#Brooklyn Art Shows

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Even if fashion isn’t something you normally find interesting, it’s hard to resist the allure of the creations on view at the Brooklyn Museum for the retrospective Thierry Mugler: Couturissime.

From the museum’s web page-

Thierry Mugler: Couturissime is the first retrospective to explore the fascinating, edgy universe of French designer and creator of iconic perfumes Thierry Mugler. A fashion visionary, Mugler established himself as one of the most daring and innovative designers of the late twentieth century. His bold silhouettes and unorthodox techniques and materials—including glass, Plexiglas, vinyl, latex, and chrome—made their mark on fashion history.

In the 1970s, Mugler defined trends with his acclaimed “glamazon,” a chic, modern woman whose style evolved from the hippie fashions of the 1960s. In the 1980s and ’90s, Mugler galvanized the renaissance of haute couture through his provocative collections and theatrical fashion shows, which involved grandiose locations and the era’s most iconic models. Just as his work is still influencing new generations of couturiers, celebrities continue to be drawn to Mugler’s designs: his classic gowns have recently been worn by Beyoncé, Cardi B, and Kim Kardashian.

The exhibition features over one hundred outfits ranging from haute couture pieces to stage costumes, alongside custom accessories, sketches, videos, images by leading fashion photographers, and spectacular installations that mirror Mugler’s futuristic approach. The Brooklyn Museum’s presentation also introduces an expanded section dedicated to fragrance, centered on Mugler’s trailblazing scent Angel. Thierry Mugler: Couturissime is an opportunity to discover and rediscover the fantastical work of this multidisciplinary artist, who revolutionized the world of fashion.

A description of the above gown from the museum’s info plaque-

The “La Chimère” gown-Mugler’s masterpiece made in collaboration with the South African corset maker Mr. Pearl and the artist Jean-Jacques Urcun- has mythical status, considered by some as one of the most expensive creations in couture history, given the meticulous amount of work required in its making.

Mr. Pearl describes that collaboration with Mugler as the most extreme experience of his life: “[‘La Chimère gown] was probably the most intense project, it took six weeks working 24/7, so basically more than one thousand hours just in embroidery. We were about twenty people working on different parts of it along with Jean-Jacques Urcun. It’s about fantasy, it was like going to the University of Beauty. To fulfill his vision and his fantasies with clothes is already a challenge, he is a genius, a perfectionist. You have to try, and he pushes everyone to try what seems impossible to achieve with a needle.”

Also included in the exhibition are several incredible (and often safety-defying) photos Mugler took himself at various landmarks, including the one below at NYC’s Chrysler Building.

(“Chrysler Building, New York”, 1989 -Claude Heidemeyer in “Vertigo” by Mugler, 1988)

This exhibition closes 5/7/23.

[wamo]

succumbed to the urges

[cherrycosmosss420]

My mood (s) rn 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[jrjeremy]

i N T H E E ND

T H E R E i S N O HE R O .

you did what you had to do, right? ,why? it's too late now, he's already gone. you were too late. maybe if you were a better best friend, you would've stuck around, and he would've still been here. did you have to do this? ,why did you do this to him? ,what have you done? it's like you've taken over his life, it's like everything is even more miserable than before, it's like you're just pathetic, an emotional bastard, undeserving of anything, and you still couldn't handle yourself. this'll go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on. if you were just faster enough. if you were just faster enough, this wouldn't have happened. this shouldn't have happened in the first place, if you just stayed. it wouldn't be like this. you wouldn't have done this to him. him. he's gone, gone_too_long

V i LE .

[heavensdoorways]

"Winter Cathedral"

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Lightscape show 

[powerploff]

BROOKLYN!!!!!

[mangocatastrophe]

Brooklyn

So I’ve nearly finished watching gargoyles, and while my favorite character is Xanatos, Brooklyn is more fun to draw heheh

Silly lil lizard lad, boy’s got the worst lovelife, I wanna give him a pat on the back

Also, here’s an alternate version with diffirent lighting

[themythecho]

Listen to me ramble abt my special interests and how they work (Or don't idc)

For those who DON'T know (idk how, but we ball) I'm autistic. I have very profound interests in things. I have 6 main special interests and then like sub catigories dw I'll explain it:

SO: Ancient Rome/Greece, Writing, Art, Musicals, Animals, & Shows (Specifcally like TV14 shows) LET ME EXPLAIN:

So the first 4 have a lot of overlapping simularities, so here are the sub catigories to those:

The Riordanverse

The Song of Achilles

EPIC the musical

Hadestown

The Lightning Thief the Musical

Bloom of the Sun (How tf is a sub-special interest of mine my own writing? idfk)

THEN shows like:

Brooklyn 99

Sherlock Holmes

Sweet Tooth

Dead Boy Detectives

Young Royals

And all that are shows I have a deep interest in as well.

For ANIMALS, this one I have had since I can remember:

Since I was a kid I have LOVED animals, specifically aquatic ones and ones you can keep as pets

Like I have spent 5 hours straight as a kid researching *mollies*, yk, the basic pet fish

Same with snakes, otters, dolphins, all that

SO dear viewer, my special interests have sub catigories too them, I blame it on my ADHD needing different stuff all the f-king time but my Autism needing the same stuff. I literally have a google drawing for my sub catigories.

I also opened up this post to rant abt Greek Mythology??? Idk bro

[berryblu-arts]

every once in a blue (hehe) moon ,my brain allows me one (1) banger character design

so have my design for the water refraction!!!! gonna tweak it but!!!!! yall!!! she is lookin good!!!!

[liiiiianne]

CATLETTE AS PERALTIAGO 🤯🤯🗣🗣💯💙❤️

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(image above- Robert Pruitt, "A Song for Travelers")

Brooklyn Museum's exhibition, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, is an opportunity to learn about an important period of American history, and see it interpreted through the eyes of twelve contemporary artists.

From the museum's website-

Between 1915 and 1970, in the wake of racial terror during the post-Reconstruction period, millions of Black Americans fled from their homes to other areas within the South and to other parts of the country. This remarkable movement of people, known as the Great Migration, caused a radical shift in the demographic, economic, and sociopolitical makeup of the United States. A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration brings together twelve contemporary artists to consider the complex impact of this period on their lives, as well as on social and cultural life, with newly commissioned works ranging from large-scale installation, immersive film, and tapestry to photography, painting, and mixed media. Featured artists are Akea Brionne, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. A Movement in Every Direction presents a departure from traditional accounts of the Great Migration, which are often understood through a lens of trauma, and reconceptualizes them through stories of self-possession, self-determination, and self-examination. While the South did lose generations of courageous, creative, and productive Black Americans due to racial and social inequities, the exhibition expands the narrative by introducing people who stayed in, or returned to, the region during this time. Additionally, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation centers Brooklyn as another important site in the Great Migration, highlighting historical and contemporary census data about the borough’s migration patterns. Visitors are encouraged to share their own personal and familial stories of migration through an oral history “pod” available in the exhibition galleries.

About Robert Pruitt's work, pictured above, from the museum's wall information plaque-

“A Song for Travelers” celebrates the individual and Black collective experiences that have shaped the histories of rural East Texas and Houston's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Wards. In this drawing-based on an early 1970’s photograph of a reunion of the artist's family in Dobbin, Texas -sixteen people gather around a seated central figure about to embark on a journey. During the creation of this work, the masked traveler became a stand-in for Pruitt, who had recently left his hometown of Houston.

Pruitt often draws inspiration from his and others' family photographs while examining historical events that have impacted Houston's Black communities. Wearing costumes and adorned with items that reference various aspects of Black culture found in schools, social clubs, and religious spaces, the figures in the work reflect the numerous networks that remained and flourished in the South. Merging the Great Migration period with the present, Pruitt centers the Black neighborhoods across the southern region that served as safe havens and rich sites of cultural expression for migrants during the twentieth century. This link extends to today as many Black Americans leave the northern and western cities that once attracted their elders and return to the South.

Allison Janae Hamilton's A House Called Florida, below, takes the viewer on a journey through part of northern Florida's natural beauty.

From the museum's information plaque about the video installation-

Allison Janae Hamilton produced the three-channel film installation A House Called Florida in her hometown region of northern Florida. The breathtaking landscapes of Apalachicola Bay and the swampy Blackwater Lakes of Florida's Big Bend frame musicians, dancers, motorists, a Victorian house, and a slow resounding rhythm. The artist references French Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar's 1946 short story "Casa Tomada." ("House Taken Over") about ghosts that slowly take over a home and eventually push out its owners, room by room. Hamilton echoes the story's theme of displacement with two regally dressed, spirit-like protagonists who move about the house engaging in mark-making and ritual performances. Hamilton's film pays tribute to the Black Floridians who remained in the Red Hills and the Forgotten Coast regions, despite the racial violence and environmental precariousness they faced throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Carrie Mae Weems' personal and moving contribution is in two parts- a series of photographs and a unique digital video installation.

The museum's description of the work-

Carrie Mae Weems explores a painful family story: the disappearance of her grandfather Frank Weems, a tenant farmer and union activist who was attacked by a white mob in Earle Arkansas, in 1936. Presumed dead, he narrowly escaped and made his way to Chicago on foot, never again reuniting with his family. Frank Weems may have followed the North Star to Chicago. Weems's series of seven prints, The North Star, makes an apt metaphor for Frank's life. In Leave! Leave Now! Weems conjures the figure of her grandfather with a Pepper's Ghost, a late nineteenth-century form of illusion first used in theater. By weaving historical events with fragmented family stories, photographs, poetry, music, and interviews, the artist reveals the tragedy of her grandfather's disappearance and the aftermath.

This exhibition will close on Sunday, June 25th, 2023.

[hyperallergic]

In Oscar yi Hou’s paintings, the American flag’s stars and stripes are ribboned, scattered, and reconfigured amongst East Asian artistic symbols in a semiotic constellation around Asian-American sitters, many of whom are queer.

His gutsy canvases render him and his loved ones with their gazes fixed firmly on the viewer, sometimes assuming historically White roles to confront the foundations of American “belonging,” other times calling back to the legacies of East Asian art.

Read more about his work in our New York art guide for August.

[peppermintbubble]

I did the color wheel character drawing challenge and it was a lot of fun! All the characters were suggested by my Twitter followers.

(I don't advertise them much, but I do take character sketch commissions in this style. They're fast and cheap!)

[torra-and-the-toons]

Furry Brooklyn99 Starting with none other than Jake the Jackal.

No, I will not explain myself.

B99 Zootopia AU

[Charles] [Gina] [Amy] [Rosa] [Scully]

[raymondsalvador]

Got a bunch of original comic pages hanging in Cafe Calaca!

Along with Prints, Comics, Akira fanart, and other stuff—all for sale! If you’re around Franklin and Fulton in BK come on by! Buy a print! Eat a delicious chorizo and egg sandwich! It’s a really good sandwich.

The work on display/for sale features two different stories written by Vita Ayala!

[yepthatsacowalright]

As a kid I always wondered what Marshall’s shirt said

and the answer is better than I could have ever imagined