Style Magazine - 21 Apr 2024
ICE SPICE’s First LP Beginners.
When These Two First Worked Together
ORIGINS
BEGIN AGAIN
THE FIRST STROKE
Humberto Leon, restaurateur and creative director
Willy Chavarria, fashion designer, and Carlos Nazario, stylist
John Waters, filmmaker, and Mink Stole, actress
Marc Jacobs, fashion designer, and Cindy Sherman, artist
Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy, artists
Jon Bon Jovi, musician and singer-songwriter
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, artists
Maya Lin, sculptor, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)
Bobbi Salvör Menuez, actor, and Michael Bailey-Gates, artist
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, musicians, on “Blondie” (1976)
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, actresses
Nick Cave, musician, writer and artist
Jordi Roca, pastry chef
Tracy Chapman, musician, on “Tracy Chapman” (1988)
Titus Kaphar, artist and director
Andrew Holleran, writer, on “Dancer From the Dance” (1978)
Amy Tan, writer, on “The Joy Luck Club” (1989)
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, artist
Zadie Smith, writer, on “White Teeth” (2000)
Avril Lavigne, musician, on “Let Go” (2002)
Cassi Namoda, painter
Jewel, musician, on “Pieces of You” (1995)
Stephen King, writer, on “Carrie” (1974)
Chloë Sevigny, actress, on “Kids” (1995)
When the Beginning Is Also the End Five people, living or dead, who made great, even canonical, work — and whose creative lives then went in a different direction.
JUVENILIA
BEGINNERS Ten debuts happening right now, including a new restaurant, first albums and Broadway shows.
How It Begins
Six creators’ first steps.
Becoming a Character:
Meg Stalter, comedian and actress
Miguel Adrover, fashion designer and photographer
Tyla, singer-songwriter
Ice Spice, rapper
Justin Peck, director and choreographer
Willis Alan Ramsey, singer-songwriter
Photograph by Caleb Santiago Alvarado
Mia Katigbak, actress
Maisy Stella, actress and singer
Arielle Smith, choreographer
Sarah Pidgeon, actor
Sky Lakota-Lynch, actor
Dae Kim, chef
Niki Nakayama, chef and restaurant owner
Ife Olujobi, playwright
Marina Abramović, performance artist
Charles Laughton, actor and director
David Henry Hwang, playwright
Deborah Roberts, visual artist
Luc Tuymans, visual artist
Do Ho Suh, visual artist
Ralph Ellison, writer
Harper Lee, writer
AATISH TASEER, 43, wrote “The First Stroke” (Page 51)
D’ANGELO LOVELL WILLIAMS, 31, photographed Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy (Page 70)
CATARINA OSÓRIO DE CASTRO, 41, photographed Miguel Adrover (Page 90)
DELPHINE DANHIER styled Titus Kaphar, Sarah Pidgeon, Sky Lakota-Lynch and Meg Stalter for our covers
Advice on Beginning
Up Next
THE BEGINNERS’ HALL OF FAME
Building an Installation:
Reimagining a Retrospective:
Tabboo!, multidisciplinary artist and former drag performer
Theaster Gates, multidisciplinary artist and professor
Justin Vivian Bond, multidisciplinary artist and performer
Making a Painting:
Lorraine O’Grady, multidisciplinary artist and critic
Putting Up a Gallery Show:
Adapting an Ibsen Play:
Letter From the Editor
Toni Morrison, author
Wallace Stevens, poet
CONTRIBUTORS
Making It
ON MARCH 12,
THE FIRST STROKE
Amy Tan,
Avril Lavigne,
Origins
Embrace Fear — but Come Prepared
Stephen King,
Chloë Sevigny,
Debbie Harry,
78, and Chris Stein,
74, musicians, on “Blondie” (1976)
Zadie Smith,
Andrew Holleran,
Tracy Chapman,
Maya Lin,
Jewel,
Make Yourself
Start
When These Two First Worked Together
JANE FONDA AND LILY TOMLIN,
ACTRESSES
MARC JACOBS, FASHION DESIGNER, AND CINDY SHERMAN, ARTIST
Psych Yourself
Out
CARLOS NAZARIO, STYLIST, AND WILLY CHAVARRIA, FASHION DESIGNER
MINK STOLE, ACTRESS, AND JOHN WATERS, FILMMAKER
COBY KENNEDY AND HANK WILLIS THOMAS, ARTISTS
Put Yourself in Your Body — and Your Past
INGAR DRAGSET AND MICHAEL ELMGREEN, ARTISTS
BOBBI SALVÖR MENUEZ, ACTOR, AND MICHAEL BAILEY-GATES, ARTIST
BEGIN AGAIN
Humberto Leon, restaurateur and creative director
Nick Cave, musician, writer and artist
Jordi Roca, pastry chef
Cassi Namoda, painter
Jon Bon Jovi,
musician and singer-songwriter
Seek Help
Titus Kaphar, artist
Don’t Sweat the End — and Work on More Than One Thing at Once
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, artist
When the Beginning Is Also the End
Ralph Ellison, writer, circa 1913-94
Charles Laughton, actor and director, 1899-1962
Willis Alan Ramsey, 73, Loveland, Colo.
Treat Procrastination as Productivity
Harper Lee,
writer, 1926-2016
UP NEXT
LUC TUYMANS, 65, VISUAL ARTIST
Juvenilia
Laila Gohar, 35, chef and artist
DO HO SUH, 62, VISUAL ARTIST
NIKI NAKAYAMA,
49, CHEF AND RESTAURANT OWNER
Patricia Urquiola, 62, architect and designer
Luke Meier, 48, and Lucie Meier, 42, fashion designers, Jil Sander
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ, 77, PERFORMANCE ARTIST
Samuel D. Hunter, 42, playwright
DAVID HENRY HWANG, 66, PLAYWRIGHT
DEBORAH ROBERTS, 61, VISUAL ARTIST
Thebe Magugu, 30, fashion designer
MIA Name: KATIGBAK
Elizabeth Diller, 69, architect, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
ARIELLE Name: SMITH
Rafael de Cárdenas, 49, designer
SARAH Name: PIDGEON
Gaetano Pesce, 84, architect and designer
John Cale, 82, musician and composer
Sharon Van Etten, 43, singer-songwriter
Piet Oudolf, 79, garden designer
Name: TYLA
Lindsey Adelman, 55, designer
JUSTIN Name: PECK
Nona Hendryx, 79, interdisciplinary artist and musician
Faye Toogood, 47, designer and visual artist
Danzy Senna, 53, writer
Freddie Ross Jr., a.k.a. Big Freedia, 46, musician
MAISY Name: STELLA
Joseph Dirand, 50, architect and designer
SKY Name: LAKOTA-LYNCH
David Oyelowo, 48, actor
Becoming a Character
How it Begins
Making a Painting
Jamie Nares, 70, multidisciplinary artist
Reimagining a Retrospective
Wendy Red Star, 43, visual artist
Amaarae, 29, singer-songwriter
Adapting an Ibsen Play
Putting Up a Gallery Show
If Your Work Goes Up in Flames, Don’t Fetishize the Ashes
Jennifer Egan, 61, writer
Building an Installation
Carla Sozzani, 76, gallerist and retailer
LORRAINE O’GRADY,
TONI MORRISON ,
THE BEGINNERS' HALL OF FAME
Practice Some Denial
Stephanie Goto, 47, architect
Amalia Ulman, 35, visual artist and filmmaker
JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND,
TABBOO!,
WALLACE STEVENS,
Wim Wenders, 78, filmmaker
Nick Ozemba, 32, and Felicia Hung, 33, designers, In Common With
THEASTER GATES,
Reject Fear. And Put Your Ego to Bed.
Bobbi Jene Smith, 40, dancer, choreographer and actress
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