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"IS FASHION ART?"
My actual topic is : " Does the art institutions consecrate fashion items to make them art ? "
Please find below my detailed Plan:
My 3rd Chapter is the link with the collection I've designed. All my inspirations have been based on Cabaret/ Freak Show/ Weimar Culture. (This chapter is less important than the 2 others. ) -> find enclosed my collection proposal to hzve an Idea
You can find attached my Dissertation proposal + Reading list
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I. Theoretical issues
A) What is Art since its creation ?
Art = Aesthetics (either beauty / Ugliness)
1) Theorist
a) R. williams "Historical introduction"
b) R.W Hepburn "theories of art 1999"
-Art as representation (imitation / display)
- Art as expression ( Feelings / Emotions)
2) Institutional theorie question
a) Bourdieu - Institutions legitimates things to make them art
- Canon theorie
c) Greenberg - Institutions art theories
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Transition : S.B Kim " is fashion art"
- the most important in fashion is aesthetics (idem for art)
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B) Is Fashion Art?
a) S.B Kim " Is fashion art?"
- Fashion = art in a post modern world
b) A. Geczy & V.Karaminas "Fashion and Art"
c) A. Geczy & V.Karaminas "Fashion and Art" : (V. Steele " Fashion")
- "Haute Couture"
d) L. Ingrid "When is Fashion Art"
When clothes become fashion
II. Case Study
A) Musee Bourdelle, Paris
- Fashion Exhibitions in an Art Space
B) Mondrian Collection, Yves Saint Laurent
- Art in Fashion Space
III. Relation to my collection
A) Description of my collection
- CABARET / FREAK SHOW
- Blurring boundaries
- Gender Question
B) Link : A. Geczy & V.Karaminas "Fashion and Art"
-Fashion Frivolus // Art High culture
CONCLUSION
