Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle /

Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.
Description:	159 pages : color illustrations (some black & white) ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Machine Dazzle, -- 1972- -- Exhibitions. Fashion designers -- Pennsylvania -- Exhibitions. Costume design -- Exhibitions. Costume -- Symbolic aspects. Costume design. Costume -- Symbolic aspects. Fashion designers. Pennsylvania. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12761891

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Varying Form of Title:	Queer maximalism by Machine Dazzle Machine Dazzle
Other authors / contributors:	Machine Dazzle, 1972- designer, writer of added commentary. Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.), organizer, host institution.
ISBN:	0847869679 9780847869671
Notes:	"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle organized by the Museum of Arts and Design"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158)
Summary:	"Machine Dazzle is the much-in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance stars such as Taylor Mac and transgender icon Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. For the first time, his over-the-top stage creations, made for himself and others, are collected here alongside stage environments, ephemera, and photos from his career. In Machine Dazzle’s world, costumes are transformative objects with world-making capacity. The artist’s “queer maximalism” encapsulates a more-is-better attitude to making and creating, which looks to counter elitist notions that spectacle and extravagance are vapid. For him, these associations are embraced as queer for their affirmation of hybridity and the rejection of hierarchies of every kind. On the occasion of a major exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, curator Elissa Auther brings together an expansive collection of essays and reminiscences from fellow performers, historians, and cultural critics that consider every aspect of Machine Dazzle’s rich body of work."--

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Summary:	Machine Dazzle is the much-in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance stars such as Taylor Mac and transgender icon Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. For the first time, his over-the-top stage creations, made for himself and others, are collected here alongside stage environments, ephemera, and photos from his career.<br> <br> <br> <br> In Machine Dazzle's world, costumes are transformative objects with world-making capacity. The artist's 'queer maximalism' encapsulates a more-is-better attitude to making and creating, which looks to counter elitist notions that spectacle and extravagance are vapid. For him, these associations are embraced as queer for their affirmation of hybridity and the rejection of hierarchies of every kind.<br> <br> <br> <br> On the occasion of a major exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, curator Elissa Auther brings together an expansive collection of essays and reminiscences from fellow performers, historians, and cultural critics that consider every aspect of Machine Dazzle's rich body of work.<br> <br>
Item Description:	"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Queer maximalism x Machine Dazzle organized by the Museum of Arts and Design"--Colophon.
Physical Description:	159 pages : color illustrations (some black & white) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158)
ISBN:	0847869679 9780847869671