COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1997.250.6
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MMA_.1997.250.6
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Kang, Ji Eon
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Kang, Ji Eon
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Designer
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Designer
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
American, born 1973
cdt
American, born 1973
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Designed by Ji Eon Kang
crt
Designed by Ji Eon Kang
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Dress
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Dress
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
Spring 1997
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Spring 1997
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1997
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1997
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1997
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1997
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
silk, metal
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silk, metal
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
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Main dress-Womenswear
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. at center back 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm)
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L. at center back 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1997.250.6
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1997.250.6
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard Martin, 1997
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Gift of Richard Martin, 1997
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
For a class assignment at Parsons School of Design students were asked to create a garment from a recycled object, an objet trouvé. Kang chose the daily admission buttons of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each button depicts a letter, but the letter is further endowed with the identity of the Metropolitan, and is a kind of coin minted expressly for entry into the Museum. Kang reused an object that was itself already a multilayered tissue of readings and meanings. The encyclopedic museum represents eternity, or at least the monumental span of art history. The paradox of the daily admission button is that it allows only limited access to the timelessness of art.
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<P>For a class assignment at Parsons School of Design students were asked to create a garment from a recycled object, an objet trouvé. Kang chose the daily admission buttons of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each button depicts a letter, but the letter is further endowed with the identity of the Metropolitan, and is a kind of coin minted expressly for entry into the Museum. Kang reused an object that was itself already a multilayered tissue of readings and meanings. The encyclopedic museum represents eternity, or at least the monumental span of art history. The paradox of the daily admission button is that it allows only limited access to the timelessness of art.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci1997.260.6.R.tif
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MMA_.ci1997.260.6.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false