Silhouettes: Fashion in the Shadow of HIV/AIDS
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29
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Silhouettes: Fashion in the Shadow of HIV/AIDS is a world-first exhibition featuring the work of designers, artists, and activists who have died during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Over 100 pieces of fashion, art and ephemera – sourced from esteemed private and public collections from the UK, USA and Australia – tell a story of changing hemlines, changing worlds, and changing attitudes.
Showcasing household names like Halston and Moschino, Silhouettes also features work from revolutionary black designers Patrick Kelly, Fabrice Simon and Willi Smith, and forgotten talents like Clovis Ruffin and Chester Weinberg.
HIV/AIDS in fashion became an important activism tool to force social and political advancement, and in many cases intersected couture designers and activist artists as they collaborated to affect change through fashion, design, and art. Australians Peter Tully, David McDiarmid and Brenton Heath-Kerr brought this struggle to our streets with passion and panache.
The fashion designers, artists, and activists selected for Silhouettes exercised an outsized influence on fashion and almost all are unduly overlooked in recent years. Silhouettes: Fashion in the Shadow of HIV/AIDS is a powerful reminder of an entire generation of international designers lost to the virus but deserving of contemporary recognition.
Curated by Skye Bartlett, Team Manager, SAMESH
Exhibition Details:
Silhouettes: Fashion in the Shadow of HIV/AIDS
29 January to 18 June 2022
Tuesday to Saturday 10AM – 4PM
No booking required.
Exhibition Entry: $12 adult. $10 concession. Children under 12 free.
PHOTO: Moschino red ribbon blazer