Artforum. Volume XXXIII, No. 7. March 1995
New York: Artforum International Magazine, Inc., 1995. Quarto, publisher's illustrated wraps.
"Margiela’s work reflects less a vanguardist will to rupture than a sustained concern with sartorial purity – a style ethic, exemplary and impersonal, that demystifies the aura of the designer and focuses attention back on the garment." March 1995 issue of Artforum magazine, featuring an article on the notoriously reclusive Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela. A graduate of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts and one of the "Antwerp Six" (alongside Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten), Margiela initially worked as an assistant to Jean Paul Gaultier before going solo in 1988. The feature, by Purple founder Olivier Zahm, presents images of five groups of clothing that trace the development of Margiela's Summer 1995 collection. Also includes fashion coverage by Hilton Als, Rhonda Lieberman, and Richard Martin, articles on Gary Schneider and Francis Bacon, a dialogue on Quentin Tarantino and his influence with Gary Indiana, bell hooks, Dennis Cooper, Robin Wood, and Jeanne Silverthorne, and more. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, drawings, and reproductions. Minor toning and edgewear, else fine. Item #12511
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