복식과 회화에 표현되는 몸의 재현 - 프란시스 베이컨의 작품과 레이 카와쿠보의 컬렉션을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Abstract In examining the relationship between fashion and art which are intimately interrelated, the body is a suitable subject in that it is the common object of representation. This study investigates and compares the images of the body in Francis Bacon’s paintings from 1940s to 1970s and the formative aspect and aesthetic value of the abstract body images in Rei Kawakubo’s designs since 1980s. The figures in Bacon’s paintings are confusingly and atypically deformed as well as distorted, which are the combinations of the anatomies without references, not so much represented objects as experienced sense. Kawakubo’s designs attempt to deform the body, moreover, she transforms the body; represent abstract forms without association with any other figures that exist, emphasizing sculptural or architectural shapes of garment. She suggests extensive visual language of dress by challenging the norms of beauty. The body in Bacon and Kawakubo’s works is dispersive as well as complex in that the body images are deconstructed, fragmented, and exaggerated. Respectively, they articulate the perception of the body in postmodernism era by destroying the myth of subject; furthermore establish the aesthetics that transcend conventional ideals by reevaluating as well as refusing the standards of beauty. Key words : body(몸), Francis Bacon(프란시스 베이컨), Rei Kawakubo(레이 카와쿠보), representation(재현)Corresponding author: Yim Eunhyuk, Tel. +82-2-760-0517, Fax. +82-2-760-0514 E-mail: ehyim@skku.edu