Beverly Semmes: Oversized Garments as Body Metaphors
Beverly Semmes creates sculptures and installations featuring oversized garments such as cloud hats, clay shoes, exaggerated dresses, and velvet robes. Her work explores androgyny, disguise, and the use of clothing as metaphors and substitutes for the body, contributing to contemporary discourse on corporeality and sexual identity.
Key facts
- Beverly Semmes is an American artist.
- Her works include cloud hats, clay shoes, oversized dresses, and velvet robes.
- The sculptures and installations address the body and sexual identity.
- Semmes focuses on androgyny and disguise.
- Clothing in her work serves as metaphors and substitutes for the body.
- The article was published in artpress in February 1994.
Entities
Artists
- Beverly Semmes
Institutions
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —