All posts by Anna Baruzzi
Unconventional Fashion- The Body
The shoes in Winde Rienstra’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection were made of unconventional materials that challenge the forms of traditional footwear.
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unconventional-materials
^Go to website for more examples of “found objects” in fashion through the shoes designs of Rienstra
Anonymous (@Beathhigh) (Post inspired by James Allen)
This piece was done by an anonymous artist. Here is a description of the work that was posted on an article in the Huffington Post:
Over the course of eight months, from March to November of 2011, ten small book sculptures bearing tags “In support of libraries, books, words, and ideas” were smuggled into various cultural venues around Edinburgh. Although the artist has remained anonymous, the beauty of both the work and the mystery surrounding it has gained renown. The project is interwoven with new technology, with each gift addressed to the venue’s Twitter name. The only books used that were written by a living author were Exit Music and Hide and Seek, both by Edinburgh’s Ian Rankin. In what seemed only a fair exchange, sculpture 11/10, @beathhigh, was the single work not gifted to an institution but to Ian.
Not only is the piece beautiful and so intricately carved, it is just plain cool. The story and meaning behind it makes it that much better.
Meret Oppenheim
“Object”, 1936, The MoMA
I chose the work of Oppenheim because of how she explores context. I like to take every day objects and repurpose them in some odd or bizarre way so that they are now out of context. One of my favorite pieces to date is “Object”. You can still tell exactly what the items are, yet they are covered in fur which would make them seemingly un-usable for what they are intended for.
“Glove (For Parkett no. 4)”, 1985, The MoMA
How cool are these? A suede pair of gloves with screen printed and hand stitched veins. Although it is covering the hand and the flesh, Oppenheim still shows the anatomy of the hand and what lies underneath. I like this work because it does not immediately hit you as a sculpture. It is wearable; it is fashion. But fashion is merely another form of art.
Anna Baruzzi
Joseph Beuys
