Connections between Modern and Postmodern Art and Fashion

Author: Forster, Samantha Vettese

Source: The Design Journal, Volume 12, Number 2, July 2009 , pp. 217-241(25)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

This paper undertakes to construe the affinities and divergences in the genres of art and fashion throughout the 20^th century through the use of particular visual and theoretical examples, examined at greater length in a more extensive study of 'The relationship between the artist and the fashion designer in the twentieth century' (Vettese, 2005). Examination of the 20^th century has revealed two particular periods - 'Modernism' and 'Postmodernism' - that were evident and fitting to this analysis. The research is a summation of these findings, where the differences and affinities in the mechanisms of 20^th century art and fashion, including imposing messages and innovation in Modernism and the mixed messages, recycling and commercial aspects of Postmodernism, are disseminated.

Keywords: MODERNISM; POSTMODERNISM; INNOVATION; RECYCLING; COMMERCIALITY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2752/175630609X433256

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