Jasper Goodall; Fashionable Pornographic Illustrations
Jasper Goodall’s style has been emulated so much that it has become a veritable school of illustration in itself. But Goodall was the originator, fusing the elegant, erotic lines of Aubrey Beardsley’s work with the bold op-art effects of Sixties poster art – and incorporating enough fashion, sex and subcultural savvy to make it stick.
Some might say Goodall’s highly sexualised representations of women are merely fashionable pornography – and indeed, a large filing cabinet in his office is filled with tearouts from porn and fashion magazines, which he uses for inspiration.
Jasper Goodall is a Buddhist. If he could do any job in the world he’d be “a forest ranger”. Yet he’s most proud of his work on a range of £200 bikinis , which he produced with swimwear designer Louise Middleton, and his latest project, a commission for his agency Big Active’s latest book, is perhaps the most sexually explicit work of his career.
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