Body Embellishment
Body Embellishment explores innovative artistic expression in the 21st-century international arenas of body extension, augmentation, and modification through jewelry, tattoos, nail art, and fashion.
fashion
Glitz glamour and guys
A look at the tailor Nudie Cohn and his use of rhinestones to create opulent garments for clients such as Elvis and Liberace, successfully subverting gender norms while doing so.
With hymen on hand: probing the chastity ring
An introduction to the concept of “mating jewelry” and chastity rings, contextualized with different cultural views on abstinence and courtship.
Anna Lindsay MacDonald Re: Halcyon Dream Catalogue
L.A. Pai Gallery first introduced Anna Lindsay MacDonald in 2005 when she was an artist in residence at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. At the time, Lindsay was developing Interlaced, a study of urban maps in wearable form. The strength of the ideas and the precision of its actualization was impressive. The gallery and artist …
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