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Suzanne Bocanegra : Poorly watched girls

Title
Suzanne Bocanegra : Poorly watched girls / editor: Amy Wilkins.
Publication
Philadelphia, PA : Fabric Workshop and Museum ; New York, NY : MW Editions, 2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Bocanegra, Suzanne, 1957-
  • Wilkins, Amy (Amy S.)
  • Foster, Hal
  • Talbott, Susan Lubowsky
  • Fabric Workshop and Museum, host institution, issuing body.
Description
95 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
In 'Poorly Watched Girls', New York-based artist Suzanne Bocanegra (born 1957) explores the ways that popular entertainment theatricalizes women in trouble. For the immersive video 'Valley', she recreated Judy Garland's wardrobe test for 'Valley of the Dolls' (1967). Garland was fired from the film but famously kept the clothing from the test. Here, eight notable women wear replicas of the wardrobe: poet Anne Carson, choreographer Deborah Hay, artist Joan Jonas, singer Alicia Hall Moran, author and actor Tanya Selvaratnam, actor Kate Valk, artist Carrie Mae Weems and ballerina Wendy Whelan. 'Dialogue of the Carmelites', inspired by Poulenc's 1956 opera based on the true story of a convent of nuns executed during the French Revolution, incorporates music by composer David Lang, performed by Caroline Shaw. In 'La Fille', Bocanegra uses theatrical sets, costumes and collage to capture the essence of the 18th-century ballet 'La Fille mal Gardée' (The Poorly Guarded Girl), a comic portrayal of young love between two peasants. Exhibition: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA (05.10.2018-17.02.2019).
Alternative Title
Poorly watched girls
Subject
  • Bocanegra, Suzanne, 1957- > Exhibitions
  • Bocanegra, Suzanne, 1957-
  • 2000-2099
  • Women in art > Exhibitions
  • Clothing and dress in art > Exhibitions
  • Costume > Exhibitions
  • Installations (Art) > Exhibitions
  • Video art > Exhibitions
  • Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Video art
  • Installations (Art)
  • Clothing and dress in art
  • Art, Modern
  • Costume
  • Women in art
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum (October 5, 2018-February 17, 2019) curated by Susan Lubowsky Talbott, Executive Director.
  • Includes interview 'Suzanne Bocanegra and Hal Foster in Conversation'.
ISBN
  • 9780998701851
  • 0998701858
LCCN
2019948534
OCLC
  • on1105594667
  • 1105594667
  • SCSB-9595154
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library