Decorative Arts Calendar: September

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A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk

Museum at F.I.T, September 13, 2013- January 4, 2014.

Butch Chanel, Wigstock, NYC, 1992. Photograph by Michael James O’Brien c.2013., Museum at F.I.TA

A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk seeks to explore the “gayness” or “queerness” of fashion by drawing attention to the historic presence of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, and other “queer” people in the fashion system. The exhibition also looks at the creativity and resistance to oppression expressed by LGBTQ subcultural styles. The exhibition features approximately 100 ensembles spanning more than a century of fashion. Organized in roughly chronological order, the exhibition explores the history of modern fashion through the lens of gay and lesbian life and culture, addressing subjects including androgyny, dandyism, idealizing and transgressive aesthetic styles, and the influence of subcultural and street styles, including drag, leather, and uniforms.

Body & Soul: New International Ceramics, Museum of Arts and Design, September 24, 2013- March 2, 2014.

In recent years, the human figure has returned to center stage in the work of artists around the world. This exhibition underscores the power of the figure to convey strong emotions, and also to the accessibility of the ceramic medium. Through clay the figure becomes the catalyst for addressing the emotional impact of contemporary pressures that confront our society today. Each work, inspired by a personal incident or symbolic tale, expresses a deep emotional identity, contrasting societal, political, and personal views on themes such as anxiety, bias, mortality and memory. The exhibition will highlight approximately 25 international artists who came to clay as painters, draughtsmen, or sculptors. Many are being shown for the first time in the United States

Marc Alberghina, San Sebastian A, 2011-2012, Museum of Arts and Design

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