34th annual East End festival returns Oct. 2–12 with premieres, Screenwriters Lab, SummerDocs and outdoor… Read More →
The Breakers hosted Palm Beach’s social and philanthropic elite as the Old Bags Luncheon™ auction… Read More →
See what’s trending this week—what’s opening, what’s closing, who’s showing, who’s making sparks. Food Scene… Read More →
Pop star’s lawyers say bodycam video would be a privacy nightmare Attorneys for pop star… Read More →
From Lady Gaga to Liza Minnelli (and not on the same stage this time), March… Read More →
Snow-capped mountains, mid-century modern design, Rat Pack lore and desert sunshine — why Palm Springs… Read More →
From stand-up comedy and live music to gallery openings, author talks and Oscar-night watch parties… Read More →
Long before Instagram summers and $100,000 rentals, the couple slipped away to a modest Sagaponack… Read More →
A $32 million estate at 200 Rose Hill Road swaps cedar shingles for concrete and… Read More →
After four weeks of testimony, prosecutors say the once–celebrated luxury real-estate siblings followed the same… Read More →
Fashion Interventions and ‘Second Skin’: A Live Art Event at Southampton Arts Center Dec. 20
Live art, sustainable fashion, and a toast to ‘Second Skin’ exhibit on Dec. 20
Going through an end-of-year closet purge and ready to toss what no longer works? Don’t give up on it just yet. That old skirt or tired shirt could be transformed into a one-of-a-kind art statement.
Live Fashion Art at Southampton Arts Center
On Dec. 20, Southampton Arts Center (SAC) will host a special Toast to the Artists of “Second Skin,” the clothing-as-culture exhibition curated by Estrellita B. Brodsky. The show opened in October and runs through Dec. 28.
The event begins with a live “Fashion Interventions” performance by Mexican visual artist and art educator Gabriela Galván, taking place in front of the SAC gallery from noon to 5 p.m.
Visitors are invited to bring clothing they would otherwise discard and have Galván transform the piece in real time. First developed in SoHo in the summer of 2007, Fashion Interventions explores sustainability, human connection, and the relationship between clothing and the body.
Toasting the Artists
Following the performance, a festive “Toast to the Artists” reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., with conversation, cocktails, cookies, and hot chocolate. Artists and curators from Second Skin will be on hand to celebrate the exhibition and engage with guests.
“The artists presented at Southampton Arts Center remind us that fashion frames our sense of self, our perception of others, and our personal agency,” said Brodsky. “Toasts to the Artists celebrates these ideas and a shared sense of community.”
About ‘Second Skin’
Second Skin features approximately 30 works from the early 1950s to the present, with a strong emphasis on Latin America. The exhibition includes photography, sculpture, textiles, wearable objects, and archival material, including prints from Martine Gutierrez’s acclaimed Indigenous Woman series and a selection of Andy Warhol works on paper from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Foundation. [See feature story on Second Skin exhibit in Spark Hamptons, here. ]
Artists featured include Antonio (Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos), Felix Beaudry, Andrés Bedoya, Miguel Fernández de Castro, Sylvie Fleury, Martine Gutierrez, Gaspar Libedinsky, Carole Frances Lung, Raúl de Nieves, Joiri Minaya, Nazareth Pacheco, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Stephanie Syjuco, Milagros de la Torre, WAR BOUTIQUE (Kevin Leahy), and Andy Warhol.
Event Details
Second Skin
Runs through Dec. 28
Southampton Arts Center
25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, NY
Gallery Hours:
Friday–Sunday | Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20
Noon–5 p.m. | Fashion Interventions performance with Gabriela Galván
5–7 p.m. | Toast to the Artists reception