"Be Yourself, Everyone Is Already Taken" Press Release
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DANIEL LISMORE
BE YOURSELF,
EVERYONE ELSE IS ALREADY TAKEN
Foreword by Paula Wallace
Photographed
by Colin Douglas Gray, Essay by Hilary Alexander
Hardcover w jacket / 9.25” x 12.5” / 176 pages / 200 colour and black & white
illustrations / £40.00
Skira Rizzoli in association with Savannah
College of Art & Design / ISBN: 978-0-8478-5963-4
Release date: February 2017
Daniel’s work
actualizes what others only dream about: a court scene of his own making; each
character, Daniel himself. Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken — this
book and the exhibition that launched it — portrays Daniel’s brilliant, cheeky
self-portraits. One need not look further than the title to understand
how fully Daniel
expresses his own persona. —Paula Wallace, from the Foreword
Daniel Lismore is known for elaborate and extravagant
ensembles that brilliantly combine haute couture with charity-shop finds, yards
of vintage fabrics and tartans, found objects, ribbons, feathers, chain mail,
shells, ethnic jewelry, retro accessories, millinery and more in an expression
of eccentric, creative energy.
A prominent fixture of the London fashion and art circuits, he is both tastemaker and friend to artists ranging from Stephen Fry, Debbie Harry to Boy George, Vivienne Westwood, Matt Lucas, Stefano Pilatti and Edward Enninful, who have all shared quotes about the artist in this book.
For his first major publication, Lismore shares the 32
ensembles that comprised his first U.S. museum exhibition, “Be Yourself,
Everyone Else is Already Taken.” The exhibition, co-curated by SCAD and
presented at SCAD FASH: Museum of Fashion and Film, offered immersion in
Lismore’s unique sartorial point of view. These life-size sculptural tapestries
of Lismore’s life, each worn by the artist at one time, are reflections of his
own multidimensional identity and are a tapestry of his journey to his true
self.
About the Contributors: Paula Wallace (Foreword) is the president and
founder of Savannah College of Art and Design. Hilary Alexander (Essay) is the former fashion
director of the Daily Telegraph and currently is editor-at-large for Hello
Fashion Monthly. Colin Douglas Gray (Photography) is a New York-based fashion and portrait
photographer and SCAD graduate. Other Photo contributions by Boy George and
Simon Harris.
Credit for the book must read: © Daniel Lismore: Be yourself, Everyone Else is Taken, Skira
Rizzoli, 2017. Images
© Colin Douglas Gray. Serial rights are
available, but images may not be reproduced in any way, published, or transmitted
digitally, without written permission from the publisher.
Media Contacts
Sophie
Liardet
UK
Publicity and Events Manager
Rizzoli
International Publications
sophie@sophieliardet.com
Allison Falkenberry
VP of PR & Marketing
Savannah College of Art &
Design
912-401-6908
DANIEL LISMORE: BE YOURSELF, EVERYONE ELSE IS ALREADY TAKEN
Foreword by Paula
Wallace
Photographed by
Colin Douglas Gray
Text by Hilary
Alexander
Hardcover
w jacket / 9.25” x 12.5” / 176 pages / 200
colour and black & white illustrations
Price: £40.00 U.K.
Skira Rizzoli in
association with Savannah College of Art & Design
ISBN:
978-0-8478-5963-4
Release date:
February 2017