Yesterday we welcomed a fantastic panel of experts to lead a discussion on fashion, art, archives, and everything in between; from the ethics and sustainability of fashion, through to the importance and challenges of maintaining archives and thoughts on interdisciplinary working.
Chaired by Tom Godfrey (Bonington Gallery Curator and curator of CJ), the panel included Naomi Braithwaite (Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Design at NTU and custodian of the FashionMap Archive), Ruby Hoette (Designer and researcher and Programme Leader of MA Design: Expanded Practice at Goldsmiths University) and Caroline Stevenson (Curator, writer and lecturer and Head of Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion)
Image from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom Godfrey
Image from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom GodfreyImage from C/J: In Conversation, featuring Naomi Braithwaite, Ruby Hoette, and Caroline Stevenson. Chaired by Tom Godfrey
C/J is open until Saturday 18 May. If you haven’t already, be sure to drop by!
Bonington Gallery is delighted to present C/J, an exhibition of newly commissioned work by Los Angeles-based artist, musician and jewellery designer Chloé Maratta and Glasgow-based artist and musician Joanne Robertson.
Reflecting their shared interests in clothing, both artists have been invited to work with artefacts from Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) FashionMap Archive, a unique collection of garments and accessories purchased from high street retailers since 2000.
Maratta embeds her practice into her life via a process of gathering clothing and ephemera that she encounters and experiences on a daily basis. Materials are collaged into styled outfits and extended into photography, photo-collage and sculpture.
Robertson works predominantly with painting that frequently extends beyond the canvas to found objects. Presenting racks of clothing alongside her paintings, Robertson objectifies garments in order to emulate the conditions of abstract painting – form, colour, surface and materiality. She’s currently touring her music in New Zealand, and answered a few questions from Undertheradar.co.nz, in which she refers to the upcoming exhibition at Bonington Gallery, as well as discussing the process of collaborating with other artists, and the strong link between her music and visual practices.
Through art production, music and fashion, both artists convey an immediacy and irreverence towards various forms of cultural and social hierarchy, making the involvement of NTU’s high-street fashion archive all the more poignant.
Artwork Details
Chloe Maratta
Look 1: CEM trashy bangle, CEM laurie therapy cuff, CEM Rock&Rose ring. Suit, purse, joggers, and digital timer sweatband from NTU FashionMap Archive
Look 2: CEM pen rosary. White socks, velvet shorts, sequined net scarf, Sex Pistols shirt, Gold handbag from NTU FashionMap Archive
Look 3: CEM stud corsage, CEM GOD earring. Grey cable knit leggings, Cream thong, Belly chain, Grey fingerless gloves, Leopard Scarf, from NTU FashionMap Archive
Look 4: CEM heart rock cuff, CEM ID bangle, CEM rock neck cuff. Marled socks, Chain Maille halter, Grey scarf, Pearls, Flag handbag from NTU FashionMap Archive
Look 5: CEM LBC cuff, CEM Shell choker, CEM bella2 earring. Ballet flats, jeans, clutch, bag charm, and pantyhose from NTU FashionMap Archive
Vignette 1: CEM gwen rock bangle, CEM HK rock bangle, CEM flower cuff. Gold bangles and frayed tweed blazer from NTU FashionMap Archive
Vignette 2: CEM Virgin choker, CEM pick ring, CEM rock ring. Handbag and gloves from NTU FashionMap Archive
Joanne Robertson
Phone Numbers 7, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Phone Numbers 8, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Program, oil on canvas, 160 x 130 cm
Petrol, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
Phone Numbers 9, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Players, oil on canvas, 200 x 180 cm
High, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
Phone Numbers 10, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Phone Numbers 11, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
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This April we’re excited to be presenting a two person exhibition between artist, musician and designer Chloé Maratta and artist & musician Joanne Robertson. The exhibition will also involve artefacts from NTU’s School of Art & Design’s high-street fashion archive, FashionMap. Chloé features in a recent ARTnews article that profiles several of the ‘leading lights’ within LA’s art/fashion/music crossover scene:
Chloé Maratta in ArtNews
Joanne Robertson – interview with Under The Radar (NZ)
Coming up in April next year is C/J, a collaboration between artists Chloé Maratta and Joanne Robertson, who as well visual artists are both musicians.
Joanne is currently touring her music in New Zealand, and answered a few questions from Undertheradar.co.nz, in which she refers to the upcoming exhibition here at the gallery, as well as discussing the process of collaborating with other artists, and the strong link between her musical and visual practices.
