GIRLS. On Boredom, Rebellion and Being-in-Between
How has girlhood been represented? How is it remembered? And how does the idea of ‘the girl’ continue to shape visual culture and fashion?
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GIRLS explores the beauty and complexity of girlhood and the emotional journey of growing up.
How has girlhood been represented? How is it remembered? And how does the idea of ‘the girl’ continue to shape visual culture and fashion?
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GIRLS is about daughterhood, sisterhood, and friendship. About boredom, rebellion and coming of age.
This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together visual artists, fashion designers, photographers, costume designers, and filmmakers.
The project is created in conversation with teenagers and is inclusive of LGBTQI+ youth.
Still from The Virgin Suicides, 1999, directed by Sofia Coppola 1/4
Edgar Degas, Little dancer aged fourteen, 1880–81, (cast c. 1922) 2/4
Micaiah Carter, Adeline in Barrettes, 2018 3/4
Léon Spilliaert, Girls with white stockings, 1912 4/4
With work by: Louise Bourgeois, Veronique Branquinho, Jim Britt, Sofia Coppola, Edgar Degas, Chopova Lowena, Jenny Fax, Robert Gober, Lauren Greenfield, Iris Häussler, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Nancy Honey, Roni Horn, Fumiko Imano, Jas Knight, Sofia Lai, Eimear Lynch, Martin Margiela, Alice Neel, Meret Oppenheim, Frida Orupabo, Simone Rocha, Nancy Steiner, Leticia Valverdes, Jenny Watson, Arisa Yoshioka, Leonardo Van Dijl, Micaiah Carter, and many more.
Exhibition under the lead of
Curator: Elisa De Wyngaert
Guest curator film: Claire Marie Healy
Exhibition design: Janina Pedan
Graphic design: Paul Boudens
Campagne image: Jim Britt, Sisters, 1976
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