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Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution | A Curator's Perspective

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Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution is a compelling exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art about the history and transformative legacy of Korean fashion, presenting garments ranging from excavated 17th-century aristocratic garments to contemporary Korean couture by leading and emerging designers, including André Kim (1935–2010); Lie Sang Bong (b. 1954); Lee Chung Chung (b. 1978), for LIE; Lee Jean Youn (b. 1978); and Shin Kyu Yong (b. 1988) and Park Ji Sun (b. 1988), for Blindness.

Through juxtaposing historical and contemporary ensembles, Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution recounts the definition of “couture” from an inclusive perspective, amplifying how tradition has empowered contemporary Korean fashion designers to invent a new artistic language.

Photos Courtesy of Lie Sangbong 

Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution is a compelling exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art about the history and transformative legacy of Korean fashion, presenting garments ranging from excavated 17th-century aristocratic garments to contemporary Korean couture by leading and emerging designers, including André Kim (1935–2010); Lie Sang Bong (b. 1954); Lee Chung Chung (b. 1978), for LIE; Lee Jean Youn (b. 1978); and Shin Kyu Yong (b. 1988) and Park Ji Sun (b. 1988), for Blindness.

Through juxtaposing historical and contemporary ensembles, Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution recounts the definition of “couture” from an inclusive perspective, amplifying how tradition has empowered contemporary Korean fashion designers to invent a new artistic language.

Join us for a conversation with Darnell-Jamal Lisby, who co-curated the exhibition with Sooa Im McCormick.

 

Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution | A Curator's Perspective

Thursday, September 5, 2024 | 6:30 PM (EDT)


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About the Speaker:

 

Darnell-Jamal Lisby is Assistant Curator of Fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he develops projects rooted in fashion studies that connect with the institution’s comprehensive art collection. As a fashion historian, Lisby has a thorough understanding of the global history of fashion dating back to the 1300s. Notably, he has sought opportunities throughout his career to raise awareness around the intersection of Blackness and fashion studies from the 1800s to the present. Thus far at the CMA, he’s helped organize the museum’s iteration of The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion and curated the exhibitions Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession and Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution.

Lisby holds degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology, including an MA in fashion and textiles studies: history, theory, and museum practice and a BS in art history and museum professions. Before coming to Cleveland, he worked at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as the sole fashion historian on the curatorial team for the Willi Smith: Street Couture exhibition and as an education coordinator for advanced audiences organizing programming, including the museum’s first virtual symposium, “Fashion, Culture, Futures: African American Ingenuity, Activism, and Storytelling.” Before Cooper Hewitt, Lisby worked at an array of institutions in New York City, including the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

He also taught in the Fashion Institute of Technology master’s program in fashion design, fortifying emerging designers with the historical knowledge they require to pursue fruitful careers. He has published extensively in academic and mainstream platforms, including the Fashion and Race Database, Cultured Magazine, The Fashion Studies Journal, and Teen Vogue.


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