HELMUT LANG: THE ARTIST SERIES is back with a limited edition collection of T-shirts and posters by Leigh Ledare. The New York City photographer, known for using text, film and archival materials in works that explore relationships and social taboos, choose three images from his 2008 series PERSONAL COMMISSIONS to create this Helmut Lang capsule.
“For the series Personal Commissions, I answered “Women Seeking Men” ads placed by women who, looking for companionship, also expected to receive financial compensation in return for romantic relations,” says Leigh. “I commissioned (these women) to direct and photograph me however they desired—or however they assumed I desired them to desire me. Using myself as a cipher rendered a series of indirect portraits which preserved these women’s anonymity in line with their original advertisements. These individuals were revealed nonetheless through the affects of their decor, their decisions in directing me, and their initial ads, which served as their own self-description into this economy of desire.”
15% of the proceeds collected from Helmut Lang stores and helmutlang.com will be donated to the ACLU. (Select images to shop)
