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Dept. of culture

purple’s reign, 16 years in

May 27, 2008  12:23 pm

Purple

With all the nineties nostalgia in the air, it’s no surprise to see the release of Olivier Zahm and Elein Fleiss’ “Purple Anthology” (Rizzoli), which can be read as an authoritative guide to turn-of-the-millennium cutting-edge culture (or, as the 16-year-old magazine might put it, to “art, prose, fashion, music, architecture, sex”). The book consists of photos of pages and spreads from old issues, with every year accompanied by a personal essay by a Purple affiliate (Chloë Sevigny, Terry Richardson, et al.), full of anecdotes both blasé and poignant. From 1994, here’s Kim Gordon on the death of Kurt Cobain: “Because he was a public figure, the communal mourning was a T-shirt, no matter how exploitative it seemed. The difference, though, is that if you knew the person, then their death is not cool, it’s not a cool stance. It’s not a cool T-shirt.”

—Kelley Hoffman

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