Image Credit: The British Guide to Showing Off. [ONLINE] Available at: http://andrewlogan.com/587/the-british-guide-to-showing-off. [Accessed 17 November 2014].
During today's seminar with Sharon, we watched 'The British Guide to Showing Off'. British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike. He takes us under his glittering wing and inside his outrageous, anarchic and spectacular costume pageant: the Alternative Miss World Show.
Andrew Logan is an English sculptor, performance artist, jewellery-maker, portraitist and painter. He was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in England. He was educated as an architect at the Oxford School of Architecture, graduating in 1970. As the founder of the Alternative Miss World in 1972 (which he continues to run) he became a key figure in London's cultural and fashion life. Andrew Logan co-hosts the event each time with a well known name from the British cultural scene. In the past, contestants have included bankers, builders, celebrities, drag queens, an elderly lady, and even a robot.
Image Credit: Andrew Logan - JungleKey.co.uk Image. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.junglekey.co.uk/search.php?query=Andrew+Logan&type=image&lang=en®ion=gb&img=1&adv=1. [Accessed 17 November 2014].
To me, Andrew Logan is a fine example of a great British eccentric, a gloriously artist and producer whose work keys into extravagant styles and amorphous sexuality. This kind of style greatly links to the style of the Kit Kat Girls and Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Eccentric, wild styles were a key feature in Wiemar Berlin, and this is extremely important to Andrew Logan and the contestants of the Alternative Miss World show, it allows contestants to express their individuality and portray a kind of uniqueness. These contestants closely resemble those in Cabaret, they dress up to portray a different persona and perform on stage. Both those in Cabaret and The British Guide to Showing Off push boundaries.
Image Credit: Andrew Logan's Alternative Miss World | Indiegogo. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/andrew-logan-s-alternative-miss-world. [Accessed 17 November 2014].
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