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You Need to Cut Your Hair

Evan Flack

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I am from Essex, now living and studying in London. My work is often born out of a desire for deconstruction. Next year I will be continuing onto Menswear at CSM.

I am from Essex, now living and studying in London. My work is often born out of a desire for dec...

This project was inspired by writing by the art philosopher Kiyokazu Washida. He is concerned with our idea of 'self' and how the perception of it we each have is skewed. You cannot see all of yourself at once, so how can you be whole. Washida argued that we are moving through a 'fissured existence' and that clothing serves to close the gaps in between. When you put on clothes you are projecting a version of yourself that is tangible. The garments I have made are a response to his commentary. 

Final work

Model wears ring vest and aluminium skirt. Collage with 'Stacked Steels Slabs' 1969 by Richard Serra.

Rafe next to early Serra (1969).

Model wears ring vest and aluminium skirt. Collage with 'Stacked Steels Slabs' 1969 by Richard Serra.

Model wears full metal dress and pictured carrying the skirt.

An oddly shaped bag.

Model wears full metal dress and pictured carrying the skirt.

Model wears ring vest and aluminium skirt.

Irrigation system.

Model wears ring vest and aluminium skirt.

Model wears full metal dress. Collage with portrait of Anthony Caro.

Collage with Caro

Model wears full metal dress. Collage with portrait of Anthony Caro.

Research and process

  • Model wears full metal dress. Pictured next to combine harvester. Collage with Kazmir Malevich, 'Black Square and Red Square' 1915.
  • image from the project

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You Need to Cut Your Hair

This project was inspired by writing by the art philosopher Kiyokazu Washida. He is concerned with our idea of 'self' and how the perception of it we each have is skewed. You cannot see all of yourself at once, so how can you be whole. Washida argued that we are moving through...

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