Kathleen Nowak Tucci
Tube Skirt, 2013
Recycled motorcycle inner tubes and plastic snaps
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography: Janine Joffe
Sensory Overload: Clothing and the Body
September 23 – December 30, 2016
Clothing and adornment are not just for protection, decoration, or expression—they are items that evoke the human form, on or off a body. This exhibition features garments and adornment that tend to impede or extend the physicality of the human form. These artists investigate dress as a direct connection between the body and the self, and the individual and the world at large.
The artists whose works are featured in Sensory Overload create pieces that play to the metaphorical capacity of clothing and adornment while simultaneously addressing notions of wearability and the body as site. They create garments and large-scale accessories that make the wearer both an armature and an integral part of the presentation of the piece. While wearable, the work is more sculptural and concept-oriented than it is functional in a traditional sense.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Heejin Hwang, Janice Jakielski, Kelly Nye, Rachel Timmins, Kathleen Nowak Tucci, and Yulie Urano
Sensory Overload: Clothing and the Body
September 23 – December 30, 2016
Kathleen Nowak Tucci
Tube Skirt, 2013
Recycled motorcycle inner tubes and plastic snaps
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography: Janine Joffe
Clothing and adornment are not just for protection, decoration, or expression—they are items that evoke the human form, on or off a body. This exhibition features garments and adornment that tend to impede or extend the physicality of the human form. These artists investigate dress as a direct connection between the body and the self, and the individual and the world at large.
The artists whose works are featured in Sensory Overload create pieces that play to the metaphorical capacity of clothing and adornment while simultaneously addressing notions of wearability and the body as site. They create garments and large-scale accessories that make the wearer both an armature and an integral part of the presentation of the piece. While wearable, the work is more sculptural and concept-oriented than it is functional in a traditional sense.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Heejin Hwang, Janice Jakielski, Kelly Nye, Rachel Timmins, Kathleen Nowak Tucci, and Yulie Urano
Gallery of Work
Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Sponsors
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Nicholas and Nancy Kurten
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Sponsors
City of Racine’s Grow Racine Grant
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Arts Foundation
Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Tom and Irene Creecy
Richard and Patricia Ehlert
Herzfeld Foundation
Reliance Controls
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Silver Sponsors
Anonymous
Art Bridges
Baird
A.C. Buhler Family
Lucy G. Feller
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Jim Harris
Sharon and Tom Harty
Lise Iwon
J. Jeffers & Co.
Johnson Financial Group
Dorothy MacVicar
Jan Serr and John Shannon
Bronze Sponsors
Ellen and Joseph Albrecht
Andis Foundation
Susan Boland
Virginia Buhler
Butcher & Barrel/Amos Los Tacos
Educators Credit Union
Express Employment Professionals
Tony and Andrea Hauser
Bill and Debbie Keland
Susan Manalli
Jean and Alex Mandli, Jr.
The Prairie School
Cathy Stanghellin
Georgiana Treivush
Twin Disc, Inc.
