Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion Victor Burgin I began to clip out

I began to clip out the contact prints I liked and to paste them into a book

an original comic by Lizzy Stewart

The book that has resulted from that work is wide-ranging in terms of subject – with sheets depicting rabbinical study

Lindokuhle Sobekwa began this project after finding a family portrait with his sister Ziyanda’s face cut out

Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion Victor Burgin I began to clip outScratching beneath fashions glossy surface, Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion reveals the rich and varied ways in which fashion has harnessed the playful, radical, and regenerative potentials of dirt and waste as signifiers of rebellion, authenticity, and desirability. Various forms of dirt organic as well as man made have emerged as vital sources of material innovation and artistic expression in a fashion landscape increasingly shaped by