Costume Art at the Met Museum in New York
The Met Museum’s ‘Costume Art’ exhibition, curated by Andrew Bolton and featuring nearly 400 artifacts, explores the relationship between clothing and the human body across multiple representations—nude, diverse, tattooed, aging. The show pairs garments with artworks through meticulously researched contextual descriptions that reveal thematic connections; notably, an Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2001 ‘Voss’ dress featuring 1,200 razor clamshells is positioned alongside Greek mythology imagery to examine intersections of mental disintegration and undressing. Featured designers include McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Undercover, Comme des Garçons’ 1997 ‘Dress Meets Body, Body Meets Dress’ collection, Olivier Theyskens, and Issey Miyake’s APOC project. While curatorial scholarship is commended, the critic notes spatial density occasionally diminishes individual garments’ impact, and flags ethical concerns regarding inclusion of work by Dilara Findikoglu despite documented staff abuse allegations.
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