Wearable Texture

Meret Oppenheimer

Object (The Lunch in Fur), 1936

“The work takes advantage of differences in the

varieties of sensual pleasure: fur may delight the touch

but it repels the tongue. And a cup and spoon, of

course, are made to be put in the mouth.

A small concave object covered with fur, Object may

also have a sexual connotation and politics: working in

a male-dominated art world, perhaps Oppenheim was

mocking the prevailing "masculinity" of sculpture,

which conventionally adopts a hard substance and

vertical orientation that can be seen as almost

absurdly self-referential. Chic, wry, and simultaneously

attractive and disturbing, Object is shrewdly and

quietly aggressive.”

From MoMA.org, The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights,

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, revised 2004, originally

published 1999, p. 155

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Ana Mendieta

Christine A. Holtz

For today:

•Choose a group (2 max.)

•Brainstorm ideas

•Create a Fashion Illustration using the

male/female template…complete

color in your sketchbook.

•Include details of clothing and items

used