Conceptual Clothing Revisited

‘Conceptual Clothing’ was a touring exhibition, organised between 1986 and 1988 by Ikon Gallery in the United Kingdom. In this book, artist-curators Fran Cottell and Marian Schoettle revisit their collaboration, as well as others presented in both the UK and the United States. Monica Bohm-Duchen’s original essay from the exhibition catalogue is republished here, alongside newly compiled exhibition documentation and a newly curated reader on feminism and art in relation to clothing, selected by Katy Deepwell. The reader features key essays from international contributors written between the 1970s and 1990s, in which dress is critically examined through a feminist lens.