![]() It may seem that the scene’s protagonists, reveling in opulence and glitter, living life on the edge at the very height of the Cold War, were oblivious to the world around them. Starting in the mid-1970s, New York’s East Village gave rise to a counterculture in which political dissent seemed secondary to the riotous enjoyment of personal freedom. Kaufmann didn’t try to uncover the “real” Klaus Nomi, but instead investigated the persistent interest in his persona, the bizarre fictional figure “Klaus Nomi.”Īt first glance, Nomi’s outlandish theatricshis diva-esque getups, his highly artificial mechanical-geometrical costumes, and his unusual fusion of disco and operaseem to be the products of a will to individual expression. Instead of denying its own participation in the logic of media and commercial exploitation to which Nomi’s persona has been subjected, the show illustrated how the various stages of his lifehis modest background (he was born Klaus Sperber in rural Bavaria in 1944) his childhood and teenage years as a social outsider his sudden stardom in New York, where he moved in 1972 and his tragic early death from AIDS in 1983fed into the Nomi myth. There were also clips from Nomi’s appearances on German and American TV talk shows, the poster for the 2004 documentary The Nomi Song, a Nomi remix by DJ Hell, and even the poster of the Aachen exhibition itself. The exhibits featured Nomi’s now-famous 1981 ad for Jägermeister and a cover of the German weekly Die Zeit’s magazine supplement from July 1980, both of which present the countertenor wearing his trademark androgynous makeup and a costume reminiscent of that in Oskar Schlemmer’s 1927 Triadic Ballet. Kaufmann also invited several contemporary artists to engage creatively with Nomi and his work and included a number of already-existing artworks by others. For his first exhibition, NAK’s new director, Ben Kaufmann, compiled a great deal of original visual and audio material as well as previously unseen footage of interviews with Ulrike Ottinger, Jürgen Klauke, Melissa Logan, Wolfgang Staehle, and others, giving visitors an opportunity to engage with Nomi’s various strategies of self-presentation and the media representations through which his image circulated. Thirty years after Klaus Nomi’s death, the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (NAK) dedicated an exhibition to the visionary musician and performance artist whose theatrical self-fashioning, developed in the context of glam, new wave, and disco, continues to resonate. Send us feedback about these examples.*Advertisement for Jägermeister featuring Klaus Nomi shot by Jan Michael, which ran in a 1981 issue of New York magazine.( These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'glitterati.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Kimiko De Freytas-tamura, New York Times, 27 Jan. Yanay’s efforts, who, along with his business partner, was the first to open a foie gras-producing duck farm in the nation. ![]() 2020 Foie gras became a staple of haute cuisine in New York City and a status symbol for the glitterati, mainly due to Mr. Hamill was a bona fide New York celebrity, featured in gossip columns squiring Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Shirley MacLaine, or Linda Ronstadt promoting his books on television or imbibing with the glitterati at social charity events. 2022 And though the Boom Boom Room (now BOOM Atop The Standard) continues to be the default party palace for fashion glitterati, real ones know the Standard Grill on the first floor is the real anchor for French luxury design teams and indie starlets. ![]() Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent generated at halftime. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, Kanye West, Cardi B, LeBron James and Clayton Kershaw were among the glitterati that looked on as the Rams struggled for much of the game to match the electricity that Dr. 2022 Over the years, Hathaway has been among the A-list glitterati photographed on the carpeted steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, Earlier today, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana presented their Alta Moda and Alta Sartoria collections at the Surf Club, the iconic member’s only hotel that was a playground for the world’s glitterati through the highs and lows of the 20th century. Julia Buckley, CNN, Tonight, the glitterati brought their A-game to honor this year's Met Gala theme, which celebrated the creative legacy of the late legendary designer, Karl Lagerfeld. ![]() Recent Examples on the Web In the 19th century, the US glitterati would pop over to Paris to refresh their wardrobes. ![]()
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