Stacy Engman asks artists to create wearable works for Art Capsul project
She's been dubbed the Lady Gaga of the art world, and when you meet her, it's clear why. Stacy Engman is a caricature of the zealous fashionista, but that's not all she is.
An art curator by day and style maker by night, Engman has worked with seminal artists from across the world, including Tracy Emin, Marina Abramovic and Vik Muniz. She is also known for her efforts to make the arts accessible. What's the best way to do that? Through fashion, she says.
Having worked with institutions such as the Salvador Dali Museum, the National Arts Club, and the Museum of Modern Art, Engman's work is rooted in collaborations that look at the intersection between art and fashion.
One of her latest collections, Art Capsul, does just that. The travelling exhibition which premiered last year at Paris' Palais de Tokyo and has now made the Joyce Boutique in Central, Hong Kong its home during the frenetic Art Basel week, until May 30.
The idea for the project is simple. Engman approached a group of artists with the open, albeit narcissistic, notion of creating a garment that represents their impressions of their own bodies of work.
The idea came to Engman after years of working with fashion designers, who she would engage to create garments for performance artists. From there, she began experimenting and encouraging artists to make their own clothes.