The exhibit “Ex: Collaborative Creation” had a great opening event at IAM‘s 38|39 gallery earlier this month! I had the privilege of curating the New York iteration of the exhibit, and it will now travel to Carrousel Space in Chicago, and Wunderkammer following later this Summer. Upwards of 60 people attended the opening, among them were students, artists, writers, and IAM’s own founding director, Mako Fujimura.
Coinciding with the exhibit, IAM partnered with Wunderkammer and me to create a fun flip book catalogue.
Dan H. Swartz (Wunderkammer) gave a presentation illuminating the history of visual art and Surrealism and it’s contemporary employment and implications.*
Following events included a discussion with Dr. Lucy Collins and Tove Hermanson on the impact of Surrealism in Fashion* (primarily within the designs of Schiaparelli) and a film screening of Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast.
Coincidentally Cocteau and Schiaparelli were also collaborators, which suited the conversation quite well.
I am excited to see what Robin Kang and Dan H. Swartz will do with this body of work in Chicago and Fort Wayne.
*Videos of the presentations will be available online soon.