The Semiotics of the Dress: Genevieve Memory

The Semiotics of the Dress: Genevieve Memory
The Semiotics of the Dress: Genevieve Memory

Scheduled to coincide with International Women's Day on Friday 8 March, this exhibition explores the semiotic value of clothing, labelling practices and egalitarianism.

Many theorists have discussed the way clothing and dress function as systems of signs or as a kind of language, among them Barthes, Eco, Hebdige, Entwistle and Wilson. As traditional stereotypes and cultural practices around the binary system are dismantled, we may reasonably question what it means to wear a dress in today's society. Can the powerful language of clothes override our own personal identifying labels?

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Title: The Semiotics of the Dress
Artist: Genevieve Memory
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 5 - Saturday 16 March 2019
Opening Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am to 4pm
Where: Grey Street Gallery, 226 Grey Street, South bank, 4101
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