Name/Title
Empty dress : clothing as surrogate in recent artEntry/Object ID
GT523.F46Description
30 artists use the theme of clothing to reflect on gender, social status, desire and fetishism. "The common thread in Empty Dress is the role clothing plays in the construction of identity. Removal of the body calls attention to the artifice of clothes and makes their implicit codes more accessible to interpretation. The body's absence also demands that we read between the lines, examing the meaning of what is not represented--examing the conditions of representation itself. The fabric of each work is woven of many threads." -- PAGE 13Context
A traveling exhibition held at the Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, Purchase, N.Y., October 3, 1993 to January 2, 1994, and others.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress in art, clothing and dress -- exhibitionsBook Details
Author
Nina FelshinPublisher
Independent Curators IncorporatedDate Published
1993Call No.
GT523.F46ISBN
916365395, 9780916365394LCCN
93078115Notes
Length: 72General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Polly Apfelbaum -- Joseph Beuys -- Sarah Charlesworth -- Maureen Connor -- Nancy Davidson -- Lesley Dill -- Suzan Etkin -- Steven Evans -- Leslie Fry -- Robert Gober and Christopher Wool -- Gotscho -- Kathy Grove -- Oliver Herring -- Mary Kelly -- Barbara Kruger -- Annette Messager -- Tony Oursler with Constance DeJong -- Zizi Raymond -- Elaine Reichek -- Ruth Scheuing -- Stephen Schofield -- Beverly Semmes -- Judith Shea -- Elise Siegel -- Claude Simard -- Millie Wilson.