The first featured exhibit, “Gesture and Meaning,” draws entirely from avant-garde fashion by Japanese designers, including Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto.
CAC will open “In the Interest of Time” and “Widline Cadet: Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)” on Oct. 2. Both exhibitions will remain on view through Feb. 7, 2027.
Platow officially joins the Butler County sculpture park Aug. 20. She succeeds Sarah Templeton Wilson, who is stepping down to pursue external opportunities.
The exhibit explores both the artists who created the banners and the performers they promoted, while examining how circuses used bold imagery and sensational marketing to draw crowds throughout much of the 20th century.
The 2016 collection features yellow pumpkins covered in black polka dots and surrounded by mirrors, creating the illusion of an endless field stretching in every direction.
Organized by The Frick Pittsburgh, the exhibition looks at how ideas of home, landscape and national identity shaped art and design across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.