One of several features that made the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum extremely engaging and worthwhile, was its multi-media presentation. Throughout the exhibition, numerous mannequins came alive with interactive faces due to the placement of overhead projectors. The combination of audio/visuals amped the viewer’s level of engagement to its maximum potential. This mannequin is from the opening segment of the exhibit titled, The Odysessy of Jean Paul Gaultier, which displayed many of Gaultier’s trademark themes in the beginning of his career: religious iconography, sailors and mermaids. |
The following items were also displayed in, The Boudoir, section of the exhibit: The left piece, a custom metal and beaded jumpsuit worn by Beyonce while she was on tour in 2009; The right one of the many cone bra’s Gaultier designed for Madonna on her 1990’s Blonde Ambition World Tour. Another stage of the exhibition, titled, The Boudoir, touched on his fascination with the transformation of lingerie. Gaultier is most famous for the infamous cone bra designed for Madonna on her Blond Ambition World Tour. The glass case in this section of the exhibit displays his childhood teddy bear, on which he used as a model for creating his first ever cone bra out of newspapers when he was a boy. |
One of the many points made throughout the exhibit about Gaultier is his belief that fashion has the freedom to not be gender specific. Punk Cancan, was a section of the exhibit dedicated to showcasing the designs of Gaultier that displayed his love and appreciation of the London Punk aesthetic. | |