Sex, power and the relationship between desire, creativity, and control are explored with Purple Fashion Magazine editor, Olivier Zahm. The nature of attraction, how that creates misconceptions about the fashion industry dolce vita, the controversy around Terry Richardson, and schizophrenia of pornography and politics is discussed. Zahm’s new book, O.Z. Olivier Zahm: Diary, and his decades long career at Purple and influences from film to Andy Warhol are shared with Harper Simon on this uncensored episode of Talk Show.
Since 1992, Olivier Zahm has been Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Purple Fashion, the biannual magazine molded out of his unique vision of bridging the art and fashion worlds. Zahm also runs the Paris-based think tank Purple Institute, an art direction society and consulting company aimed at creating links between the art world and industry.
Olivier Zahm worked as a freelance arts journalist contributing to Artforum, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s. He has also curated selected exhibitions at PS1, MoMA, and Centre Pompidou.
He recently released the book, O.Z.: Olivier Zahm: Diary, in collaboration with Glenn O’Brien and Donatien Grau.
00:00 Welcoming Olivier Zahm to Talk Show with Harper Simon.
01:02 The issue of sexuality and power.
04:40 The dance men and women do when sex and power are involved.
06:45 Sexual photos are just a form of art, not an act of sex.
10:25 Looking for girls to photograph who have similar taste, rather than as a sexual object.
13:24 The truth about Terry Richardson.
17:45 The disparities between men and women when it comes to sex and porn.
20:30 Zahm’s views on marriage.
22:34 Sexual repression and violent pornography.
26:39 Sex is a political act.
27:40 Everything on the Internet is being tracked.
29:45 Purple Magazine and Zahm’s new book O.Z.: Olivier Zahm: Diary
31:35 The history of Purple Magazine and favorite interviews.
35:12 The influence of Andy Warhol.
37:20 A documentation of the past 20 years in Purple Magazine.
38:40 Thanks and goodbye.
Since 1992, Olivier Zahm has been Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Purple Fashion, the biannual magazine molded out of his unique vision of bridging the art and fashion worlds. Zahm also runs the Paris-based think tank Purple Institute, an art direction society and consulting company aimed at creating links between the art world and industry.
Olivier Zahm worked as a freelance arts journalist contributing to Artforum, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s. He has also curated selected exhibitions at PS1, MoMA, and Centre Pompidou.
He recently released the book, O.Z.: Olivier Zahm: Diary, in collaboration with Glenn O’Brien and Donatien Grau.
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