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Oct 22, 2019 · Lopez had always sketched designs for his mother, but he formalized the interest as a preteen at New York’s Traphagen School of Fashion, then at the High School of Art and Design, and finally at...
Jul 23, 2016 · Antonio Lopez, Illustration for Karl Lagerfield in Vanity Fair, Musical Dress, 1980s. Lopez and Ramos’s collaborations with designers, models, artists, and street culture pioneers led to ...
- Early Life
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- Pioneering A New American Multiculturalism
- Return to New York
Born in Utuado, Puerto Rico in 1943 to parents already in the clothing trade (his mother was a seamstress and his father a mannequin maker), Antonio Lopez’s natural artistic skills were evident at a young age in clothing sketches he made for his mother. The family moved to New York’s Spanish Harlem in 1950 and by the time he was a tween, he was alr...
In the late sixties, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain served as a gathering place for free-loving, artistic types and social “It” people; it was a natural hot spot for Antonio and Juan to scout for unusual models. There they met Donna Jordan (with her trademark gapped teeth and wild blond hair), Jane Forth (who famously shaved her eyebrows off, set...
From the beginning, the duo insisted on using models of color, unconventional beauty, and ambiguous sexuality to reflect diversity and challenge societal norms. By 1969 they began to feel that New York, as open as it was, like the rest of the country, still suffered from an Anglo-Caucasian myopia which stifled their vision of inclusivity. Wishing t...
Returning to New York City in 1975, Antonio and Juan settled into a studio on Broadway and 18th Street, adjacent to Andy Warhol’s Factory. The three shared a mutual respect and Warhol invited them to direct two editions of his Interview Magazinein 1975: the “April in Paris” and “Puerto Rico Issue” (April & November, respectively). They continued to...
Sep 21, 2021 · The influential fashion illustrator who ‘transformed’ Jerry Hall and Grace Jones, and whose work inspired collections by Anna Sui and Chloé, is celebrated in a new exhibition, Drawing on Style. Art & Photography Lightbox. Text Emily Dinsdale.
Dec 8, 2022 · Bringing together 22 original works on paper and 20 Kodak Instamatic photographs, the exhibition considers Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos’s interest in drag, gender, and identity that shaped their personal, commercial, and editorial work over 30 years.
Oct 2, 2012 · Antonio Lopez’s electrifying art defined the style of the times, 1960s-‘80s. Now, a gallery show and book call renewed attention to his accomplishments.
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Sep 22, 2021 · The hand of Lopez was definitely evident in short silk dresses, handbags, and boots that featured Lopez’s exaggerated, richly colored drawings of women. Yet, by last week, when Jones shared new images and when I saw the clothes in the Via Solari showroom, Lopez had become a more invisible presence.
