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Work Type:installation
Date of work:1993
Materials:medium: 4 men's jackets

Measurements:height: 183 cm

width: 366 cm

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:clothes, identity, personal style
Technique:assemblage, cloths making
Collection:New Contemporaries
Description:
‘Karen Henderson investigates the possibility of using the body as a site to literally re-dress notions of gender roles. Four flamboyant jackets hang on the wall, the kind of garment you would expect to find at a cabaret or drag act. A simple change of clothes offers up possibilities for a dramatic change of persona. ‘
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Source:Swenson, I., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition guide, 1994
Date of source:1994