On the day this exhibit "Aware: Art Fashion Identity" opened at the Royal Acadamy I was shopping in the area and decided to pop in and see it, and I left feeling very glad I did.
The exhibition showcased work from artists and designers including La Maison Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen (garment), Yoko Ono (Photography), Grayson Perry(Ceramic), Cindy Sherman(Photography), Yohji Yamamoto
(garment)
,
Yinka Shonibare (garment) and Hussein Chalayan (garment). The exhibit was split into 4 rooms
story-telling, building, belonging and performing through clothes and
showed work which really made you think and questioned the clothing and how it made you feel or how it affected the work around it. I really liked a piece by
Susie MacMurray called "Widow" which was a full floor length ball gown made from dressmaker’s pins. It was a piece with connections to greif and Murray wanting to protect herself and her feminity through something beautiful but manacing Although it looked amazing and sparkled in the light it was intersting to get up close and realise how the piece was made and how looks can be deceptive.
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