Museum Crawl: MUST See 2023 FASHION Exhibits – Hip Hop, 80’s France Fashion, Africa Fashion travels to America, and more
Museum exhibits showcase an artist, an era, or theme calling attention to its meaning, impact, or influence on culture. FIT Museum “Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip-Hop Style” stirs up memories of a time when the street style of Black and Brown youth had such an impact on the fashion style of hip […]
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Museum Crawl: MUST See 2022 FASHION Exhibits – Africa Fashion, Virgil Abloh, McQueen, Guo Pei, and more
When we start to see how fashion serves a purpose in our culture and history, we begin to dismiss the frivolous segment of it and assimilate a more responsible and ecosystem-protective conduct.
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Museum Destiny: The Case for Contemporary Fashion
Curating the body, creating around bodies, is not a typical conversation or exploration in fashion.
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EDITOR’s Letter: “Will My Future Self Be Satisfied …”
New Year’s Eve is always a time of reflection of the past year as we look forward to the new year. However, in today’s times, reflecting on the last two years seems more appropriate. The pandemic has changed each of us in some way on what (or whom) we value and appreciate, what we prioritize […]
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Dressed in COSTUME: The VISUAL Communication of Performance ART
LIGHTS, CAMERA, COSTUMES! Welcome to the stage. That’s the feeling I got when I stepped into the exhibit Wearable Art/Costume Design. I didn’t know what to expect of a fashion exhibit located at Chapel Theatre, a performance arts space near Portland, Oregon.
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Sleeping With the Dragon: “Pterodactyl Cries” Challenges Art World Presumptions
My husband, Erik ReeL, just published a book; the book the art world has not been waiting for, maybe even dreading. And I’d say there are similar (or equally) strong messages for the fashion community that will ruffle some shirts.
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Museum Crawl: Must See Fashion Exhibits 2021/22
When we start to see how fashion serves a purpose in our culture and history, we begin to dismiss the frivolous segment of it and assimilate a more responsible and protective conduct. Fashion needs to be seen and not just a 20-minute catwalk or shopping spree. Museums are a cure for cultural curiosity. The old […]
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Alena Kalana | Tibetan Transplant
Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art, [far left] Alena Kalana and Hera Zhou, designers
Hera Zhou | The Wave
Tingyue Jiang | Erik ReeL paintings
Tingyue Jiang | Erik ReeL paintings
Tingyue Jiang | painting by Erik ReeL | photo Charlene Broudy | GraySpace Gallery
Alena Kalana | Tibetan Transplant
Alena Kalana, Tibetan Transplant
Alena Kalana
Opening Reception
The Art of Fashion | Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art
Fashion exhibitions at art galleries are the new black – Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art exhibit.
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The Bold, The Beautiful, The Brilliant: Ikats from Central Asia
Textiles of historic traditional compositions and unparalleled beauty have been a marker of our time, and in some cases are modernized in transforming identity and culture.
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Frieze Frame: eye catching moments, fashion, and art at Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles
Art fairs are a creative hub, not solely for art but for fashion, too. Both, visually stimulating, heighten the overall cultural experience.
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Beyond the Art | A few fashion moments at Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Art fairs thrive when visitors experience emotional moments of engagement with the art and a sense of camaraderie among other attendees.
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High Fashion in the Alley – a behind-the-scene look
The experience of a fashion showcase doesn’t always come in a neat package of theatrical runway drama, museum exhibitions, or retail display windows. Fashion in the alley has a personality, energy, and engagement all of its own when witnessed in “the alley” as the behind-the-scene back stage to a fashion show.
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Tour the Gallery | Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art
Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art fashion exhibit, curated by Rhonda P. Hill
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Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art | Exhibiting Culture Through Fashion
The power of fashion lies in its ability to transform identity and culture. GraySpace Gallery presents Blurred Boundaries: Fashion as an Art fashion exhibit. As creator of this exhibition, it uniquely spotlights the process and output of selected work of fashion designers Tingyue Jiang, Alena Kalana, Susan Tancer and Hera Zhou who blur the distinction between […]
Read moreFashion, like art, embodies the time we live in and society bears witness to the interpretation of its historical and cultural significance.
Rhonda P. Hill
Fashion and Society – A Constant State of Interpretation | 배혜진 HYEE JIN BAE, An Artist’s Perspective
Fashion, like art, embodies the time we live in and society bears witness to the interpretation of its historical and cultural significance.
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Chagall – Fusion of Design: Costume, Performance and Visual Art
By engaging both the visual and the performing arts, it also fosters a dialogue that reaches across the disciplines of art, music, theater, dance, and even fashion design. – Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Marc Chagall, Russian born artist, known for his figurative and narrative art, had a far-reaching engagement with music and […]
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Color! Have No Fear
In fashion, do we produce and consume too much of the color black? Do you know why black is used in the branding of Chanel, YSL, and Armani Exchange? How does the color spectrum affect consumer behavior?
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Skip The Landfill, Create The Art
Up to 95% of the textiles that are LAND-FILLED each year could be reused or recycled, according to Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles [SMART] One day you will have no use for what you wear. It could be in a few months or a few years. Where will you dispose of it? You say you […]
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Discarded Bits of Aluminum Create a Textile Work of Art
Recycle + UP-CYCLE = Metal Cloth Art Sustain the earth, move towards zero waste.
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Take a LOOK. . .The History and High Fashion of Menswear | ‘Reigning Men’ Exhibition
Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art [ LACMA] Exhibition, explores the history of men’s fashionable dress. Spanning 3 centuries of men’s fashion, this exhibition explores the looks of “dandy” to “mod” to “ultra chic” and how political and cultural influences shaped fashionable dress for men. 200 looks brilliantly curated, […]
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Oscar de la Renta, The Exhibition, Through My Eyes as a Visual Artist
I do not deal in trends. I deal in emotions. It’s about the emotion fashion gives you. – André Leon Talley, former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, curator Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective The glamorous flow and flair of Oscar de la Renta. This de Young Museum, Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective, exhibition generated […]
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The Art of Costuming. . .A Conversation With Alex Jaeger
What is the magic behind the art of costuming? It’s magical by its very nature. In doing my research I learn about different cultures, different times. I work with and learn from all kinds of creative people and then create a magical experience for the audience. What could be better? – Alex Jaeger, Costume Designer […]
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The Parallels of Fashion Design and Art
There is a strong parallel between the fashion industry and the art world. Emerging fashion designers and up-and-coming artists are mixing up the game and clearing the way for a new set of standards, aesthetics, and innovation. They are as significant as their established counterparts in making an impact to culture and history as those […]
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‘High Style’| Masterworks of Fashion That Defined Cultural Changes
When fashion articulates a new paradigm for style, transfiguring the norm with an expressive potency, great fashion attains covetable status and everlasting importance. – Marnie Fogg, author of When Fashion Really Works The everlasting importance of the most influential American and European designers of the last one hundred years—including Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, Gilbert Adrian, and Charles […]
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The Oxymoron in “China: Through the Looking Glass”
As an artist slowly venturing herself into the mystical energy of Yin and Yang, the dualities of life and fascinating traditions of calligraphy and ink painting, I can’t help but to use this lens to analyze the latest exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC on China. The Met’s “China: Through the Looking Glass” should […]
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Empowerment – Taking Charge | A Graduation Message
Artist Teresita Fernandez once said, You don’t need a lot of friends or curators or patrons or a huge following, just a few that really believe in you. Graduates of all vocations, yet particularly those of the arts, don’t wait for one or two years to truly own your life, empower yourselves now! Whether it is […]
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EDGE at Fashioned In America | Fashion Exhibition
The power of fashion lies in its ability to transform identity and culture. There is a global phenomenon of fashion exhibitions at elite institutions the likes of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Phoenix Art Museum is currently exhibiting, Fashioned in America, a fashion exhibition […]
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EDGE at Out of the Great Wide Open
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. — Sir Francis Bacon
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inspiración. . .un lienzo en blanco
I travel for inspiration, visiting historic sites and ancient cities; I do so to remove myself from the current season, empty my mind and work from a blank space. – Marion Ayonote, Footwear Designer | a quote from EDGE talks to Marion Ayonote Inspiration can be taking in what’s around you in the world, observing […]
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EDGE at Rebar Art Exhibition
An enchanted evening at the opening reception of Rebar, a solo show of Erik ReeL paintings, Friday 7 November 2014, Museum of Ventura County Tool Room Gallery, [a Coastal California Art Exhibition event].
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EDGE at Rauschenberg Exhibition | Gagosian Gallery
I like seeing people using materials that one’s not accustomed to seeing in art. That has a particular value. New materials have fresh associations, physical properties and qualities that have built into them the possibility of forcing you or helping you do something else. — Robert Rauschenberg
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EDGE Invites You To Rebar, Art Exhibition, Tool Room Gallery – Erik ReeL Paintings
Barbie® as Creative Inspiration
Barbie® has been a muse to many artists over the past 5+ decades – including Andy Warhol and Peter Max. Over the years, Barbie® doll has always been a reflection of the times, art, and fashion whether following style trends or blazing her own fashion trail. Today, Barbie® is the most popular doll in the […]
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VAM: Improvisational Painting in Ventura GOT EDGE
How often do you get to view a collection of art that moves you in the purest of ways with warmth, passion, and determination? I appreciate the creative risk these 5 improvisational abstract painters took in pushing the boundaries of authentic expression with the end result in their work. As artists, they manifest their personal […]
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E D G E At “Standing In Boots” Art Exhibit
Photo ©Desiree HernandezE D G E was there, at Standing In Boots art exhibit! What a unique and pure experience of like minds and creative energy; “awe” in viewing the art; sharing; visiting with old and new; and collaboration. Oh my, what a night to remember of the high you felt while there and after […]
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