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Magda Moskwa: Dresses I Haven鈥檛 Worn
Dresses I Haven鈥檛 Worn is Magda Moskwa鈥檚 second exhibition at lokal_30. It鈥檚 also the first comprehensive survey of her work with textile, which embraces textile print design and sewing garments. This vital but definitely more seldom showcased avenue of the artist鈥檚 practice is pursued on a par with her painterly and sculptural work. In 1996, Moskwa received her diploma from the W艂adys艂aw Strzemi艅ski State Higher School of Visual Arts in 艁贸d藕, where she had studied at the Faculty of Textile and Fashion: Department of Textile Print. The spirit of 艁贸d藕 fashion and textile designers has been hovering over her work, but without determining it excessively.
Clothing preserves memory, 鈥渋t carries traces, scents, shapes left by the body鈥�, while making human mind and soul materialise, becoming a second skin. The structure of garments enforces a proper body posture, bestows form on the body. 鈥淢y garments, which in the course of time began to adopt the form of stiff corsets, were also intended to express and, in a sense, convey and stimulate specific mental states鈥�, Moskwa emphasises.
Garment-objects of Moskwa鈥檚 design are characterised by the use of austere fabrics; their forms are shaped by resewing, turning inside-out, draping, and deconstructing the artist鈥檚 worn-out clothes. They resemble straitjackets or uniforms, but are not functional 鈥� their structures veil and stiffen the body. With the help of accessories, such as a bathing cap, they almost completely homogenise those who wear them and thus become something of a case.
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Dresses I Haven鈥檛 Worn is Magda Moskwa鈥檚 second exhibition at lokal_30. It鈥檚 also the first comprehensive survey of her work with textile, which embraces textile print design and sewing garments. This vital but definitely more seldom showcased avenue of the artist鈥檚 practice is pursued on a par with her painterly and sculptural work. In 1996, Moskwa received her diploma from the W艂adys艂aw Strzemi艅ski State Higher School of Visual Arts in 艁贸d藕, where she had studied at the Faculty of Textile and Fashion: Department of Textile Print. The spirit of 艁贸d藕 fashion and textile designers has been hovering over her work, but without determining it excessively.
Clothing preserves memory, 鈥渋t carries traces, scents, shapes left by the body鈥�, while making human mind and soul materialise, becoming a second skin. The structure of garments enforces a proper body posture, bestows form on the body. 鈥淢y garments, which in the course of time began to adopt the form of stiff corsets, were also intended to express and, in a sense, convey and stimulate specific mental states鈥�, Moskwa emphasises.
Garment-objects of Moskwa鈥檚 design are characterised by the use of austere fabrics; their forms are shaped by resewing, turning inside-out, draping, and deconstructing the artist鈥檚 worn-out clothes. They resemble straitjackets or uniforms, but are not functional 鈥� their structures veil and stiffen the body. With the help of accessories, such as a bathing cap, they almost completely homogenise those who wear them and thus become something of a case.
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