Body as Agent: Changing Fashion Art

                 Styrous® 

 

Last night I caught the opening of a new exhibition that features wearable-art at the Richmond Art Center. The exhibition runs from September 12 to November 15, 2015. 

Work was shown by many of the original designers from the iconic Art-to-Wear store from the early 70's to the mid 80's, Obiko, Sandra Sakata was the inspiration for the store and encouraged the designer/artists who showed in her store. The Textile Arts Council at the San Francisco De Young Museum is in the process of documenting and conserving work from that period (link to more info on the TAC below).     

The exhibition shows wearable art but has added the vibrations of upcycling which enhances the visual vocabulary of artists. In addition, this exhibition of California artists further expands notions of clothing to include works of art with garment forms serving as metaphors for social, political and social issues as found in painting, photography, print making and sculpture.       

announcements & acknowledgements

Richard (Ric) Ambrose                                   Inez Brooks-Myers
Executive Director                                         Vice President

modeling of the new art-to-wear

Suzanne Lacke

and of course, the public

 
 Marcia Donohue                        Tom White
      Sculpture                       Professor Emeritus, CCA

 

Jody Gillerman, left                   Candice Kling, right     .

Proffessor - Video, CCA                         textile sculptor     .

                           Omar & Larissa Dahroug             

the show

Kitty Muntzel

Sandy Drobny

Ellen Hauptli

"Let Me Bake Cake"
C&H sugar packages
Charlotte Kruk

"El M&Matador"
M&M candy packages
Charlotte Kruk

Isaac & Liz (tie sculpture)                                                                                      Candice Kling
.                                                                                                                               enjoying the sculpture

shoe sculptures
Carmen Lang

"Russian Doll"
Janet Lipkin

Carol Lee Shanks

Kristine Mays wire sculptures; with her mom, left

The Textile Arts Council
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco CA 94118
Tue thru Sun, 9:30am — 5:15pm 

Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Avenue
Richmond, California 94804
510-620-6772

Ya gotta catch THIS show!

Styrous® ~ Sunday, September 13, 2015

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Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity ~ Fashion or Art?

Chador for Two Worlds
1984, Ina Kozel

January 29, 2014 - April 27, 2014
Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity

January 29: Press Preview 1:30 pm
February 9: Member's Walkthrough 1-2pm and
                          Opening Reception 2-4 pm
                          rsvp@sjquiltmuseum.org

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 

520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408.971.0323 x20

www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Twitter: @SJQuiltMuseum
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Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity is a retrospective of the San Francisco Bay Area Art-to-Wear movement and traces the evolution of the rich history and legacy of this genre from its inception in the 1960s to the current group of second generation designers that are creating their own one-of-a-kind, handmade, artful garments. The exhibition will also present a “metamorphosis” of clothes that transcends functional attire and becomes sculptural manifestations of symbolic ideas that challenge our notion of clothing and identity.

Comprised of approximately 60 pieces, Metamorphosis will chart the development of the San Francisco Bay Area Artwear movement starting from the original Levi’s “Denim Art Contest” of 1973 all the way through the works of contemporary designers. Included is an eclectic display of art-to-wear garments, as well as textiles, drawings, wall hangings, large-scale installations, and original ephemera from significant historical artwear exhibitions.

During the run of the exhibition there will be a continuous viewing of the video of a fashion show I produced for Sandra Sakata's Art-to-Wear boutique, Obiko, taped on April 30, 1989, at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Some of the designers in the Metamorphosis exhibition are featured in the video.

Originally denoting handmade textiles from traditional processes, artwear has come to encompass a wide breadth of techniques, including shibori, felting, crochet and knitting, hand painting, clamp resist dyeing, pleating, quilting, and sewing. The exhibition showcases work by influential founders of the Artwear movement, each with their own recognized technique and aesthetic. These artists include: Jean Cacicedo, Marian Clayden, Kaffe Fassett, Ellen Hauptli, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Ina Kozel, Janet Lipkin, K. Lee Manuel and Yvonne Porcella. Other artists included in the exhibit are: Isaac Amala & Liz Simpson, Michael Cepress, Angelina De Antonis, Ellen Hauptli, Laura Raboff, Carol Lee Shanks, Nancy Yodelman, and Wendeanne Ke`aka Stitt.

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