Art / Fashion: Artist’s essay
Shun Sasaki
I’m trying
to express the primary forms. Fashion presents the work of contemporary art that
uses the highly readable visual language of clothing and appearance. The artists,
or designers, use clothing forms to examine issues of identity, particularly
gender, and to examine the societal forces that dictate the way we look. We read
people quickly and easily based on their appearance, on their clothing, hair,
skin color and tone, and body shape. It is as if they need a physical and psychological
grounding to define identity.
