Manuel Santelices explores the world of fashion, society and pop culture through his illustrations. A Chilean artist and journalist living and working in the US for the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire, and being fashion writer for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for seven years, Manuel decided to focus his attention to illustration, painting mostly with watercolors the same characters and events he covered as a journalist.
The result, a series of one of a kind watercolors, which brings together social and fashion icons from different eras, from Diana Vreeland to Anna Wintour, in a show that seems to be ripped from the pages of a glossy magazine.
Prada Men's Fall, Las Portenas and Olivier Rousteing and His Balmain, set , 2017
Prada Men's Fall, Las Portenas and Olivier Rousteing and His Balmain, set, 2017
Watercolor and archival paper
Dimensions:
Prada Men's Fall, and Olivier Rousteing and His Balmain individual Measures: 9 H x 12 W in.
Las Portenas individual Image size: 11 H x 15 W in.
Overall image size: 11 H x 39 W in.
One of a kind
Unframed
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are explored through the illustrations of Manuel Santelices, a Chilean artist and journalist living and working in New York or the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire, and being fashion writer in New York for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for 7 years, Manuel decided to focus his attention to illustration, painting mostly with watercolors the same characters and events he covered as a journalist.
