Rei Kawakubo : Comme des Garçons : art of the in-between / Andrew Bolton.
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons. The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their metier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo's fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities-whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion-Kawakubo's work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo's career provide additional context. Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (04.05-04.09.2017).
Record details
- ISBN: 9781588396204
- ISBN: 1588396207
- Physical Description: 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm.
- Publisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 4-September 4, 2017. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: art of the in-between -- Kawakubo/Bolton: a conversation -- Fashion, antifashion -- Design, not design -- Model, multiple -- Then, now -- High, low -- Self, other -- Object, subject -- Clothes, not clothes. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Downtown Library | TT 505 K39 B65 2017 (Text) | 33109010256154 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |