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Camp : notes on fashion

Title

Camp : notes on fashion / Andrew Bolton with Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Amanda Garfinkel ; introduction by Fabio Cleto ; Notes on "camp" (1964) by Susan Sontag ; photographs by Johnny Dufort.

Author

Bolton, Andrew, 1966-

Publication

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Camp: Notes on Fashion / Andrew Bolton ; with Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Amanda Garfinkel ; Introduction by Fabio Cleto ; Notes on "Camp" (1964) by Susan Sontag ; Photographs by Johnny Dufort New York

Description

183 pages, 68 leaves (some folded) : chiefly illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, revealing itself through an aesthetic of deliberate stylization. Fashion is one of the most overt and enduring conduits of the camp aesthetic. As a site for the playful dynamics between high art and popular culture, fashion both embraces and expresses such camp modes of enactment as irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration. Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay "Notes on 'camp,'" the book explores how fashion designers have used their metier as a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic in compelling, humorous, and sometimes incongruous ways. As a sartorial manifestation of the camp sensibility, this thought-provoking publication contributes new theoretical and conceptual insights into the camp canon through texts and images. Stunning new photography by Johnny Dufort highlights works by such fashion designers as Virgil Abloh, Thom Browne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Michele, Franco Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Richard Quinn, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood.

Alternative Title

Camp
Notes on fashion

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 9-September 8, 2019.
Two parts bound to one cover. One part (183 pages), comprised of texts and illustrations, opens horizontally; one part (68 leaves), comprised of illustrations, opens vertically.
"The exhibition is made possible by Gucci. Additional support is provided by Condé Nast"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Volume II Notes on fashion.

Call Number

JQF 19-1814

ISBN

9781588396686
1588396681

LCCN

2019285457

OCLC

1057377831

Author

Bolton, Andrew, 1966- author.

Title

Camp : notes on fashion / Andrew Bolton with Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Amanda Garfinkel ; introduction by Fabio Cleto ; Notes on "camp" (1964) by Susan Sontag ; photographs by Johnny Dufort.

Publisher

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Godtsenhoven, Karen van, author.

Garfinkel, Amanda, author.

Cleto, Fabio, writer of introduction.

Dufort, Johnny, photographer.

Container of (expression): Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Notes on "Camp"

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, publisher.

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Research Call Number

JQF 19-1814

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