Research: Freize

Research : Freize art:

1: I love how this type of bold art reminded me how we can photograph our fashion, that these would make incredible backdrops for artistic direction. Art is so important for the overall of fashion design, it can completely change the mood of a collection.

2: a collection of art that was made to look like a photoshop computer screen. This is the level of digital back to real life that I think my work relates to. Our world really is digital vs physical art and the artist tipping that concept on its head really shows you just how important now more than ever that mixing both the physical and digital art worlds is what will keep both forms alive and respected.

3: this work makes me think of a modern day surrealism. I LOVE the works of Salvador Dali and his artistic relationship with Elsa Schiaparelli, the techniques Dali used to paint looked really 3D, smooth and polished. It’s always been my favourite style of painting due to the boldness of the colours and the smoothness of the shadows and highlights. The polished look always looked way ahead of its time, 3D like. This artwork really took that concept to the future, furthering these techniques into figures of abnormal shapes, painted completely flat it looks so 3D. I even think it looks like Schiaparellis new collections of the muscle dresses.

4: I noticed straight away what this artwork was. Whilst to some it looks like amazing shapes, i noticed it’s relations to pattern cutting, that it’s a 3D shape flattened down. Seeing pattern cutting in a more geometric way – like nets we learned in primary school maths – opens new possibilities of how we can shape fabric to the body.

5: Damien Hirst is my all time favourite artist. I love any chance I can get to see his work. His spin paint work is my favourite of his newer work, not for the technique though, I love the circular canvas. We’re so used to seeing art on rectangular canvases I think it just gives us a new perspective on how the canvas we use can completely change our work. Also that’s something to think about metaphorically.

6. The LG Damien Hirst set up matches well with his new ventures in the nft art world. It makes me question what the future of art shows could be. Because digitally, the same piece of art could be displayed across art galleries in the whole world on tvs, but this isn’t done yet. The ideas and crossovers physical and digital produce is a large thinking point to my personal brand and I want to be asking those questions about what is possible through my catwalks or installations.

7. Amazing digital display of noise disturbance, using sensations and outside influence to create digital patterns that allow for artwork to be unpredictable and not replicable, which is a massive selling point.

8. A glitch canvas using embroidery. I think it’s amazing how this effect was created using embroidery as it really is the perfect medium to weave and intwine threads together how you want, creating a beautifully blurred image.

9. This sculpture caught my eye from across the room, I love the creepiness of it, it seems like you’re taken back to a dark vengeful era. I want my designs on just mannequins to give this creepy vibe. That it could be a person standing there in the outfit but you just can’t tell.

10. Another canvas ,made from threads. The lurex threads in different directions means the light was reflecting a different way for each direction. It’s quite similar to the 3D effects shown in (3.). It reminds me of when I was pattern cutting velvet in second year and my tutors made me cut all the patterns with the bottom hems facing the same direction to avoid the light hitting different ways. I wanted my velvet coat to look sleek so I complied, however I did think, why can’t I cut it different directions for a purposeful effect. This artwork reminded me of how that could look. So it’s definitely something I want to sample.

Art Gallery research is such an in depth cultural experience and allows us to see both past and present responses to the world. Artists explore so many different concepts and problems and then display that through different choices of mediums. This shows us the unbelievable possibilities for fashion if we think about our work how artists do. I think personally rather than making a collection that captures my entire projects i want to think of each garment as its own art piece, and that each detail should be fully thought through and developed to reflect my overall concept. This way i can creat a strong collection each season and have each piece a masterpiece in its own right.

Knowing art throughout history gives you a great knowledge of how garments of the times reacted to it. In history we see a true relationship between art and Fashion. For example 1840s Fashion became more fluid and romantic after the rise of Pre-Raphaelite paintings emulating the Italian style artists ahead of their time. Also how 1960’s Fashion copied art direct to print. Pop art becoming screen prints, and Most famously the Mondrian Dress by YSL which highlighted the cubism era and how it was not only ahead of its time, but still relevant to the culture that developed years later.

Moving forward i need to take advantage of living in London and visit the galleries I have wished to for a long time. I believe we can truly predict future trends or cultural movements through what modern art is being created right now. In order to be that designer that is creating waves, i need to be aware and reactive to the cultural world around me. Knowledge is power.