MAD’s Garmenting show undresses contemporary art

Yinka Shonibare, CBE, ‘The Ghost of Eliza Jumel,’ 2015. Fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax–printed cotton textile, and steel plate, 57 7/16in by 71 5/8in by 40 15/16in. (146cm by 182cm by 104cm). Courtesy James Cohan, New York. © Yinka Shonibare CBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2021. Photo credit: Stephen White
Yinka Shonibare, CBE, ‘The Ghost of Eliza Jumel,’ 2015.Fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax–printed cotton textile, steel plate, 57 7/16in by 71 5/8in by 40 15/16in. (146cm by 182cm by 104cm).Courtesy James Cohan, New York. © Yinka Shonibare CBE.All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2021. Photo credit: Stephen White

NEW YORK – On now through August 14, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York will present Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art, the first global survey exhibition dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art.

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