Along the Magnifient Mile in downtown Chicago there is different displays of manikins wearing unique created dresses. I took these this past August. It got me thinking about how nature is implented on fashion.
I really like this idea because it wouldn't mean near as much if there was just one manikin placed in the city. Mr. Birchett tells us all the time that earth art is plural and not singular and I think this is a great representation of plurality. I think it's be cool to know what the people in Chicago think about this...do they even notice them?
So right after I posted that comment I realized I had missed a big idea surrounding this work. I can certainly see feminism being displayed in this work as well. Lucy Lippard does a good job of writing about how the earth is seen as a woman and I think this work supports the theory that feminism is present in the mind of people.
Last time I was in Chicago, I saw pieces like this; however, it was cows instead. I like the idea of the cow because it is more directly connected to the earth. Below is a link to the list of cows exhibits around Chicago: http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cowmasterlist.htm
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When I went to Chicago, I actually saw a lot of these. Here's a link to a really cool bicycle one:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e0Yiz4WiO6QvnN5SZNeGMg?authkey=jtceoWCsWo0
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YHGGuZ1KJplePYZtNtLzbw?authkey=jtceoWCsWo0
I really like this idea because it wouldn't mean near as much if there was just one manikin placed in the city. Mr. Birchett tells us all the time that earth art is plural and not singular and I think this is a great representation of plurality. I think it's be cool to know what the people in Chicago think about this...do they even notice them?
So right after I posted that comment I realized I had missed a big idea surrounding this work. I can certainly see feminism being displayed in this work as well. Lucy Lippard does a good job of writing about how the earth is seen as a woman and I think this work supports the theory that feminism is present in the mind of people.
Last time I was in Chicago, I saw pieces like this; however, it was cows instead. I like the idea of the cow because it is more directly connected to the earth. Below is a link to the list of cows exhibits around Chicago: http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cowmasterlist.htm
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