Installation view, Undergarments & Armor
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Undergarments & Armor 2002-2004
With the support of a Guggenheim Fellowship, I traveled to archives and museums in the U.S. and England photographing undergarments, armor, and the museum forms that populate the storerooms-- breastplates, helmets, corsets, bustles, mannequins and dress forms. I portray these garments and suits of armor as sculptures of the body, carapaces that have outlasted their wearers. Where they once adorned, constricted and protected their wearers, they are now archived as artifacts, the shells of those who once inhabited them.
Corset with Silk Ribbon, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Maximilian Armor, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Cage Crinoline, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Wire and Muslin Bustle, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Breastplate (interior), 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Brigandine, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Elements from a Garniture, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Collapsible Bustle, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4
Bronze Cuirass, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Wooden Corset, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Sabboton and Greave, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Bust Enhancer, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Layered Bustle, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Tournament Helmet, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Maximillion Helmet, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Armor of Sir James Scudamore, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Red Boned Bodice, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Office, FIT, Armor of Sir James Scudamo,, 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Storeroom, Royal Armouries, Leeds, England 2002-2004 platinum/palladium print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4"
Undergarments & Armor