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Untitled

Print
2001 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This print is by the fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. It shows a simply drawn image of a woman, possibly a bride, wearing a long dress and a veil. It is more than a fashion image, and has a fragile quality, as if drawn from a distant memory. At first glance, it looks like a bride, but at a closer look it reveals something more; she stares out unhappily, or even disturbingly. Her uncomfortably held hands add to the underlying anxiety, or hysteria.

This etching is included in a limited-edition box set of prints and photographs, published by SHOWstudio in 2001. The set consists of a range of works by a variety of people from the creative industries, from photographers to pop stars, and the works – a collection of art, artefacts and fashion ephemera – are exclusive to this set. The mix of media and creative practitioners involved in this portfolio reflects the interests of the SHOWstudio project, concerned with contemporary image-making, fashion and multimedia. It could be described as a time capsule or a modern archive.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUntitled (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on archive paper
Brief description
'Untitled', etching on archive paper, by Hussein Chalayan, from 'SHOWstudio' portfolio, London 2001
Physical description
'Untitled' etching on archive paper, one of 49 prints from 'SHOWstudio' portfolio, showing a female figure with a long dress and a veil. Signed and numbered by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 305mm
  • Width: 254mm
Copy number
9/100
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Subjects depicted
Summary
This print is by the fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. It shows a simply drawn image of a woman, possibly a bride, wearing a long dress and a veil. It is more than a fashion image, and has a fragile quality, as if drawn from a distant memory. At first glance, it looks like a bride, but at a closer look it reveals something more; she stares out unhappily, or even disturbingly. Her uncomfortably held hands add to the underlying anxiety, or hysteria.

This etching is included in a limited-edition box set of prints and photographs, published by SHOWstudio in 2001. The set consists of a range of works by a variety of people from the creative industries, from photographers to pop stars, and the works – a collection of art, artefacts and fashion ephemera – are exclusive to this set. The mix of media and creative practitioners involved in this portfolio reflects the interests of the SHOWstudio project, concerned with contemporary image-making, fashion and multimedia. It could be described as a time capsule or a modern archive.
Collection
Accession number
E.1097:5-2002

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Record createdMay 14, 2003
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