I recently visited the RWA's 162nd open exhibition, where I discovered the ethereal and dream-like paintings of Janie George.
In her accompanying text she talks about her fascination with "disparate" objects, and more importantly for me, the function of clothing:
"Clothing is a signifier of human aspirations, vulnerability and loss."I found these words to be extremely potent, and beautiful. They shone new light on her delicate depictions of bonnets, the transformation of a moth's wings into a tender cloak.
I became fixated on these three functions.
Aspiration. Vulnerability. Loss.
Loss.
In all three, clothing serves to hide - hide the reality of our status, making us into something we are not, shielding our delicacy, our wounds from the open & patching up our loss.
Loss.
What have we lost?
What have we lost that clothing can cover?
Or, alternatively, what is lost that clothing helps us find?
All images are from George's site, which you can find here.
Check out detail of the RWA's exhibition here.
I hope you find both interesting!
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Kate x
