Duro Olowu : seeing

Book

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Name/Title

Duro Olowu : seeing

Entry/Object ID

TT505.O46.S4

Description

Published on the occasion of Olowu's largest curatorial project, "Duro Olowu: Seeing" elucidates the designer-cum-curator's creative process as he imagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Naomi Beckwith illuminates Olowu's curatorial process, driven by a voracious appetite for contemporary art and culture brought together in sharp juxtapositions. Valerie Steele situates Olowu's designs within the contemporary fashion world. Ekow Eshun focuses on Olowu's role within Britain's black and Afro-Caribbean creative community. Thelma Golden interviews Olowu about his work as designer, curator, and chronicler of culture and style across the worlds of museums and fashion. And Lynette Yiadom-Boakye creates new fiction for this volume.

Lexicon

Search Terms

fashion--exhibitions, fashion and art, fashion designers--britain, fashion designers--nigeria

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Naomi Beckwith, Duro Olowu

Publisher

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Place Published

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

2020

Call No.

TT505.O46.S4

ISBN

3791359487, 9783791359489

Notes

Length: 272

General Notes

Note

Director's foreword / Madeleine Grynsztejn -- Acknowledgments / Naomi Beckwith -- An elaboration on the cultural exercise of looking / Naomi Beckwith -- Images I -- A new language: Duro Olowu and the becoming of black Britain / Ekow Eshun -- In fashion: a new mode, a new model / Valerie Steel -- Images II -- The formerly stray cat called Kwame, 26 North Astor street, the Gold Coast -- An invited guest, 26 North Astor street, the Gold Coast -- The baron at Lake Michigan / Lynette Yiadom-Boakye -- Images III -- Where intuition meets intellect / Thelma Golden and Duro Olowu in conversation -- Images IV -- Reference list -- Exhibition checklist -- Image credits -- Exhibition lenders -- Exhibition sponsors -- Contributors -- MCA board and staff.