Merchants of Style : Art and Fashion after Warhol / Natasha Degen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Degen, Natasha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion and art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Looking at Andy Warhol's legacy as maker and muse, this book offers a critical examination of the coalescence of commerce and style.Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers, and the role of institutions--both public and commercial--that have brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries. The book argues that one figure more than any other anticipated this moment: Andy Warhol. Beginning with an overview of art and fashion's deeply entwined histories, and then picking up where Warhol left off, Merchants of Style tells the story of art's emboldened forays into commerce and fashion's growing embrace of art. As the two industries draw closer together than ever before, this book addresses urgent questions about what this union means and what the future holds.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: An Interwoven History

Part I: People Artists, Designers, Creatives

One. Collaboration: Paradigms of Joint Authorship

Two. Convergence: Affinities of Style and Sensibility

Three. Complicity: The Rise of Art Pop

Part II: Places Museums, Foundations, Galleries, Retail

Four. Context: The Voracious Museum

Five. Co-Option: The New Luxury Patron

Six. Consumption: The Mega-Gallery and the Megastore

Epilogue

References

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Photo Acknowledgements

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Degen, Natasha Merchants of Style

ISBN:

9781789146707