Bárbara Sánchez-Kane's New York debut at Kurimanzutto explores fashion as surreal sculpture

Bárbara Sánchez-Kane's inaugural solo exhibition in New York, titled 'New Lexicons for Embodiment,' is on display at Kurimanzutto from September 14 to October 21. The showcase features around twenty sculptural pieces crafted from materials such as bronze, leather, aluminum, and rawhide. A temporary pop-up for her fashion label, established in 2015, presents androgynous designs including lambskin biker jackets and Rococo-style shirts. Notably, four large wearable sculptures, each exceeding two meters in height, twist along the walls, reminiscent of straitjackets or BDSM harnesses. The exhibit also presents a floating garment rack and a three-meter-high rawhide figure emerging from a wooden desk, alluding to Gilles Deleuze's 'The Fold.' Sánchez-Kane's creations explore themes of materiality and embodiment, featuring accessories like 'Put Your Money Where Your Shoe's Mouth Is,' and have gained cultural significance, as seen in Björk's recent performance wearing a Sánchez-Kane headpiece.