Talking Back: An Exhibition of T-shirt Messages and The Bodies Who Wear Them
Leslie Lyons
November 2009
in Gallery 3, off the Atrium
Leslie Lyons' photo series Talking Back: An Exhibition of T-Shirt Messages
and The Bodies Who Wear Them explores the dynamics of personal expression and society's
response to our media-driven culture. T-shirt messaging is sometimes subtle and
at other times in your face, but nevertheless offers a fascinating insight into
the personality of the individual and trends in contemporary culture.
Featured in conjunction with Creating Identity: Portraits Today, Talking
Back looks to the viewer's unique statement as representation of self.
As the current exhibition reveals the different forms of portraiture from representation
to conceptual, Talking Back focuses on what identity or statement is revealed
from a simple piece of clothing – a form of expression that provides an insight
into the individual wearer and perhaps the shared ideas that the message represents.
Traveling from the Art Director's
Club in New York City, the exhibition features individuals from cities across
the United States: New York, New Orleans, Austin, Los Angeles, and Louisville –
taken during the on-site photo shoot at 21c in late September in conjunction with
the Idea Festival 2009.
About the Artist
Leslie Lyons is a Louisville-based photographer and creator of the ongoing project
I Live In Louisville. Lyons has profiled one Louisville residence a week
on www.iliveinlouisville.com
since its launch in May, 2008. Lyons' work has been featured in Nerve/The New Nude
published by Chronicle Books and recently The Strip Flips series (Anna,
George, Susan, Lyle) published by Power House Books.
2010 Exhibitions
The Pleasure Park
Elena Dorfman
April - July 2010
in the Video Lounge
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exhibition details
Talking Back: An Exhibition of T-shirt Messages and The Bodies Who Wear
Them
Leslie Lyons
November 2009 - March 2010
in Gallery 3, off the Atrium
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exhibition details