Power Couture

Power Couture attempts to conceptualize the relationship between art and fashion and to analyze the convergence of their languages in the discourse of power relations. Historically, the expressions of art and fashion have manifested themselves under certain socio-political circumstances. In the visual arts, this evolution may have been reflected in something as "simple" as a change in color or in a radical transformation of the medium of execution. In fashion, we introduce an aluminum corset and then a very mundane, but highly significant, "pants revolution" for women. Human skin has been the canvas on which attitudes, critical positions, and social advances have been drawn. The exhibition presents works in dissimilar mediums — drawing, painting, sculpture, objects, videos, and installations — with historical documentation and photographs as reference. It also contains, on a physical or representational level, artist-designed clothing items and allusions to brands from the fashion world. The Entrance Room is dedicated to the work of fashion designer Kiki Borlenghi (Brera Art Institute of Milan) and her mentor Germana Marucelli. Featured artists: José Benito, Los Carpinteros, Ryder Cooley, Carlos Estévez, Jenny Feal, Ernesto J. Fernández, León Ferrari, Wanda Fraga, Lorena Gutiérrez Camejo, Roldán Lauzán, Mariana Monteagudo, Cecilia Paredes, Iván Perera, Santiago Porter, Lisandra Ramírez, Sandra Ramos, Gabriela Reyna, Jorge Ríos, Graciela Sacco, Katrin Schnabl, and Tracey Snelling. Curated by Claudia Taboada.