Mind Over Matter, Body Under Design: Body Works by KeySook Geum

These designs are intended more for the mind than the body. Take Geum’s “web dress,” an ephemeral creation that weaves wire and air to represent the worldwide web, the hold technology has on our lives, and the rise of an interwoven global culture that is blurring the distinctions between countries. The Korean designer works in cloth, as well, and has swathed actual bodies in it for major theater productions, but her “body works” remind us that all clothing is really just a distraction, or a place to hide. Incorporating wire, silk, beads, stones, and feathers, the elegant gowns and coats in this exhibit aren’t exactly wearable, but then, we think the same thing of the saggy-butt jeans and Ts with rude messages (“Shut the F’ Up”) that we see on the street around here. 1985 Buford Ave., St. Paul; 612-624-7434; goldstein.che.umn.edu