Pratt Manhattan Gallery

144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor 
New York, NY 10011 

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Our 2009/10 Exhibition Season is "Design and Sustainability".

Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion

November 20, 2009 - February 20, 2010
Opening reception, Thursday, November 19, 6-8pm
Panel Discussion with Artists and Designers
January 26, 2010, 6pm, Room 213, adjacent to the gallery 

The first American exhibition to explore the work of artists and designers who seek practical and symbolic solutions to the question of integrating sustainable practices into the fashion system.

The exhibition is organized around three main themes: Reduce, Revalue and Rethink, expanding on the traditional ecological mantra Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by acknowledging the importance of aesthetics within fashion design.

Guest Curators: Francesca Granata and Sarah Scaturro

Artists/Designers: Bodkin, Alabama Chanin, Susan Cianciolo, Kelly Cobb, Loomstate, Rogan, Max Osterweis/ Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, SANS, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Uluru, and Andrea Zittel and Tiprin Follett/Smockshop

A full color catalog of the exhibition will be available, made possible by a generous grant from the Coby Foundation, Ltd.

Image: Alabama Chanin, sleeveless dress from the "Song Birds Collection," 2008.

Photo by Russ Harrington

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