Susan Stockwell is currently exhibiting Trayne, her life-size dress made entirely of used coffee-filters and paper cups, in the group show ‘Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor’ at the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York.

Toward the end of the 20th century, many artists seized upon the idea and form of clothing as a subject for their work. The 36 artists in Dress Codes use clothing to explore a variety of issues ranging from feminine concern, racial stereotyping, and immigration to globalization, current events, and the violence of war. Many of the works explore a number of these subjects concurrently, reflecting the complexity of contemporary life.

Artists: Ray Beldner, Sanford Biggers, Barbara Bloom, Louise Bourgeois, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Nick Cave, Cat Chow, Sonya Clark, Willie Cole, Maureen Connor, E.V. Day, Mónica Girón, Guerra de la Paz, Joseph Havel, Oliver Herring, Bingyi Huang, Mella Jaarsma, Wang Jin, Rashid Johnson, Kate Kretz, Charles LeDray, Susie MacMurray, Derick Melander, Yael Mer, Farhad Moshiri, Luca Pizzaroni, Elaine Reichek, Freddie Robins, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Beverly Semmes, Judith Shea, Jean Shin, Mimi Smith, Susan Stockwell, Do-Ho Suh , Cheryl Yun

‘Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor’
12 July – 4 October 2009
Beitzel and Righter Galleries
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, New York

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Susan is also currently showing her installation Mapping the Body at the Florence Nightingale Museum, St Thomas’ Hospital, London. The exhibition runs until 7th September 2009.

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