I was fortunate to visit the
McMichael Art Gallery in Kleinburg recently and had the opportunity to see Fashionality, an exhibition of contemporary Canadian artists who used clothing as inspiration. Despite how the topic can be kitsch, it was a really great show. I admire "process" in the creation of work. In other words, I like to see how the art took time, and patience, and tears, and strength to achieve the final product. I'm sick this way! I wanna see effort!
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Day 121 This is a good picture to see all of the work Natalie has put into
her outfit: shoes, grey socks, blue stockings, dress and apron. |
For this reason I was impressed by Natalie Purschwitz's
Makeshift project. The poor woman undertook the incredible task of
making all of the clothing she would wear, everyday, for the course of the year (2009). Everything had to be made
by her.
That is over 365 items of clothing people! Underwear and socks! Shooooooes ---EVERYTHING!
And like "Julie and Julia," she put it all on her blog.
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| The 2011 installation at the Vancouver Art Gallery. |
The nice thing about the McMichael show is a television screen that displays her changing outfits, every second, so you can admire amount of clothing she created. She did reuse some clothing on some days (ie, shoes, socks) but give the girl a break - there must have been smoke rising from the machine. Along side of the television is a long rail with a selection of the clothing, so you can look through her creations.
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| Day 79 |
She continues to work in Vancouver and design in Vancouver under the label Hunter and Gatherer. Check out that website
here.
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