AND NOW
Sebastian
Black & India Donaldson
Feb.27 -
Apr.04.2015
1415 Beaumont
St.
Dallas, TX
75215
3
Kimonos.
Two are
felt and lined with silk. As such they resemble outerwear. The third is simply
a silk garment and better suited to be worn around the house. The private v.
the public dialectic, implicit in an art gallery which operates within the
shell of a home, is echoed in these works.
The silk
is digitally printed with an arrangement of iphone photos of ancient feminine
figurines from the Met. They are encased in vitrines which are equal parts
container and window. The objects function has been effaced by the haptic
barrier, as such, for the pedestrian museum goer they are simply optics.
There
are no windows in the gallery but we have cut some into the felt of the
garments on display. Not unlike a home, the usefulness of the kimono as garment
decreases as its pretence toward didactic display system increases. The more
windows the more chilly drafts perhaps. Even Philip Johnson didn't want to live
in the glass house it turns out.
* All images courtesy AND NOW and the artists.