Art/Fashion in the 21st Century

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The encounter between art and fashion has been a rapidly growing phenomenon over the last decade, with major international artists working with top fashion houses to produce contemporary masterpieces that challenge the traditional boundary between these two dynamic cultures.

Art/Fashion in the 21st Century features a foreword by Daphne Guinness and concise essays with profiles of the key designers, break-out stories about the most avant-garde projects and interviews with the leading lights of the art-fashion crossover phenomenon.

Around 250 colour illustrations reveal the fruits of collaborative efforts by, among others:

Acne

Alexander McQueen

Azzedine Alaïa

Balenciaga

Walter Van Beirendonck

Hussein Chalayan

Chanel / Cindy Sherman

Christian Dior / Anselm Reyle

Longchamp / Tracey Emin

Jean Paul Gaultier

Zaha Hadid

Hermès / Erwin Wurm

Marc Jacobs / Juergen Teller

Calvin Klein

Jeff Koons

Longchamp

Maison Martin Margiela

Marni

Stella McCartney / Jeff Koons

Issey Miyake

Prada / James Jean

Versace / Tim Roeloffs

Henrik Vibskov

Viktor & Rolf

Louis Vuitton / Takashi Murakami

Walter Van Beirendonck

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Library Journal Review

The last decade has enjoyed a lively mixing up of fine arts and fashion, with designers increasingly drawing upon the talents of artists to enrich their work. In this visually exciting volume, Smith (Fashion: Australian & New Zealand Designers) and Kubler (adjunct curator, Univ. of Queensland Art Museum) explore the dynamic relationship between these traditionally "high" and "low" arts. The themes of collaboration, exhibition, media, and architecture provide an organizational structure for brief text and exuberant photographic profiles of projects that exemplify these connections, from Cindy Sherman's photographic series of herself in Chanel to the extravagant event installations of Calvin Klein. An insider's voice is provided via the authors' conversations with designers articulating their views of how art affects their work. High-profile designers such as Chalayan, Balenciaga, and -McQueen are included, as well as lesser-known figures from a global scene that embraces Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The book contains reference notes and a brief list of titles for further reading. -VERDICT More substantial works (e.g., Alice Mackrell's Art and Fashion) offer better historical context, but this will interest those seeking more cutting-edge material.-Nancy B. Turner, -Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.