La mode dans tous ses états = The Dress ShowTools Beavis, Lynn. La mode dans tous ses états = The Dress Show. Montréal, Qc: Galerie d art Leonard Bina Ellen de l Université Concordia Leonard Bina Ellen Art Gallery Concordia University, 2003.
Abstract (English)"Clothing is intimately bound up with identity and one's self-projections, marking the outermost boundary between the internally-defined ego and the social world we inhabit. For several years artists have been working with the image of clothing as a medium to express issues of race, gender and identity. The seven artists in this exhibition recognize costume as an adjunct to the body, but also see it as a means of exploring the definitions of self and the relations we form (or attempt to form) with others. Barbara Hunt cuts dresses, patterned to mimic natural forms, out of cold-rolled steel plates. Catherine Sylvain's monumental paper dress insists on its own presence through the space it takes up, but belies its own forceful presence through the fragility of its materials. Ana Rewakowicz's candy-coloured latex clothing creates a discomforting sense of intimacy - recalling both the skin and fetish wear it speaks implicitly of desire and repulsion. Lissa Robinson also toys with the fetishistic in her sixty pairs of red velvet shoes each modeled on a real pair - de-constructed and reassembled in crimson cloth. Kevin Whitfield's knitted suits oscillate between body and garment, thereby questioning the stability of identity. Barry Ace's magnificent vest and headdress create an art work which addresses the ongoing adaptation of Native cultures. Laura Vickerson's delicately embroidered gauze corsets attempt to find meaning in the "underlying body" where the body and the garment begin to merge." -- publisher's website. Résumé« Le vêtement est intimemant lié à des questions d'identité et de projection de soi, marquant la barrière entre l'égo et le monde social que nous habitons. Durant plusieurs années, les artistes ont exploré l'image du vêtement comme médium pour exprimer des enjeux liés à l'origine ethnique, l'identité de genre, et l'identité tout court. Les sept artistes ayant contribués à cette exposition reconnaissent le costume ou vêtement comme subalterne au corps, mais aussi comme un moyen d'explorer les définitions de soi, et les relations que nous formons, ou essayons de former, avec les autres. » -- site web de l'éditeur.
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