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Unwearable focuses on artworks as wearable forms of experimental sculptural clothing and accessories that invite the wearer of the artworks to integrate them into their everyday life. The format is immediately accessible through our general familiarity with the language of retail, specifically fashion displays. The individual objects are things that people would like to touch, wear and use in their everyday lives. They have both a form and a function - even if this is not always obvious. 

Unwearable is the joint project of artists Paul McDevitt and Tommy Støckel. It extends McDevitt's two-dimensional graphic images into a spatial dimension defined by Støckel's sculptural language in various formats. In an earlier project, the two already merged their respective practices to create new, idiosyncratic products. They were shown in the form of a pop-up shop selling everything but "art objects". On offer were things like shelves, frames, chairs, mirrors, cushions, bags, jumpers and scarves - all made as affordable and functional editions.

Unlike established artistic traditions that deal with clothing and costumes as part of performances - Oskar Schlemmer, Yayoi Kusama, Jana Sterbak, Franz Erhard Walther or Hélio Oiticica are just a few examples - McDevitt's & Støckel's Unwearable calls for the works to be integrated into everyday life. It is a matter of finding out for oneself where and when art becomes fashion and whether an object can still be considered a sculpture when it is worn.

The project is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation