movana chen: ‘fashion ethics wear good’ exhibition, korea
movana chen's main art production tools include a shredding machine and magazines, in which she shreds magazines knitting the paper strips into a textile-like material.
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cross-genre fashion ethics ‘wear good’ gyeonggi museum of modern art, koreajuly 23rd to october 4th, 2009
body container – VOGUE, 2009 installation / magazine sculpture image courtesy of pékin fine arts
the ‘cross-genre exhibition’ is one of the annual shows held by gyeonggi museum of modern art in korea. this year the focus is on fashion and is entitled ‘ ‘. the exhibition invites domestic as well as overseas fashion designers and artists who are practicing ethical fashion based on their primary interests in eco-friendly fabrics, recycling, fair trade and including ethnic costumes. a new standard of value in fashion as well as for costume aesthetics is explored through the pieces on display.
one of the artists participating in the exhibition is hong kong-based movana chen, whose main art production tools involve a shredding machine and magazines. chen constructs various structures, clothing and containers by knitting the thousands of shreds of magazine, transforming the normally discarded paper into a textile-like material. by shredding the magazines chen makes a statement of resistance towards consumer culture. her practice of knitting and reconstructing questions the original language of magazines, subverting their message into an alternative means of ‘reading’ print media.
installation / performance of body container in the street image courtesy of pékin fine arts
body container – VOGUE, 2009 installation / magazine sculpture image courtesy of pékin fine arts
chen knit shreds of magazine into a sock-like tubular form to be worn by an individual image courtesy of pékin fine arts
body container – VOGUE, 2009 installation / magazine sculpture image courtesy of pékin fine arts
body container – VOGUE, 2009 installation / magazine sculpture image courtesy of pékin fine arts
showing the flexibility of the textile-like material as a result of knitting magazines image courtesy of pékin fine arts
body container – VOGUE, 2009 installation / magazine sculpture image courtesy of pékin fine arts
a look at the knitted shreds of magazine image courtesy of pékin fine arts
numerous body containers in different forms and color variations image courtesy of pékin fine arts
deconstructing, 2004-2008 installation / knitted magazines, shredded pages, 6m x 4m image courtesy of pékin fine arts
deconstructing, 2004-2008 installation / knitted magazines, shredded pages, 6m x 4m image courtesy of pékin fine arts
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