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Dress Redress

June 19 – September 25, 2008

How much truth lies in the phrase, “you are what you wear”?

There is no denying clothing’s centrality in our lives. We cruise the catwalk, trick or treat, dress up and dress down, dress to kill and follow dress code. Dress • Redress brings together eight contemporary artists who – critically, ambivalently, or monumentally – address the relationship between clothing and identity. Via subthemes as varied as religion, memory, gender roles, popular media, and environmental awareness, each artist challenges us to rethink clothing’s significance. The exhibition seeks to create an open dialogue about how and why our identities are so closely linked to what we wear.

Participating artists include Aparna Agrawal, Candice Smith Corby, Maryjean Viano Crowe, Carol Hamoy, Sandra Eula Lee, Esther Solondz, Andrew Thompson, and Leslie Wilcox. The exhibition is curated by Lisa Lynch, WSRC director of the arts and external relations.

Now, you can take the excitement and intrigue of the show home with you to share! Sets of 8 full-color notecards, each notecard depicting the work of one of the Dress • Redress artists, are on sale now.  The cost is $12 for one set or $10 per set if you purchase two or more packs. Please contact curator, Lisa Lynch, 781-736-8115, for more information or to make a purchase.

Photo:  Sandra Eula Lee, Clothing Inventory – under 2” tall, 2006

Opening Reception & Artist Talks

Thursday, June 19, 5 - 7 pm

Kniznick Gallery, Women's Studies Research Center

Clothing Drive

Throughout September

Please bring your new or gently worn clothing to the Women's Studies Research Center for our first clothing drive. All donated clothing will be given to area shelters and distributors, to help those in need.

(Un)Dressing Religion, Clothing, and Identity

Thursday, September 18, 12:30 pm

Panel Discussion in conjunction with Dress • Redress. Participants will include Eric Silverman, Visiting Research Associate, WSRC; and Lisa Fishbayn, Visiting Research Associate, WSRC

Liberman Miller Lecture Hall, Women’s Studies Research Center

Afternoon Art

Friday, September 19, 3 – 4:30 pm

Exhibition tour with curator Lisa Lynch, followed by refreshments.

Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center

Closing Reception

Thursday, September 25, 5 – 6:30 pm

Followed by the Rose Art Museum’s fall opening reception

Kniznick Gallery, Women's Studies Research Center

Location and Information

Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday from 9am until 5pm and by appointment. 

Kniznick Gallery, The Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453