Hussein Chalayan will present a new dress inspired by the 300 year old Japanese tradition of Bunraku puppet theatre while Yinka Shonibare is working with bespoke tailor Chris Stevens on creating 18 designs based on 19th-century children’s dress which will be assembled to form a wall mural.
“This is the first time we have held a major exhibition on how contemporary artists and designers have turned to clothing as a medium to explore issues beyond fashion such as identity, nationality, displacement and conflict." Said Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts.
Grayson Perry, 'Artist's Robe', 2004.
Amongst various highlights and rooms, the importance of Performance in the presentation of fashion and clothing, and in highlighting the roles that we play in our daily life, will be explored in the final section. It will feature film footage of Yoko Ono’s performance of Cut Piece at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York in 1965, for which the artist invited the public to cut strips from her clothing. While the scraps of fabric fall to the floor, the unveiling of the female body suggests the total destruction of the barriers imposed by convention.
London College of Fashion is a partner in the development of the project, supporting two commissions, a symposium and a series of Salon Talks which will take place in the Sketch on-site café and include speakers such as Yinka Shonibare and Helen Storey. The talks programme will explore themes provoked by Aware and is supported by Bastyan. The concept for the exhibition was developed by the independent curator Gabi Scardi with artist Lucy Orta, and the exhibition is co-curated by Kathleen Soriano and Edith Devaney, from the Royal Academy.
More info on: www.royalacademy.org.uk
Copyright of the first image: Yoko Ono performing Cut Piece, March 21, 1965. Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, Photography by Minoru Niizuma. © Yoko Ono
Hussein Chalayan will present a new dress inspired by the 300 year old Japanese tradition of Bunraku puppet theatre while Yinka Shonibare is working with bespoke tailor Chris Stevens on creating 18 designs based on 19th-century children’s dress which will be assembled to form a wall mural.
“This is the first time we have held a major exhibition on how contemporary artists and designers have turned to clothing as a medium to explore issues beyond fashion such as identity, nationality, displacement and conflict." Said Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts.
Grayson Perry, 'Artist's Robe', 2004.
Amongst various highlights and rooms, the importance of Performance in the presentation of fashion and clothing, and in highlighting the roles that we play in our daily life, will be explored in the final section. It will feature film footage of Yoko Ono’s performance of Cut Piece at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York in 1965, for which the artist invited the public to cut strips from her clothing. While the scraps of fabric fall to the floor, the unveiling of the female body suggests the total destruction of the barriers imposed by convention.
London College of Fashion is a partner in the development of the project, supporting two commissions, a symposium and a series of Salon Talks which will take place in the Sketch on-site café and include speakers such as Yinka Shonibare and Helen Storey. The talks programme will explore themes provoked by Aware and is supported by Bastyan. The concept for the exhibition was developed by the independent curator Gabi Scardi with artist Lucy Orta, and the exhibition is co-curated by Kathleen Soriano and Edith Devaney, from the Royal Academy.
Copyright of the first image: Yoko Ono performing Cut Piece, March 21, 1965. Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, Photography by Minoru Niizuma. © Yoko Ono
