Liberty Arts Gallery presented a Costumed Catwalk during the opening celebration of Homage, that featured guests dressed as famous artists and works of art. Above, co-curator Linda Vivas struts and leers as a New Wave/Punk version of Andy Warhol.
A crowd gathers on the plaza to take in the spectacle.
Co-curator and emcee Jill Gardner as Matisse’s “Blue Nude,” reads brief statements from each participant.
This couple hits all the right steps portraying “Dancers at Bougival” by Renoir.
Liberty Arts Executive Director, Kim Presley, confounds many with her costume choice, until she strikes the iconic and recognizable pose of George Segal’s “Woman With Purse.”
Brenda Woods embodies surrealist madman Salvador Dali in his dapper days…
…while Brian Meek takes on the more casual, late-career Dali.
“The Blue Nude” introduces Robin O’Brien representing a Mondrian work of art.
Liberty Arts’ own Bee Soulé as the Barmaid in Manet’s “Bar at the Folies Beigere.”
Abigail VanAlyn riffs on Magritte’s famous “Pipe” painting with a sign claiming, “This is not a woman.”
David Gochenour takes a bow as legendary performance artist and all-around rapscallion Buffalo Bill.
Introducing Candace Miller as Frida Kahlo!
Jennifer Silveira wonders if Frida Kahlo could have possibly been as moody as her self-portraits suggest.
Connie Meek represents a Gustav Klimt painting with her “beautiful, flowing fabrics, elaborate, decorative jewels, and gold embellishments.”
Katie O’Brien portrays one half of Grant Wood’s iconic “American Gothic.”
Liberty Arts’ Assistant Director Sharon LoMonaco says her Georgia O’Keefe is “from New Mexico via New York City.”
Homage curators Jill Gardner and Linda Vivas take a curtain call as “The Blue Nude” and Andy Warhol.
Some of the most famous names in art history gather for a group portrait as the Costumed Catwalk concludes at Liberty Arts.
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Photos and text by Nikolas Allen
Tags: artist costume show, costume catwalk, homage catwalk
This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 at 9:30 pm
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Thanks for capturing this super fun extra layer of the Liberty show this month. What a great time! Art past, Art future!!!
Glad you enjoyed Brenda! There were so many great costumes, they deserved their own blog post!
Fabulous!! Sorry to miss the fun!
We missed you at the reception Lauri, but we enjoyed your piece in the show!
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