LONDON (EJP))--- From August 20 until September 14, The Ben Uri Gallery in London will present Schmatte Couture, an exhibition curated by Sarah Lightman.
The exhibition will be critiquing clothing through art and critiquing art through clothing, by way of fashion, fantasy, design, ritual objects, nightmare, and the unwearable, the gallery says.
Artists presenting work include: Marisol Cavia, Anita Ceballos, Meital Cobo, Sue Cohen, Luke Cooper, Natasha Cowan, Nigel Ellis, Patricio Forrester, Sue Goldschmidt, Stuart Mayes, Jacqueline Nicholls, Anneke Raber, Rachel Rose Reid, Sophie Robertson, Ruth Shreiber, Roberta Weinstein.
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A play on words, Schmatte is Yiddish and is a generic term for old and inexpensive clothing and Couture is French and means the opposite - expensive design.
The exhibition explores clothing, fashion and memory - Schmatte and Couture, by way of fantasy, design, nightmare and the unwearable.
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The show includes performances, mixed media works, photographs, prints paintings and installations.
The exhibition started as an artist group that met at the curator’s flat on a monthly basis between 2007 and 2008 to discuss the show and share ideas.
By bringing together artists who have similar thematic concerns, the emphasis of the whole project has been, as well as to produce a show, to introduce like-minded artists to each other and form a community with all the benefits that entails.
Exhibition at the Rivington Gallery, Rivington Street, East end of London.