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Please enjoy this "reintroduction" to Fast Fashion/Slow Art by Bibiana Obler and Phyllis Rosenzweig, co-curators, created following the show's transition to a virtual format in the spring of 2020. The curators reflect upon new perspectives created by the global impact of COVID-19, and members of the BCMA staff speak to new materials and programming made available online. This video was recorded with the co-curators in conversation with Anne Collins Goodyear, Allison Martino, and Amanda Skinner.
Selected Works
The Threader, 2007, digital video, color, sound, 5:23 minutes by Senga Nedgudi. Courtesy of the artist.
Martha Rosler Reads “Vogue,” 1982, video, color, sound, 25:22 minutes by Martha Rosler. Courtesy of Martha Rosler and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
Sweatshop—Deadly Fashion, 2014, video, five-episode web series. Courtesy of Aftenposten, Oslo, Norway
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Fast Fashion / Slow Art features the work of an international group of emerging and established contemporary artists and filmmakers to explore the making, distribution, and use of affordable, mass-produced apparel for quick consumption often known as "fast fashion." Collectively these makers encourage scrutiny of clothing production today, exploring such timely issues as sustainability, technology, labor, and consumer culture. In making visible critical issues which may typically escape our notice, the exhibition encourages "slow looking" to facilitate conversation about the complexity of the fast-paced, global garment industry, which is an integral part of our everyday lives.
Organized by the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Museum of Art in cooperation with The George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, and the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. At º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ the exhibition is supported by the Riley P. Brewster ’77 Fund for the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Museum of Art, the Stevens L. Frost Endowment Fund, and the Roy A. Hunt Foundation.
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Installation Views
Press
Lynne Cooke, “,” ArtForum, December 2020
"Recent Programming for Fast Fashion/Slow Art," º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Museum of Art, March 30, 2020
º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Orient, February 28, 2020
"Finding Fast Fashion," º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ Museum of Art, January 27, 2020
Alyssa Carter, “,” Good Trouble, November 12, 2019
Victoria Middleton, “,” Planet Forward, September 5, 2019
Sidney Lee, “,” GW Hatchet, September 3, 2019
Rachel Nania, “,” WTOP, August 8, 2019