Hardcover
Presents a deeply idiosyncratic collaboration between a psychoanalyst and a costume curator. In this book, the psychoanalyst re-describes dress in terms of anxiety, wish and desire, while the costume curator’s installations raise issues of equivalence with the psychoanalyst’s definitions.
The Concise Dictionary of Dress
a personal tour through dress and psychoanalytic association
- Hardcover
136 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2010
Summary
In this deeply idiosyncratic collaboration between a psychoanalyst and a costume curator, Adam Phillips re-describes dress in terms of anxiety, wish and desire, while Judith Clark’s installations raise issues of equivalence with Phillips’ definitions and bring garments and other items from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s archive to life in unexpected ways. Published in parallel with an Artangel commission at Blythe House, location of the V&A’s vast reserve collections, and designed by …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781900828352 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1900828359 |
| Author: | Adam Phillips, Judith Clark, Norbert Schoerner |
| Publisher: | Violette Editions |
| Imprint: | Violette Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 136 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 690g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 185mm x 16mm |
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