Apr
18
2010
While I was browsing through Croatian contemporary textile art, I came to work by young artist Josipa Stefanec… I like the way her dresses and garments look like installations, whilst her installations look like dresses in the space…

Photo: Vulic (c), taken from ULUPUH
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Apr
4
2010
Artworkz and garments by fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura are sometimes indescribable, because of their complex aestheticism and simplicity in material usage. I find compelling in his work the way he treats different materials, each time producing different ‘style’ …

Cocoon Cradle – Mother Piece by Kosuke Tsumura for TokyoFiber 09
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Nov
10
2008
Nena Skoko, Serbian contemporary artist, affronts cultural, political and social context with sharply humoristic and intriguing works that often challenge the spectrum of tolerance and modernity. When you see her embroidered sanitary towels or banknotes put across the artist’s face, well it can’t be just a shortage of canvas or paper.

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