One canvas painting called «Four Ballerinas» which features ballerinas in a pink
dance studio can be seen as a dress, a blazer, a stool and a poster advertising for his
fashion show at The Fashion Institute of Tech
fashion show at The
Fashion Institute of Tech
Fashion Institute of Technology.
In Ellen Cantor's restaging of Coming to Power: 25 Years of Sexually X-Plicit Art by Women, the landmark
show that she originally curated in 1993 at the David Zwirner Gallery, there are the obvious standouts: Yoko Ono's Object in Three Parts — Revolution (1966), recreated in 2016 with «new parts» but the same formula of objects (the diaphragm, condom and birth control pill); Louise Bourgeois» Janus and Janus in Leather Jacket (both 1968); Nancy Spero's Sheela and Dancing Figures (1986); Zoe Leonard's photographs, Frontal View and View from Below, Geoffrey Benne Fashion Show (1990); and other well - known artists protesting male - dominated wor
show that she originally curated in 1993
at the David Zwirner Gallery, there are the obvious standouts: Yoko Ono's Object in Three Parts — Revolution (1966), recreated in 2016 with «new parts» but the same formula of objects (the diaphragm, condom and birth control pill); Louise Bourgeois» Janus and Janus in Leather Jacket (both 1968); Nancy Spero's Sheela and
Dancing Figures (1986); Zoe Leonard's photographs, Frontal View and View from Below, Geoffrey Benne
Fashion Show (1990); and other well - known artists protesting male - dominated wor
Show (1990); and other well - known artists protesting male - dominated worlds.
Sketches, stage costumes, and excerpts from films, runway
shows, concerts,
dance performances and televised interviews will all provide a look
at the couturier's world and will explore how his avant - garde
fashions challenged societal and aesthetic codes in unexpected, and often humorous, ways.