the grace in a high wind
clothing is the second, protective skin of a human being. it expresses something, shows the intentions of the wearer, can be trendy, can mutate into fashion up to a uniform. the epoch-spanning exhibition "fashion drive. extreme fashion in art" made it possible to get to know and examine subversive moments of fashion history and their unique artistic aesthetics in the techniques of painting, drawing, plastic, installation and new media. in collaboration with the kunsthaus zurich, a visual response was created, which puts the images in relation to each other and shows the changes in time and mood.
after the french revolution, with the emergence of body culture, it was no longer clothes such as corsets or crinoline that formed the body.
the body itself stood in the foreground and dictated the form,
as james gillray showed in his etching of 1810.
that was then . . .
today there are different fashions, the one extreme shapes the other, especially in the body cult.
besides plus sized instagram models, body positivity articles in brigitte and the hashtag #freethenipple, more and more plastic interventions are performed, then we want to move our body perfectly into the forefront. not only breast and bottom operations, but also nipple and labia reductions and enlargements are becoming more and more popular, some of which are performed for health reasons.
but there are also other solutions. temporary relief is provided by the push-up panty, the nipple pads and the cameltoe, as they are simpler, faster, more spontaneous and in their application and still achieve a great effect.
the grace in a high wind
the new body optimization accessories
exhibition at the kunsthaus zurich
trends and identity, zhdk
apr 18
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