Installation shot, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011.
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Alexander McQueen Double Bill

Essay compares him with photographer Francesca Woodman while review challenges unquestioning acceptance of his violence against women.

Still from the hologram of Kate Moss that closed Alexander McQueen's 2006 show, Widows of Culloden. photo credit: WireImage.com
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Savage Beauty, Tame Museum: Alexander McQueen at the Met

Offers feminist and museological criticism of the hugely popular show.

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, New York, 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, 4 x 9-1/2 inches. Courtesy of George and Betty Woodman
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Gorgeous Metamorphoses: Alexander McQueen and Francesca Woodman

More than goth aesthetics and youthful suicides unite the fashion designer and the photographer.