Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2008.04.001
Accession#:
2008.04
Credit Line:
Purchase of this artwork has been made possible through the generous support of the Rasmuson Foundation.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Bridget's Wearable Art
Photographer:
Holmes, Marilyn
Place:
Juneau
Date:
2005
Description:
Large format color photo.
Image of two people with their backs to the camera. They are wearing traditional Japanese undergarments. There is Japanese writing covering their bodies. In the center of the man's back at proper right is a Yin—Yang symbol. The woman, at proper left is wearing red shoes and has flowers in her hair.
Image of two people with their backs to the camera. They are wearing traditional Japanese undergarments. There is Japanese writing covering their bodies. In the center of the man's back at proper right is a Yin—Yang symbol. The woman, at proper left is wearing red shoes and has flowers in her hair.
Notes:
Selected for Alaska Positive 2005.
A studio recreation of an entry in Juneau's first Wearable Art Exhibit, a fundraiser put on yearly by the Juneau Art and Humanities Council, which features wearable art created by people in the community. Bridget Mulligan a local shop owner clad the performers in silk kimonos, which they shed as they left the stage revealing the calligraphy painted on their skin. Models were John Leo and Emily.
A studio recreation of an entry in Juneau's first Wearable Art Exhibit, a fundraiser put on yearly by the Juneau Art and Humanities Council, which features wearable art created by people in the community. Bridget Mulligan a local shop owner clad the performers in silk kimonos, which they shed as they left the stage revealing the calligraphy painted on their skin. Models were John Leo and Emily.
People:
Holmes, Marilyn
Mulligan, Bridget
Leo, John
Mulligan, Bridget
Leo, John
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Photo - Bridget's Wearable Art
Photo - Bridget's Wearable Art