See/ Block Party: inspired by the art of the tailor/
Hunter Jacket, Embodying Ethics, Rohan Chhabra, 2010. Photo: Rohan Chhabra
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The process of transforming the flat pattern block into three dimensional form is an enduring source of inspiration. The rich cultural heritage and evocative language of pattern cutting has stimulated a broad range of contemporary applications. Block Party showcases work by artists that apply the aesthetics and techniques of pattern cutting to their practice in innovative and unexpected ways.
Internationally renowned for her unique visual art practice fusing fashion, art and architecture, the Crafts Council invited curator Lucy Orta to select works which engage with pattern cutting on a variety of levels. Looking beyond the garment, Block Party showcases new work by 16 international and UK artists and makers that have embraced the interdisciplinary nature of this skill, and which poetically reveals the tradition, history, and skills of the pattern cutter and tailor in various contemporary media.
Designed by architecture studio Carmody Groarke, the exhibition includes sculpture, moving image, collage and textiles by artists including Shelley Fox, Charlotte Hodes, Dai Rees, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Simon Thorogood and Hormazd Narielwalla.
Lucy Orta
Lucy Orta is a contemporary visual artist, curator and professor of Art, Fashion and the Environment at London College of Fashion. Using the media of sculpture, public intervention, video and photography, Orta has created a unique genre that transcends denominations between fashion, architecture and traditional art practice.
Orta has exhibited her work in major contemporary art museums including the Museum of Modern Art Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
