Go See: The Glamour Project group show at Lehmann Maupin in New York, through March 21, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009Lehmann Maupin "The Glamour Project"
In conjunction with Glamour magazine in celebration of its 70th anniversary, Lehmann Maupin gallery has organized a group show of prominent women artists titled “The Glamour Project.” Boldfaced name artists like Tracey Emin, Kara Walker, Marilyn Minter, Rachel Feinstein, and Rita Ackermann were asked to create works translating their own interpretations of glamour. The south gallery space features black-and-white portraits of the ten commissioned artists by photographer Brigitte Lacombe.
Lehmann Maupin - The Glamour Project - Tracey Emin - I Promise to Love You Too
According to Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Lieve, “Ask ten women artists, and you’ll get ten showstopping, brilliantly realized visions – some of them sweet, some of them shocking, but each one a very personal manifesto on the meaning of femininity in 2009.”
RELATED LINKS
Jason Wu, Thakoon Celebrate Glamour’s 70th Anniversary [Huffington Post]
Party Watch [Vanity Fair]
Glamour Celebrates 70th: Portrait Artists [WWD]
“The Glamour Project” brings out the glamourous [Guest of a Guest]
Glamour Turns 70! [Mediabistro]
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