From November 10th until January 22nd, take a sneak peak of winter in Wien. And enjoy a curious exhibit.Why? Consider the tile: “No fashion, please!” and then consider participating artist Bruce Weber – who this year worked for more fashion brands than Coco Rocha. See why it’s worth visiting.
Alex Prager.
The show No fashion, please! offers a survey of the international contemporary photography scene: comprising nineteen solo presentations, the exhibition centers on works that thematize the fundamental relationship between the body and clothing and directly or indirectly explore the diverging strategies of fashion photography.
The anthological show deliberately distances itself from the applied art character of traditional functional fashion photography and, instead, examines the dreams concerned with a changing aesthetic of the body and its ideals within the last two decades.
Sandra Mann.
Numerous contributions such as those by Jeff Bark, Steven Cohen/Marianne Greber, Luigi & Luca, or Sophia Wallace relate to the dialectics between the form of the body and its appearance as well as the effects of its transformation independent of the conventions associated with clothes. Borders to other disciplines are crossed in both daring and reckless experiments.
The media strategies employed are manifold and span from staged photographic images, projections, and performances to body sculptures, video and film works.
Viviane Sassen.
Participating artists: Chan-Hyo Bae, Tracey Baran, Jeff Bark, Leigh Bowery/Fergus Greer, Steven Cohen/Marianne Greber, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Matthias Herrmann, Lea Golda Holterman, Izima Kaoru, Luigi & Luca, Sandra Mann, Martin & The evil eyes of Nur, Brigitte Niedermair, Erwin Olaf, Alex Prager, Hanna Putz, Viviane Sassen, Sophia Wallace, Bruce Weber.
Pictures courtesy of the artist and Kunsthalle Wien, while all the material belongs to ©Agirlinhonghong.blogspot.com
