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Aware : art fashion identity.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Bologna, Italy : Damiani, 2010.Description: 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9788862081627
  • 8862081626
Other title:
  • GSK contemporary aware : art fashion identity
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Contents:
'The sense of our time' / Gabi Scardi -- 'Fashion, clothing and identity: a modern contradiction' / Joanne Entwistel -- 'Questioning identity' / Lucy Orta -- Artist entries / Gabi Scardi -- Marina Abramović -- Acconci Studio -- Azra Akšamija -- Maja Bajevic -- Handan Börüteçene -- Hussein Chalayan -- Alicia Framis -- Meschac Gaba -- Marie-Ange Guilleminot -- Andreas Gursky -- Mella Jaarsma -- Kimsooja -- Claudia Losi -- Susie MacMurray -- Marcello Maloberti -- La Maison Martin Margiela -- Alexander McQueen -- Yoko Ono -- Maria Papadimitriou -- Grayson Perry -- Dai Rees -- Katerina Šedá -- Cindy Sherman Hon RA -- Yinka Shonibare MBE -- Helen Storey -- Rosemarie Trockel -- Sharif Waked -- Gilliam Wearing RA -- Yohji Yamamoto -- Andrea Zittel.
Summary: "Reflects upon the relationship between our physical covering and constructed personal environments, our individual and social identities and the contexts in which we live. It also looks at the role of clothing in cultural and personal stories through the work of Grayson Perry, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Helen Storey and Claudia Losi. Issues of belonging and nationality, displacement and political and social confrontation are addressed by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Alexander McQueen, Sharif Waked, Alicia Framis, Meschac Gaba, Dai Rees, Yohji Yamamoto and Acconci Studio. Meanwhile, the importance of performance in the presentation of fashion and clothing, highlighting the roles that we play in our daily life, are explored through the work of Marina Abramović, Hussein Chalayan, Yoko Ono, Gillian Wearing RA and Andreas Gursky, amongst others"--Back cover.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 December 2010-30 January 2011.

"Exhibition concept by Gabi Scardi and Lucy Orta."

'The sense of our time' / Gabi Scardi -- 'Fashion, clothing and identity: a modern contradiction' / Joanne Entwistel -- 'Questioning identity' / Lucy Orta -- Artist entries / Gabi Scardi -- Marina Abramović -- Acconci Studio -- Azra Akšamija -- Maja Bajevic -- Handan Börüteçene -- Hussein Chalayan -- Alicia Framis -- Meschac Gaba -- Marie-Ange Guilleminot -- Andreas Gursky -- Mella Jaarsma -- Kimsooja -- Claudia Losi -- Susie MacMurray -- Marcello Maloberti -- La Maison Martin Margiela -- Alexander McQueen -- Yoko Ono -- Maria Papadimitriou -- Grayson Perry -- Dai Rees -- Katerina Šedá -- Cindy Sherman Hon RA -- Yinka Shonibare MBE -- Helen Storey -- Rosemarie Trockel -- Sharif Waked -- Gilliam Wearing RA -- Yohji Yamamoto -- Andrea Zittel.

"Reflects upon the relationship between our physical covering and constructed personal environments, our individual and social identities and the contexts in which we live. It also looks at the role of clothing in cultural and personal stories through the work of Grayson Perry, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Helen Storey and Claudia Losi. Issues of belonging and nationality, displacement and political and social confrontation are addressed by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Alexander McQueen, Sharif Waked, Alicia Framis, Meschac Gaba, Dai Rees, Yohji Yamamoto and Acconci Studio. Meanwhile, the importance of performance in the presentation of fashion and clothing, highlighting the roles that we play in our daily life, are explored through the work of Marina Abramović, Hussein Chalayan, Yoko Ono, Gillian Wearing RA and Andreas Gursky, amongst others"--Back cover.

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