Annotated Bibliography Ashley Conway
Primary McQueen, Alexander. “Alexander McQueen | Women's Spring/Summer 2001 | Runway Show.” Youtube Video. 11.42, March 21, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qynzgm9i4LI Much, Edvard. The Scream. 1893. 91 cm × 73.5 cm. The National Gallery in Oslo, Norway.
Secondary Ogunnaike, Nikki. Kerby Jean-Raymond Teams Up with Erykah Badu for a Runway Show to Raise Awareness About Mental Health. Elle.com. February 14, 2016. https://www.elle.com/fashion/a34079/pyer-moss-fall-2016-show-interview/. This source is not scholarly, but it is important in my research question. Thinking about how other designers have tackled mental illness and its activism is important to help me for my studio project. This article talks about Kerby Jean-Raymond’s runway show and how it introduces ideas of depression, mental illness, and race.A excerpt from the article that I thought would be helpful to my paper is”… a male model walked the runway carrying a sign that read "My demons won today I'm sorry," a reference to a final Facebook post by activist MarShawn McCarrel II."Had he had people in his life who understood depression is a real thing and understood that people deal with it everyday and people deal with it in different ways and mask it more times than actually resolve it," Jean-Raymond posits, "he would have probably still been around."
Kaufman, James C. Creativity and Mental Illness. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. This scholarly book is by James C. Kaufman, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut. The book delves into the question “are creative people more likely to be mentally ill?”This basic question has been debated for thousands of years, with the 'mad genius' concept advanced by such luminaries as Aristotle. There are many studies that argue the answer is 'yes', and several prominent scholars who argue strongly for a connection. The book also argues that the two traits, mental illness and creativity, are not related.
Thomas, Dana. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. London:Penguin Press. This is a book by Paris-based American Journalist Dana Thomas. The book touches on the lives of John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. She talks about how their lives lead up to their success in the fashion world. She also talks about their highly intricate designs and theatrical runway shows. Ultimately it shows how brilliant and successful designers can also struggle mentally.