Sheila turned me on to this guy. Love him. Then I clicked on the link to his younger brother’s work. Love him, too! Then I scrolled down and found this piece of his:
And this weird thought flitted through my brain. I suddenly couldn’t help but wonder something. Did Madonna — or her people or whoever makes these kinds of decisions — use this piece as inspiration for this:
This is her performance of, uhm, “Vogue” at the 1990 MTV Music Awards, which I remember watching solely because she was going to sing that song. Back then, I was all a-twitter about the whole thing.
I know it’s totally random, but that literally was the first thing I thought when I looked at the piece, “Oh, look! It’s Madonna’s Vogue!” Just wondering if this was the seed of that idea. That’s all.
I so remember that Vogue performance. I’m kinda off Madonna now – but i don’t care what anyone says: that performance was brilliant. It was funny, self-referential, creative, and totally unexpected.
Gosh, I love all of these old illustrators – these brother illustrators are just amazing!!!
I’ve been off of her for a while, too. But that performance was just so fresh — in more ways than one — so inventive.
Obviously, it looks like this illustration was for Vogue magazine, but when I saw the header there and saw the dress and the woman whose face looks just like Madonna’s did that night, my brain made these weird leaps.
Good catch, Tracey – that looks like a winner. And yeah on the song, though I confess I never got Madonna. There are a few of her songs (like Vogue) that I can listen to and enjoy but overall… not for me.