As a living art, fashion is open to multiple readings, and blog.mode: addressing fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 18, 2007, through April 13, 2008, presents approximately 65 costumes and accessories dating from the 18th century to the present — all recent Metropolitan Museum acquisitions — and invites the public to share their reactions via a blog on the Museum's website.
Over the duration of the exhibition, which will take place in The Costume Institute galleries, individual costumes and accessories will be posted on the blog periodically with commentary from curators Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton, and, where relevant, from contemporary designers.
The blog is the Metropolitan Museum's first foray into the blogosphere, and can be accessed from the “Special Exhibitions” page of the Museum's website. Visitors can respond to the postings from anywhere during the run of the exhibition, including a “blogbar” of eight computer terminals in the exhibition galleries.
”Fashion, both a reflection and an expression of the zeitgeist, is open to a wide range of interpretations,” said Harold Koda, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute.
“While painting and sculpture can sometimes seem to be at an intimidating conceptual remove, fashion is so familiar, so ubiquitous to our experience that it is inherently and immediately accessible.
Individuals who might shy away from commenting on the merits of a Juan Gris or Henry Moore will readily disclose their thoughts on a gown by John Galliano or a mule by Manolo Blahnik. Unlike its 'high art' siblings, fashion, even in its most extreme and avantgardist expression, draws us in with its personal relevance.”
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