Between The Wars: The Bauhaus And The Avant-Garde
By Anneka Scholtz.
Between two world wars, the Bauhaus school of art (1919-1933) emerged as a product of, and a reaction to, a chaotic period of political and social upheaval in Germany post-World War I. Signifying a break with traditional salon art, the utopian ideals of the Bauhaus aimed to address the problems of industrialisation in a rapidly changing social climate, and raise fine art and craft to equal status…
Fatality Of Femininity: The Femme Fatale And The Fallen Woman
By Megan Shaw.
If Helen of Troy, the face that launched one thousand ships, was the original femme fatale, then Lady Lilith embodied a devious and equally dangerous sexuality. The demise of men at the female hand of beauty, sexuality and undeniable distraction was a well-established concept before the turn of the 19th Century…
Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists In The Diaspora
By Kate Harris.
Within Māori and Pacific dress cultures, clothes have pivotal political and social roles, and continually evolve within new contexts. The Pacific Sisters are a collective of New Zealand Pacific and Māori artists whose creative practice is both unabashedly traditional and boldly modern…
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