The Concise Dictionary of Dress - Judith Clark; Adam Phillips
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In this deeply idiosyncratic collaboration between a psychoanalyst and a costume curator, Adam Phillips re-describes dress in terms of anxiety, wish and desire, while Judith Clark's installations raise issues of equivalence with Phillips' definitions and bring garments and other items from the Victoria and Albert Museum's archive to life in unexpected ways. Published in parallel with an Artangel commission at Blythe House, location of the V&A's vast reserve collections, and designed by Studio Frith, The Concise Dictionary of Dress examines the nature of dictionaries, archives and dress curation and adds a stunning visual essay recording two overnight tours through Blythe House by renowned photographer Norbert Schoerner. Phillips' definitions for words commonly associated with fashion and appearance - such as armoured, conformist, essential, provocative - were paired with eleven stations created by Clark on a walk through this vast building, from its rooftop to an underground coal bunker. Here in print, extend...
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2010Uitgever: Thames & Hudson136 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1900828359ISBN-13: 9781900828352Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original boards, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, illustrated with numerous (double page) colour photographs, large 8vo.. [Auteur: Clark, Judith & Adam Phillips] [Pagina's: 134] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London : Violette Editions] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: The Concise Dictionary of Dress]
