November
19, 2006 -March 5, 2007
Skin
+ Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture at Los
Angeles MOCA, with work by a/o. Winka Dubbeldam / Archi-Tectonics,
Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, and Viktor
& Rolf
This exhibition
explores the common visual and intellectual principles that
underlie both fashion and architecture. Both disciplines start
with the human body and expand on ideas of space and movement,
serving as outward expressions of personal, political, and cultural
identity. Architects and fashion designers produce environments
defined through spatial awareness—the structures they
create are based on volume, function, proportion, and material.
Presenting the work of international fashion designers and architects,
the exhibition examines themes such as shelter, identity, tectonic
strategies, creative process, and parallel stylistic tendencies
including deconstruction and minimalism. The exhibition is curated
by MOCA Curator of Architecture & Design Brooke Hodge and
is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Architects
and Designers in the Exhibition:
Shigeru Ban, Hussein Chalayan, Preston Scott Cohen, Comme des
Garçons, Neil M. Denari Architects, Diller Scofidio +
Renfro, Winka
Dubbeldam / Archi-Tectonics, Eisenman Architects,
Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue /
EMBT, Foreign Office Architects, Future Systems, Frank Gehry,
Tess Giberson, Zaha Hadid Architects, Herzog & de Meuron,
Yoshiki Hishinuma, Toyo Ito, Greg Lynn FORM, Jakob + MacFarlane,
Elena Manferdini, Maison Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen,
Miyake Issey, Morphosis, Narciso Rodriguez,
Neutelings
Riedijk Architecten, Jean Nouvel, Office dA,
OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Ralph Rucci,
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Nanni Strada, Yeohlee
Teng, Testa & Weiser, Olivier Theyskens for Rochas, Isabel
Toledo, Bernard Tschumi, Dries Van Noten, Viktor
& Rolf, Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, Wilkinson
Eyre Architects, Yohji Yamamoto, J. Meejin Yoon / MY Studio
Skin + Bones:
Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture is made possible
by a generous grant from Carol and Jacqueline Appel.
Endowment
support is provided by The Ron Burkle Endowment for Architecture
and Design Programs and the Sydney Irmas Exhibition Endowment.
This presentation
is also generously supported by Infiniti; The MOCA Architecture
& Design Council; Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam; Étant
donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art;
Dwell; Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown; Westfall Commercial Furniture,
Inc.; The Japan Foundation; and the Consulate General of the
Netherlands in New York.
89.9 KCRW
is the Official Media Sponsor of MOCA.
Generous
in-kind support is provided by Ralph Pucci International and
Patina-V. Additional in-kind support is provided by MySpace,
Yellow Book USA, KKJZ 88.1 FM, and Blair Graphics.
Contact:
Media Relations Office
Los Angeles MOCA
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel.: 213-621-1749
Fax: 213-620-8674
rtaylor@moca.org
www.moca.org
