I know it's not traditionally considered art, but fashion is now in museums on display as art. Lady Gaga is basically a walking work of art. The artist of the dress is actually the couture designer, Giorgio Armani.
When I saw her dress the first thing I noticed was the use of line, which includes not only the obvious 'hoops' on her dress but also her star. This is 3d art, much like a sculpture, and designed to go on the human body.
The lines in her dress are gestural, and interconnected as they go from the top of her body and down, and draw your eye both ways. The color is light and frivolous, the lines are energetic and unbalanced - they are mostly horizontal. on the star, they are both horizontal and vertical, and are very stable and straight as well as symmetrical whereas the dress is asymmetrical. The dress gives a feeling of being weightless and yet structured.
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In more traditional art, this piece is photography line art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/utility_lines_johan_hagemeyer/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=522&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190017384&vT=1
In this print, the feeling is of rigid confinement and structure, which defines the industrial revolution. The utility pole is coming inward and your eye is drawn from the bottom to the top, then to the left with the thinner lines. They are contoured lines and some cross-hatching occurs with the other pole's lines intersecting, to create diamond and triangular shapes - a lot of geometric shapes are in this piece. The utility pole looms over the building (?) which is stifled and almost shrinking to the pole. The message or feeling is that this sort of technology is strong, and is gaining power or on the rise. In the description it says it is telephone wires. The advent of the telephone increased the ability for communication across large distances. These wires span the horizon and stretch beyond the frame of the print to give an illusion of continuity.
[I wasn't sure if the dress was considered art so I placed both items in this post].
Hahaha! I LOVE the dress! It certainly counts. Wonderful formal analysis. I completely agree- it is slightly off balance, giving a strong sense of motion. Very thorough and thoughtful formal analysis of both pieces. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThe photograph is really amazing. I love the ant's eye view at the structure. It's a really strong picture...very precise, no smoothness, nothing soft. It's just THERE in its perfectness. Nice choice!
ReplyDeleteAnd that dress is insane (in a cool way)!
Unfortunately Iwasn't able to see the Lady Gaga dress, it somehow blocks me from that site, but the photograph is very interesting. When I looked at it for the first time the image seemed to me like a reflection on the glass building. The different thickness and colors of the lines are clearly visible and the crosshatching simply adds the beauty to this perfect immage of lines.
ReplyDeleteThat dress is crazy! How did she sit in that thing? 0.0
ReplyDeleteI really like the depth that the curves give the dress. They look like the orbital paths of dozens of planets circling Lady Gaga. The lines are mostly diagonal but there is a lot of crossing and chaos amongst them giving the dress and her appearance a sense of quick erratic motion. The rigid diagonal lines coming from her star contrast the curvaceousness of her dress and add structure and a focal point to the overall chaotic nature of this piece.
ReplyDeleteThat dress is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat materials did designer use?
I think Lady Gaga always wear dresses that are peculiar.