International Artist-In-Residence
New Works 11.1
E.V. Day
New York, NY
March 17–May 15, 2011
E.V. Day's deconstructive style puts all clothing at risk, from women's undergarments to wedding gowns, Chanel suits, and replica dresses-nothing is safe from the New York artist's "Exploding Couture" technique. For her 2010 installation at David Koch Theater in New York, she sorted through a warehouse of cast-off opera costumes, selecting and suspending 13 garments from the ceiling in the building's promenade with fishing line anchored by oversized hoops. In earlier work, Day utilized unorthodox artistic media including cat skeletons, children's plastic toys, and replicas of animal tongues to touch on femininity and the humor of gender roles.
