“Clothing does not simply cover.” Oh, fuck. Oh, fuck. Reading the introductory wall text for the Met’s Costume Institute exhibition, Costume Art, I thought: this can’t be happening. “With thematically resonant juxtapositions”….yes, this is an exhibition…”Costume Art invites viewers to perceive familiar works as representations in which clothing structures visibility and facilitates subjectivity, rather than as … Continue reading →