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
EDGE Cosmo, EDGExposition

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.  

Read more
EDGE Radar, sustainable EDGE, thrEaDGE

Art and Its Magical Therapy | EDGE Talks to Susan Tancer

Brain cancer survivor, Susan Tancer, creates one-of-a-kind functional art. Painting became a therapeutic escape from cancer treatment.  After being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2004, this former marketing and public relations professional developed a passion for painting.  Suffering from the effects of chemotherapy, painting seemed the one thing to take her mind off of it.  This […]

Read more
EDGE Cosmo

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, […]

Read more
EDGE Cosmo

EDGE at Fashioned In America | Fashion Exhibition

The power of fashion lies in its power 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 […]

Read more
EDGExposition

Fashion Beyond the Art Form | Part III

EDGE champions the gallery and museum venue as a new era of exposition for emerging designers. Fashion is an expression and designers are artists. Shows can be curated with a collective vision of both a historical context and a relevance to contemporary culture. The Met and V&A are landmark institutions that exhibit fashion, but the […]

Read more
EDGExposition

Fashion Beyond the Art Form | Part II

EDGE champions the gallery and museum venue as a new era of exposition for emerging designers.  Fashion designers are artists.  Shows can be curated with a collective vision of both a historical context and a relevance to contemporary culture. How does this transform? Emerging designers lack exposure and distribution to the local and international communities. […]

Read more
EDGExposition

Fashion Beyond The Art Form | Part I

The power of fashion lies in its power 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. As crowds, who appreciate and are fascinated with fashion, pour into museums and […]

Read more
Narci Lee, Designer
EDGExposition

Fashion at the Art Gallery

I am an art enthusiast.  I love attending art exhibits at galleries and museums.  When it comes to fashion exhibitions at these institutions, it is typically the history of a fashion genre, designer, or culture.  Rarely do you see an event with current contemporary designers exhibiting what’s culturally relevant today.  The one exception is the […]

Read more