Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy - Costume Designers Panel - Part 5 of 6
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Channel: The Met · 2008 · Education
Learn more about the exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/index.asp This all-day event of lectures and panel discussions, presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," brings together leading international scholars, critics, and designers to discuss the world of costumes and comics. Themes include the appropriation of the uniform, the adaptation of superhero costumes for the screen, the creation of modern mythologies, and the role of the superhero as metaphor in contemporary society. Costume Designers Panel Geoff Klock, assistant professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College; Adi Granov and Phil Saunders, illustrators and concept designers, Iron Man; and Gordon Smith, special makeup effects designer and president, FXSMITH, Inc.
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