The first global survey exhibition dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art, Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art examines work by thirty-five international contemporary artists, from established names to emerging voices, several of whom will be exhibiting for the first time in the United States. By making or altering clothing for expressive purposes, these artists create garments, sculpture, installation, and performance art that transform dress into a critical tool. Adopted globally as an artistic strategy, garmenting uses the language of fashion to challenge traditional divisions of form and function, cast a critical eye on the construction of gender, advance political activism, and address cultural difference.
Live performances and activations involving five of the artists in Garmenting will be presented on-site throughout the exhibition.
ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION
Xenobia Bailey (USA, 1955)
Raphaël Barontini (France, 1984)
Sanford Biggers (USA, 1970)
Karina Bisch (France, 1974)
Louise Bourgeois (France–USA, 1911–2010)
Zoë Buckman (United Kingdom, 1986)
Nick Cave (USA, 1959)
Enoch Cheng (Hong Kong, 1983)
Sylvie Fleury (Switzerland, 1961)
Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band Choctaw/Cherokee, 1972)
Oliver Herring (Germany, 1964)
Lexy Ho-Tai (USA, 1993)
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (USA, 1983)
Annette Messager (France, 1943)
Esmaa Mohamoud (Canada, 1992)
Kent Monkman (Cree/Canada, 1965)
Mark Newport (USA, 1964)
Raúl de Nieves (Mexico, 1983)
Wanda Raimundi Ortiz (USA, 1973)
Nazareth Pacheco (Brazil, 1961)
Sheelasha Rajbhandari (Nepal, 1988)
Hunter Reynolds (US, 1959)
Jacolby Satterwhite (USA, 1986)
Tanis S’eiltin (Tlingit, 1951)
Beverly Semmes (USA, 1958)
Devan Shimoyama (USA, 1989)
Yinka Shonibare CBE (Nigeria, 1962)
Mary Sibande (South Africa, 1982)
Jakkai Siributr (Thailand, 1969)
Vivan Sundaram (India, 1943)
Franz Erhard Walther (Germany, 1939)
Saya Woolfalk (Japan, 1979)
A young Yu (Korea, 1993)
Andrea Zittel (USA, 1965)
Image: Installation view of Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art
