Open Access‘A mirror to the room’: Pyer Moss, specular strategy and Black Lives Matter
Author(s) -
Molly Desjardins
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fashion, style and popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2050-0734
pISSN - 2050-0726
DOI - 10.1386/fspc_00064_1
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , materialism , art , art history , sociology , visual arts , history , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , epistemology , philosophy , psychology
Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s version of historical materialism and with reference to the concept of despecularization from psychoanalytic film theory, this article looks at the historical and cultural significance of Pyer Moss’s Spring/Summer 2015 fashion show, where Kerby Jean-Raymond, the artist and designer behind the label, used the runway to bring attention to state-enforced violence against Black men and women.