SUPERM: BEAUTY and HELL

“I think I’m in hell, and therefore I am” (Arthur Rimbaud)   Slava Mogutin and Brian Kenny (aka SUPERM) are beyond doubt one of of the most inspirational and influential power couples in the art world. That’s why it’s no wonder they get so much (deserved) air time on Grateful Grapefruit. For their latest project, BEAUTY and HELL, a two part

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PIGSTY

Slava Mogutin doesn’t really need extravagant introduction on Grateful Grapefruit. PIGSTY, his Holga portfolio got featured in the premier issue of HONK! with a short yet comprehensive intro written by me. The shoot is featuring Thomas Lachin as Truffles on the set of Gio’s new video for Revolving Door. images: Slava Mogutin pages: HONK!

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HONK!

Some of you already know about the new magazine project I am lucky to be part of – HONK! (the exclamation mark is part of the name) It is an online magazine that brings art, photography and fashion together. My friend Marcel called me one day in summer 2010 and asked me if I want to become part of a

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Visual AIDS by Slava Mogutin

No matter what your first association might be, Patent Leather Daddy (PLD) is a music blog for gentlemen with good taste in music and… men. But we’ll talk about the blog later. What really needs to be talked about is the new Visual AIDS campaign by Slava Mogutin. Visual AIDS is the only contemporary arts organization fully committed to HIV

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Power Couples

Richard Kern, photographer and filmmaker remains, first and foremost, a portraitist. For more than two decades Kern has sought to unravel and illuminate the complex and often darker sides of human nature. In his latest piece “Power Couples” shot for Vice he gets intimate with some of the most powerful art couples who define our culture’s future tendencies. The shoot

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Slava Mogutin & Brian Kenny in CRUSH fanzine [VIDEO]

Every zine writes about him, every arty hipster queer knows him and everybody wants to be like him – or at least to date his boyfriend (both videos at the bottom of the article). Slava Mogutin is a New York-based Russian artist and author, who works across different media, including photography, video, text, performance, sculpture, and painting. Born in Siberia,

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