In my last post, my outfit reflected the stark snowy landscape and its contrast of black and white. Yesterday, I decided to brighten things up a little for a different kind of contrast--bold color against a backdrop of white.
The colors in this outfit were inspired by Josef Albers' color studies. Albers (1888-1976) was a lifelong artist and teacher, whose students included Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, and Eva Hesse. Though he was skilled in many artistic disciplines, including graphic design, printmaking, poetry, and photography, he is most known for painting, particularly his compilation of color studies entitled Homage to the Square.
In the Homage series, Albers explored the complex relationships between colors, and eventually published Interaction of Color in 1963. The basis of his color logic was that colors are influenced by context, i.e. the same red will appear different when placed next to a different blue.
Albers' color theories are now the bases of many upper-level art classes. I remember slaving over my own Homage series during undergraduate painting class, and I am eternally indebted to Albers for my own deep love of color and its relationships.
For this outfit, I wanted to reflect the intense hues of the Albers works and the juxtapositions of dissonant colors. I thought the motif of the scarf reflected the theme as well, and the boots were necessary to keep my feet warm!
I'm wearing a sweater and skirt from J. Crew, vintage leather purse and vintage scarf, Topshop tights, and Sorel "Joan of Arctic" boots.
P.S. You can now follow Artfully Awear on Tumblr for more updates and outtakes!
[Albers images from pixeljoint.com, fine-art.com, fine-art.com, paintingphotofy.com, thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com, nga.gov.au, and luxeandlucid.typepad.com, respectively.]
Beautiful ensemble, Ariel, nicely accented by the your lipstick and nail color. The range of Albers' color usage is impressive, he made some beautiful choices in this series, esp.the slate-like blues and violets. The scarf is wonderful too. Thank you for posting!
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This is totally getting added to the inspiration file. I also love those boots and how they look with this look - so unexpected, but so perfect!!
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Great art to outfit interpretation. Not sure if I would have been able to pull of those tights but you totally do.
ReplyDeleteis really is not easy to pull out a bright colored outfit in the winter ! most times we dont have the mood to wear it out !
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ReplyDeletethis year we were contacted by the albers foundation.. my grandmother mara uckunowa was the girlfriend of albers around 1919 in munich(there are sweet commenting letters from albers about her..) .. both were students and followed up to the weimar bauhaus (together we dont know). she was later assistant to muche and befriended carl auboeckII my grandfather who had followed his teacher itten from vienna to weimar.
look at ittens colours they are amazing..
you might try to take also contrasting fotos of your fashion studies in closed spaces - the colours will look very different ,the contrast will be dramatic ithink.
why? most of paintings were made under artificial light sources.. so the colours always look different under different circumstances.
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You look gorgeous! I love the mix of colours, so wonderful!!
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i love this! and what is funny is that if you took away one of the elements in the outfit, it might not work. but all together, it's great! plus, i'm a sucker for color. go girl. xoxo, laura
ReplyDeleteThe vivid colorblocking going on here is magnificent! I just adore the saturated colors and the scarf that (literally) ties it all together.
ReplyDeleteAnd those Joan of Arctic boots! I tried the hot-pink-soled version of the same boots on in the store on Tuesday! They didn't have my exact size so I had to pass them up, but I loved them dearly!
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