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Looking at the art-meets-fashion agenda from a place of creative synergy feels like a congruent read of the Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2017 collection illuminated by Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography.
Looking with naive enthusiasm at situations that are anything but motivating relate most recently to the emergence of the New Age and its hotch-potch of ideas based on spiritual beliefs and practices that embrace the expectation of a major and universal change based on harnessing the human potential.
“Droog was all about challenging traditional design norms and exploring unconventional concepts,” says Droog co-founder and current director Ramakers. What's been down in the last thirty years, since the foundation of the Droog design collective?
The most evident example of how our relations are gendered is by looking at the way nature and women are objectified and seen as passive resources to be exploited for economic gain.
Also known as #cluttercore or #corecore, mindful mess celebrates the idea and quest for authenticity and community, while rebranding wellness and self-care.
Talking about BBD isn’t easy just because talking about concerns regarding our appearance seem vain and superficial, an anti-statement to feminism and progressive thinking, a confirmation of our deliberate contribution to reinforcing images that favour the cis, white, skinny type.
Murakami's male characters are compelling, unpredictable and enigmatic. Certainly, captivating and intuitive. However, Murakami’s creative energy to depict women falls short: they often emerge as the sexual accomplice of the male characters.
Science and biology are de facto in the toolbox of artists and designers since the advancements of biotechnology allow for endless possibilities. But can the fusion between art and biology, or the manipulation of living systems for gallery purposes be considered art?
Why is it that as our understanding of the vast complexity of human sexuality continues to evolve, our expectations of monogamy haven't evolved much with it?
Was the commodification of art really a way to resist change? Or was there a gatekeeping the masses from accessing art?
