The Flagstaff Arts Council presented Underneath It All: Desire, Power, Memory & Lingerie – an art exhibition featuring the work of ten women artists from all over the United States who create or use underwear as objects or topics in their work. Underneath It All explored many topics including: body image, sexuality, empowerment, privacy, women’s roles, equality, and many others, as lingerie embodies all of these issues in our society.
Three main ideas were the focus of this exhibition: desire, power, and memory. These ideas are visually represented through various mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, bookmaking, textiles, papermaking, assemblage, sculpture and collage. “Each artist has a vivid and personal point-of-view and talent,” says Diane Bronstein, who developed the concept and is one of the artists featured in the exhibition.
Bronstein says about the exhibition: “Many of the artists employ traditional craft associated with ‘women’s work’; sewing, embroidery, patterns, weaving, but with an edgy, contemporary eye and results. Often, they utilize materials not associated with delicate undergarments, such as aluminum cans, paper, hair, and playing cards. Others create non-traditional representations of lingerie – as objects of memory through vintage imagery, gender statements or stark depictions.”
The exhibition has been traveling around the country, being shown in galleries and art centers, the first being in Minneapolis. Next was Flagstaff, followed by Massachusetts and New York in 2013. The ten women artists featured in the exhibition include Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch, Diane Bronstein, Julie Harris, Laura Ann Jacobs, Joanne Kaliontzis, Lisa Knox, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, Diane Savona, Miriam Schaer, and Amanda N. Simons.
In our Jewel Gallery, we showed The Arc of Time, which was open at the same time as Underneath It All. The Arc of Time featured the photography of Matthew Allred.
This exhibition was open from January 15, 2013 through February 16, 2013.
Underneath It All – Virtual Gallery
Click on any image below to see larger image and artist statement (if present).
- Underneath It All
- Underneath It All
- Compression by Amanda Simons
- Wish by Amanda Simons
- A Model by Amanda Simons
- Artificial Connection by Amanda Simons
- Longline Bra, Full Slip, Pleated Corset, Fringed Slip, Fitted Slip, Lace Up Slip, Lacy Camisole, Sweetheart Slip, Padded Slip, Nightgown, Hooked Chemise, Long Slip, Full Slip by Diane Bronstein
- Bloomers by Diane Bronstein
- Halter Bra by Diane Bronstein
- Lacey-edged Corset by Diane Bronstein
- Lacey-edged Foundation by Diane Bronstein
- Longline Girdle by Diane Bronstein
- Pleated Corset by Diane Bronstein
- Wax Nightie by Diane Bronstein
- Fossil Garmet 2 by Diane Savona
- Landscape of a Past Civilization by Diane Savona
- Hidden in the Walls by Diane Savona
- Landscape of a Past Civilization by Diane Savona
- Regina by Diane Savona
- Death in the Afternoon by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
- Object of Desire by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
- Red Fred by Erica Spitzer Rasmusse
- Set by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
- Spoiler by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
- My Eyes are Down Here by Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch
- Wonder Bra by Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch
- Steamy Lingerie Ingrid by Goldbloom Bloch
- Wedding Corset by Julie Harris
- Double Bind by Julie Harris
- Mere Slip by Julie Harris
- Vintage Girdle by Julie Harris
- Vintage Corset by Julie Harris
- Support Bra by Julie Harris
- Untitled by Julie Harris
- Dream Girll-3 Graces by Joanne Kaliontzis
- Dream Girls-Chess by Joanne Kaliontzis
- V by Joanne Kaliontzis
- A Conch-Scious She Sell Laura by Ann Jacobs
- Heart, No. 1 by Lisa Knox
- Heart, No.2 by Lisa Knox
- Bullet Bra by Lisa Knox
- Addiction’s Kiss by Miriam Schaer
- Of the Errors of My Heart Too Numerous to Count by Miriam Schaer
- Heart Control by Miriam Schaer
- Not With a Club by Miriam Schaer