Artist Andrea Zittel’s “A-Z Personal Uniforms, Third Decade” is on view at Regen Projects in LA until May 27. Here, find an inside look at the collection
investigates ways to live. Live better, yes, live more efficiently, sure; but she also explores the places in which creativity and art can intersect with those directives. Her oeuvre is expansive; some might describe her as a conceptual artist, but there’s something about that term that lacks the real-world foundations that ground what she does.
Things that we think are liberating can ultimately become restrictive, and things that we initially think are controlling can sometimes give us a sense of comfort and security. The spring and summer uniforms will conclude my third decade of Personal Uniforms, but I’m using these seasons to segue into the fourth decade. For instance, at the beginning of the third decade, I found a vintage long black leather skirt that I got really excited about—I had a pattern made from that skirt and recreated it in various iterations throughout the decade. Now I’m working on a new format to experiment with throughout the fourth season.
I’m definitely ready to explore beyond the long black skirt, which dominated the third decade. I loved the skirt—but it emerged during a time when life felt really complicated. I want my new uniform to feel more effortless. For instance, the other day I was thinking that my ultimate goal would be to make a garment that I could both sleep in and then wear into the day .
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