 | | 2014-10-16 09:26
From blog Artfully Awear
SWEATER WEATHER
It's finally sweater weather, and what better inspiration for autumn layering than Jayson Musson 's Coogi canvases? The Brooklyn based artist uses the eponymous 'Cosby' sweaters to cover canvases, which become some fusion between Abstract Expressionist painting and landscape . Originally marketed as ' wearable art ' in the 1980s, the sweaters became a symbol of status for African Americans in the late '80s and early '90s. Musson deconstructs the garments and reassembles them, finding a balance between their street culture significance and aesthetic relevance to fine art. In Art in...
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