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Anne-Sofie Madsen: Maori Collection

By / 03 Dec 2009 @ 7:46 am
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” In traditional Maori art the most dominant, mythical motif is the ‘avianised man’ or ‘bird-woman’. The most important visual art forms are plaiting, relief carving and tattoo. My idea in this collection was to combine (and confront) this with classic, European clothing – in order to express the contrasts and borders between what we see as primitive/civilianized, exotic/classic and barbaric/elegant. “

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“My idea was not to create bird suits or folk costumes and I decided not to use feathers in the garments and to ›translate‹ the traditional materials of the Maori. I used shoelaces instead of flax strips and exchanged tattooed skin with leather applied on invisible tulle. ” Anne-Sofie Madsen

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Thanks to CoutequeCoute for the images!


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WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

  • http://www.algiga.org AL GIGA

    anne sofie madsen’s work is beautifull!!!!!!!!

  • Doris Tsai

    Anne Sofie Madsen is amazing -her illustrations are playful and the tone of colours are cohesively pretty. Work implies a strong identity that are elegant and soft. Is her collection avaliable on marketplace? would love to see the work in display .

  • http://www.tangatawhenua.com Potaua Biasiny-Tule

    Is Madsen talented? Yes.
    Can she draw? Yes.
    Does she understand the “aesthetic traditions” of Maori? NO.

    From where we sit, she is yet another designer who has recreated a representation of Maori without any wairua and without a narrative which reflects who we are, so yep pretty pretty pictures, pity about the lack of authenticity…

    Conclusion, sincere yet stylised appropriation!

  • http://www.morenarusso.com www.morenarusso.com

    fantastic job

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  • Jean

    Wow. Next time try to do some actual research. What she’s written is ignorant beyond words. When you appropriate another culture into your work for inspiration (or try to, in this case), the professional thing to do would be to get your facts straight and not be so rude. It’s not very respectful to refer to it as barbaric and primitive.

The ” Tiki-Mania-Maori ” collection of Danish Design School 2009 graduate Anne-Sofie Madsen is gorgeous, pretty much all the next season trends are used in her design, from fringes (made out of shoe laces), See-through tulle and leather patches as tattooed skin, Anne-Sofie’s tribal inspired collection is stunning and lets not talk about her illustrations !

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