Fashion and art critic Charlie Porter’s What Artists Wear (2021) is not just another glossy book full of photos. There are photos, yes, but they meander through the text: Lee Krasner’s paint-spattered slippers, Martine Syms’ bootleg designer sneakers, Louise Bourgeois in Helmut Lang. Porter is interested in what an artist’s clothes say and do. Who are they defying? Or trying to impress? How do they rise to the physical demands of making? In asking these questions, Porter’s odyssey through the This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Eight Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 51 Emily Gernild The Danish painter breathing new life into an old medium. Arts & Culture Food Issue 51 Imogen Kwok The artist takes food styling quite literally, creating accessories out of fruits and vegetables. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Karin Mamma Andersson Inside the moody, mysterious world of Sweden’s preeminent painter. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Amalie Smith The Danish arts writer finding clarity between the lines. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Studio Visit: Heidi Gustafson A cabin in the Cascade Mountains houses a hermetic artist—and her extraordinary world of natural pigments. Arts & Culture Issue 48 Jordan Casteel The acclaimed painter of people—and now plants.
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