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A Magazine Curated By Erdem, 2022.
Ileya photographed by Ethan James Green.
A#24
ERDEM
The 24th issue has been curated by Erdem Moralioglu MBE, the British-Turkish fashion designer and creative director of his eponymous London-based label ERDEM.
A Magazine Curated By Erdem is a cross-cultural, time-travelling exploration of Erdem’s diverse range of sociological and aesthetic references that centres on the disruptive figures of crucial periods in our collective history. Throughout the issue, game-changing figures from gender-bending Edwardian aristocrats to creative wunderkinds like Virginia Woolf, Patrick Procktor, Cindy Sherman, Marlene Dietrich and Derek Jarman meet the gaze of contemporary image-makers from across the globe including new commissions by Ethan James Green with Dara Allen, Campbell Addy with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, William Waterworth with Amanda Harlech, and Trinity Ellis with Ola-Oluwa Ebiti.
As a non-identical twin, Erdem reflects upon the themes of duality and mirroring, deconstructing the notion of twinning and the fluidity of gender in his exploration of Orlando by Virginia Woolf and the 1993 film by Sally Potter, as well as personal archives from Aubrey Beardsley’s The Yellow Book (1894-97) and the defunct queer magazine After Dark from the 1960s.
Erdem’s deeply personal dedication to the project can be witnessed throughout, with a series of interviews with Glenn Close, Roni Horn, Tim Blanks and Sally Potter, as well as two photographic series conducted by the designer himself, one featuring close friends, family, and muses from Ruthie Rogers, Maria Balshaw, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ruth Wilson and Claire Foy to his twin sister Sara and RCA tutor Wendy Dagworthy. Another features principal dancers and artists from the Royal Ballet. In an ode to Erdem’s late mother, his sister Sara Moralioglu speaks to the acclaimed British painter Kaye Donachie on abstract figurative painting, followed by an arresting cyanotype study of the tulip by creative director Thomas Persson and photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen.
Bursting with colour and life, A Magazine Curated By Erdem is a swirling celebration of fashion, photography, modern and contemporary painting, arthouse cinema, music and queer pop culture as seen from Erdem’s sophisticated, witty point of view.
“When I was 17, I would sit in my bedroom in the basement of our suburban bungalow listening to the Pet Shop Boys. Our house was pale yellow stucco with a big lake at the end of the street. I would spend hours dreaming up escape routes and imagining whom I might fall in love with.”
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Erdem by Kaye Donachie, 2022.
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The issue includes a limit-edition gloss print photo insert by Annemarieke van Drimmelen.
Table of Contents
Erdem, Past and Present
![Image of Erdem, Past and Present](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hm-40x49.png)
The Dress
![Image of The Dress](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Erdem-10-year-04-40x50.jpg)
Derek Jarman
![Image of Derek Jarman](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jubilee2-1-40x60.jpg)
Christopher Kane
![Image of Christopher Kane](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Kane-KAC-2021-008_Ausschnitt-40x48.jpg)
Cindy Sherman
![Image of Cindy Sherman](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SHERM111456-40x27.jpg)
A Portrait of Queer History
![Image of A Portrait of Queer History](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DUMMA0819_TATE-1-40x50.jpg)
Fanny & Stella
![Image of Fanny & Stella](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/220927_EJG_A_MAGAZINE_SHOT_03_833-40x40.jpg)
Dangerous Liaisons
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Permanent Collection
![Image of Permanent Collection](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CA_ERDEM-copy-40x32.jpg)
All About My Mother
![Image of All About My Mother](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MOTHER-FINAL-KD-Mayfair-Painting-03-40x60.jpg)
Pas de Deux
![Image of Pas de Deux](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/S16_Curated_By_013-40x50.jpg)
Fashion Files
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After Dark
![Image of After Dark](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-04-at-4.05.31-PM-40x51.jpg)
Patrick Procktor
![Image of Patrick Procktor](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pfg-40x28.png)
Let Us Compare Mythologies
![Image of Let Us Compare Mythologies](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AMCB24-Erdem-Trinity-Ellis-2-40x50.jpg)
Canadian Gothic
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The Yellow Book
![Image of The Yellow Book](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/yellow-40x49.png)
Antakya
![Image of Antakya](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AMCB24-Olgac-Bozalp-2-1-40x55.jpg)
I See You
![Image of I See You](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/keira-40x52.png)
Roni Horn
![Image of Roni Horn](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/isabelle-2-40x49.png)
New Fiction
![Image of New Fiction](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AMCB24-Erdem-Guinevere-Van-Seenus-2-40x28.jpg)
Anj Smith
![Image of Anj Smith](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/anj-smith-40x47.png)
Thomas Dozol
![Image of Thomas Dozol](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/td-40x46.png)
Michael Stipe
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Filters
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Big Sky
![Image of Big Sky](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AMCB24-Erdem-William-Waterworth-Amanda-Harlech-2-40x51.jpg)
Marlene
![Image of Marlene](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gragnon_marlene_dietrich_theatre_etoile_1959-1-40x60.jpg)
Michael Craig Martin
![Image of Michael Craig Martin](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mgm-40x47.png)
The Ballet Portfolio
![Image of The Ballet Portfolio](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ERDEM-The-Ballet-Portfolio-by-Erdem-Moralioglu-9-40x50.jpg)
Never Being Boring
![Image of Never Being Boring](https://amagazinecuratedby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/psb-40x30.png)
Guy Bourdin
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Family Album
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Contributors in alphabetical order:
Amanda Harlech, Andreas Grill, Anj Smith, Anne Collier, Annemarieke van Drimmelen, Bruce La Bruce, Campbell Addy, Charlie Porter, Christopher Kane, Cindy Sherman, Dara Allen, Derek Jarman, Dimphy den Otter, Ethan James Green, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Glenn Close, Guinevere van Seenus, Guy Bourdin, Hugo MacDonald, Ian Massey, James Righton, Kaye Donachie, Michael Craig Martin, Michael Stipe, Neil Tennant, Nicholas Cullinan, Ola Ebiti, Olgaç Bozalp, Patrick Procktor, Roni Horn, Roxane Danset, Sally Potter, Sara Moralioglu, Sarah Mower, Sølve Sundsbø, Theo Christelis, Thomas Dozol, Thomas Persson, Tim Blanks, Trinity Ellis, William Waterworth, Yates Norton.