A Fashion of the Mind

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A dress made of multiple different fabrics and patterns displayed on a manikin.

A dress made of multiple different fabrics and patterns displayed on a manikin.

A drawing of a young woman on a piece of fabric.

A drawing of two hand holding each other on a piece of fabric

An illustration of a double sided head on a piece of fabric.

An illustration of a skeletal body on a piece of fabric.

An illustration of a dress on a girl.

Artist: Miranda Van Logerenberg
Year: 2011
Medium: Textile (dress) and conceptual drawing
Artist Statement: This piece is a theatrical costume that represents the structural and individual understandings of madness by psychiatry. The painted muslin pieces represent the social factors and structural responses to anxiety and depression, whereas the pills (buttons) represent the individual/medical responses.