public. The collaboration of two contrasting personalities, leading entirely opposite lifestyles, created electrifying chemistry on stage. They continued to work together for 17 years in productions such as The Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet to name just a few, until Fonteyn finally retired aged 60. The fiery duo’s relationship is even considered to be the main catalyst that revived and invigorated Fonteyn’s career for so long.

Fonteyn had a chequered history with men, losing her virginity at 16, she soon became a temptress that seduced Lawyers, Composers and dancers alike, with her sweet charisma and exotic beauty.

However, towards the end of her career her personal life took a turn. She took on what could be considered her greatest role in life, dedicating the rest of her days to nurture her husband who became ill after an assassination attempt in 1964. Fonteyn danced Tito’s medical bills away in the last few years of his life, and proved to be as dedicated to the love of her life as she was her career.

In all, Fonteyn proved to echo the characters she was so heavily merited for on stage, mesmerising, admirable and above all an unrivalled star.

An article I wrote on Margot Fonteyn for Schon Magazine http://schonmagazine.com/category/artnillustrations/ 

Have a look at the article online as well as a short video

Schön! 18 ShowBiz

Thttp://schonmagazine.com/category/schon/online/ Take a look at the beautiful new edition of Schön! magazine with covergirl Naomi Campbell shot by Ellen Von Unwerth, as well as editorials by Jeremy Kost and interviews with Azeilia Banks!

Read it online here http://schonmagazine.com/schon18naomicampbell