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J. W. Anderson. Disobedient Bodies
Exhibition
Disobedient Bodies. J.W. Anderson At The Hepworth Wakefield
18 Mar 2017 – 18 Jun 2017
Event times
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Sunday
Closed Mondays except local school holidays
and bank holidays
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Gallery Walk
- Wakefield
England - WF1 5AW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- FREE CITY BUS The gallery is on the FreeCityBus route operated Monday – Saturday between 9.30am and 3pm.
- The gallery is 0.3 miles from Wakefield Kirkgate train station (approximately 8 minutes walk) and 1 mile from Westgate train station (approximately 20 minutes walk).
Jonathan Anderson, one of the world’s most innovative and critically acclaimed contemporary fashion designers, responds to Wakefield’s impressive collection of modern British art in this major new exhibition that explores the human form in art, fashion and design.
About
Jonathan Anderson, one of the world’s most innovative and critically acclaimed contemporary fashion designers, responds to Wakefield’s impressive collection of modern British art in this major new exhibition that explores the human form in art, fashion and design.
In collaboration with 6a architects, Anderson’s exhibition unfolds a series of contrasting experiences. Figurative sculptures by artists including: Jean Arp, Louise Bourgeois, Lynn Chadwick, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Sarah Lucas, Henry Moore, Magali Reus and Dorothea Tanning will be brought into dialogue with fashion pieces by designers such as Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garçons, Helmut Lang and Issey Miyake. Design and craft items include ceramics by Hans Coper and lamps by Isamu Noguchi.
The personal selection is shaped by Anderson’s long-standing passion for modern art (from the mid-20th century) and the underlying questions of gender that have been posed by his own fashion collections.
