Click Chic: The Fine Art of Fashion Photography
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Photograph by Roderick Angle Don't miss out on the new exhibition which opened last week at the Museum of the School of Visual Arts! While many fashion scholars realize that fashion photography is another forum for artistic expression, curator Dan Halm states, "because they’re originally conceived and created to appear in magazines and advertisements, fashion photographs are often considered disposable.” Highlighting work from six SVA alumni, Click Chic aims to recognize fashion photography as an art form. Artists include Roderick Angle, Guy Aroch, Maki Kawakita and Ryan Michael Kelly. The opening reception will be held tonight, from 6-8 pm.
Visual Arts Museum
209 East 23 Street
New York, NY 10010
212.592.2145
On view from September 6 - October 6, 2007
Fashion Projects #5 is devoted to fashion curation, examining the meteoritic rise in relevance of fashion exhibitions.
It features interviews with an eclectic assortment of leading practitioners from different corners of the world. The issue includes long Q&As with Harold Koda, the longtime, recently retired curator of the Met’s Costume Institute, as well as the Museum at FIT’s veteran leader Valerie Steele. It also features interviews with curators in Antwerp (the ModeMuseum’s Kaat Debo), Toronto (Royal Ontario Museum’s Alexandra Palmer) and Venice (Maria Luisa Frisa); academics studying the field (Hazel Clark, Annamari Vänskä, and Alistair O’Neill); and, giving an on-the-ground perspective, the Met’s head conservator, Sarah Scaturro. The issue’s cover stars Greer Lankton’s sculptural representation of legendary Vogue editor and Costume Institute doyenne Diana Vreeland, who continues to loom over the field years after her death.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Showmanship and History: An Interview with Harold Koda by Francesca Granata
Woman of Steele: An Interview with Valerie Steele by Lisa Santandrea
Exploring Fashion’s Openness: An Interview with Kaat Debo by Alex Esculapio
London, After a Fashion Curator: An Interview with Alistair O’Neill by Alexis Romano
Curation and Conservation: An Interview with Sarah Scaturro by Mae Colburn
Reflections on Fashion Curating
An Interview with Hazel Clark and Annamari Vänskä
Fashion in the Vast Museum: An Interview with Alexandra Palmer by Ingrid Mida
Restless Curating: An Interview with Maria Luisa Frisa by Marco Pecorari