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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Auburn University museum presents ‘Crafting America’ through Sept. 12

‘Home of the Brave,’ 2013. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Courtesy of the artist © Consuelo Jimenez Underwood; photograph by Michael Tropea
‘Home of the Brave,’ 2013. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Courtesy of the artist © Consuelo Jimenez Underwood; photograph by Michael Tropea
‘Home of the Brave,’ 2013. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Courtesy of the artist © Consuelo Jimenez Underwood; photograph by Michael Tropea

AUBURN, Ala. – Following a spectacular debut at the acclaimed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, Crafting America opened at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on June 29 and will continue through September 12.

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