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Garb
Co-curated by Ann Field, chair of ArtCenter鈥檚 Illustration department and John David O鈥橞rien, artist, writer and ArtCenter professor, the exhibition blurs the borderlines between art and body image. Garb manifests different and contrasting approaches in which clothing, attire, costumes and body extensions intersect in the visual arts and beyond.
Juxtaposing wearable art and sculptural clothing with artifacts of fashion and costuming, the exhibition features LA Opera costume sketches from the upcoming production of Mozart鈥檚 The Clemency of Titus, and Edith Head sketches sourced from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences鈥� Margaret Herrick Library.
In the exhibition, illustrators such as Tony Viramontes, Bob Peak and Ann Field focus on fashion and how that imaginative universe is created by bridging distances and gaps in places and cultures. Images of and sketches for costumes lent from the collections of the LA Opera and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are juxtaposed against three-dimensional works where artists such as Anna Sew Hoy, Phyllis Green, Phranc, Dennis Callwood and Jean Medina have modified clothing and turned to sculpture. The exhibition delves into how attire can function in a shape shifting dimension that expresses the ways identity and cultures are made evident and put into question.
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Co-curated by Ann Field, chair of ArtCenter鈥檚 Illustration department and John David O鈥橞rien, artist, writer and ArtCenter professor, the exhibition blurs the borderlines between art and body image. Garb manifests different and contrasting approaches in which clothing, attire, costumes and body extensions intersect in the visual arts and beyond.
Juxtaposing wearable art and sculptural clothing with artifacts of fashion and costuming, the exhibition features LA Opera costume sketches from the upcoming production of Mozart鈥檚 The Clemency of Titus, and Edith Head sketches sourced from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences鈥� Margaret Herrick Library.
In the exhibition, illustrators such as Tony Viramontes, Bob Peak and Ann Field focus on fashion and how that imaginative universe is created by bridging distances and gaps in places and cultures. Images of and sketches for costumes lent from the collections of the LA Opera and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are juxtaposed against three-dimensional works where artists such as Anna Sew Hoy, Phyllis Green, Phranc, Dennis Callwood and Jean Medina have modified clothing and turned to sculpture. The exhibition delves into how attire can function in a shape shifting dimension that expresses the ways identity and cultures are made evident and put into question.
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