Virtual Memories

Conversation begins at 6:45

Fashion critic, journalist and author Charlie Porter (  / thecharlieporter   http://charlieporter.net) joins the show to celebrate the US publication of WHAT ARTISTS WEAR (WW Norton, https://bookshop.org/a/4669/978132402.... We talk about the Agnes Martin photo that inspired the book, the ways we look at artists' clothes and what they say about our notions of art, culture, gender & society, Charlie's history with fashion and with art, the liberating nature of writing fashion criticism, the notion of art as infiltration, his fashion-epiphany in Mexico City, the glory of Tabboo! (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/st..., the reason he gave Picasso only one line in the book, and more! Follow Charlie on Instagram (  / thecharlieporter  ) • More info at http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-... • Support The Virtual Memories Show via   / vmspod