Fashion Nirvana: Runway to Everyday
January 30, 2020 to May 17, 2020
Located in the Stieren Center Tobin Exhibition Galleries and Sculpture Gallery.
From gowns to grunge, Fashion Nirvana: Runway to Everyday marks the first large-scale fashion and video art exhibition in McNay history. Set in the wake of the Cold War, in a decade of great hope and freedom ushered in by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the innovative installation celebrates the fearless designers, photographers, and video artists who made the 1990s iconic and worthy of its current revival. Fashion Nirvana features over 60 runway to everyday garments by famous designers Dior, Tom Ford, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Patrick Kelly, Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, Oscar de la Renta, Vivienne Tam, Gianni Versace, Vera Wang, and more.
Advances in technology made video art increasingly accessible during the 1990s, and video artists responded to music, pop culture, advertising, and fashion of the time. Paired alongside fashion ensembles, projections by video artists Rineke Dijkstra, Mariko Mori, Tony Oursler (in collaboration with 90s band Sonic Youth), Pipilotti Rist, San Antonio-native Jim Mendiola, and more create a multi-sensory experience.
Fashion Nirvana: Runway to Everyday is co-organized by the McNay Art Museum and Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas, curated by Kate Carey, Head of Education; Jackie Edwards, former Assistant Curator; and Lauren Thompson, Assistant Curator; and assisted by Alexis T. Meldrum, 2019-2020 Semmes Foundation Intern in Museum Studies.
Major support is provided by Mercedes T. Bass, Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation. Additional support is provided by the Host Committee, chaired by Alice Carrington Foultz.
Designers/Brands:
Azzedine Alaïa
Giorgio Armani
House of Balmain
Geoffrey Beene
Bill Blass
Chanel
Cross Colours
Victor Costa
House of Dior
Dolce & Gabbana
Domenico Dolce
Randolph Duke
Escada
Gianfranco Ferré
Tom Ford
Stefano Gabbana
John Galliano
Eric Gaskins
Jean Paul Gaultier
House of Givenchy
Hubert de Givenchy
Gucci
Carolina Herrera
Marc Jacobs
Karl Kani
Patrick Kelly
Calvin Klein
Christian Lacroix
Karl Lagerfeld
Yves Saint Laurent
Maison Martin Margiela
Alexander McQueen
Missoni
Isaac Mizrahi
Franco Moschino
Thierry Mugler
Todd Oldham
Oscar de la Renta
Patricia Rhodes
Ralph Rucci
Arnold Scaasi
Vivienne Tam
Carmen Marc Valvo
Gianni Versace
Vera Wang
Artists:
Seoungho Cho
Rineke Dijkstra
Lesley Dill
Anthony Discenza
Brian Fridge
John Sanborn and Mary Perillo in collaboration with Bill T. Jones
Thomas Locher
Kristin Lucas
Jim Mendiola
Melissa Meyer
John M. Miller
Mariko Mori
Madeline O'Connor
Daniel Oates
James Pernotto
Jack Pierson
Pipilotti Rist
Christoph Martin Schmid
Robin Utterback
Ellen Von Unwerth
Tony Oursler in collaboration with Sonic Youth