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adorn,
equip is a national touring exhibition originated by The
City Gallery, Leicester. The exhibition examines issues around the design
of equipment and accessories for disabled people. Consultation between artists/makers,
designers and disabled people has inspired the production of unique, functional
objects and thought-provoking work. Most equipment and accessories are produced
only with function in mind, devoid of decoration or design. Items in the exhibition
are fashionable, dynamic, challenging, provocative and confrontational.
Mat Fraser (star of the Virgin mobile advert) has worked in conjunction
with knit-ware artist Freddie Robins to produce a sweater with the slogan ‘Short
Armed and Dangerous'. International sculptor-extraordinaire Andrew Logan
(famous for his Pegasus horses, sculptures of celebrities such as Zandra Rhodes
and for organising the Alternative Miss World) has customised a zimmer
frame and also a back brace for multimedia artist
Ju Gosling.
Textile artist Susie Freeman has created
a handbag for agoraphobics and a garment incorporating commonly prescribed medicines
used in the treatment of arthritis, and disabled artist Nicola
Lane explores the aesthetics of prosthetic limbs in a thought-provoking
art work.
adorn, equip is a unique exhibition,
three years in the making. It opened at The City Gallery
on 8 September 2001 and is currently touring nationally.
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For more information please
contact Mark Prest, Exhibitions
Officer (Crafts) on 0116 254 0595.
For images please contact
Sara Dewsbery/Lou Rainbow (Marketing Assistants) on 0116 254 0595.
Illustration: Mat
Fraser wearing "Short Armed and Dangerous"
by Freddie Robins. Photograph by Rob Hann
© The City Gallery,
Leicester and the artists: 2001
This site was built by Ju
Gosling aka ju90 during an artist's residency at Oriel
31 in November 2001
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