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Rethinking Fashion： Fashion, Art and the Anthropology of Art -A Case of the Vivienne Westwood Exhibition at the V＆A-  

Lee, Jung-Taek (MA. Material and Visual Culture. Dept. of Anthropology, University College London)
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International Journal of Costume and Fashion / v.4, no., 2004 , pp. 131-144 More about this Journal
Abstract
“The ultimate aim of the anthropology of art ［fashion］ must be the dissolution of art ［fashion］.” Alfred Gell, Art and Agency (1998) This study aims to rethink fashion by examining issues that have emerged out of recent writings in the anthropology of art. Since their inaugural coinciding, sound discussions have emerged between the anthropology of art and the art world, addressing such subjects as： ‘artworks and artefacts’, ‘Western and non- Western discourse’, and ‘art and agency’ (Gell 1992； 1993； 1996； 1998). This study is comprised of a series of discussions, the subjects of which follow： the relationship between fashion and art； art and the anthropology of art； and in parallel with this, examining the possibility for an anthropology of fashion. This study employs a qualitative approach based on the discussion of relevant literatures dealing with fashion, art and art theory for its methodology, followed by a brief examination of a case of the Vivienne Westwood exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in terms of an empirical account.
Keywords
art and fashion; anthropology of art; art and agency; anthropology of fashion; materiality of clothing/fashion;
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