Suzan Kingsley canonizes clothing items that personify the identity of womanhood. Her metal sculptures -- frozen stereotypes-- question the objectification of woman in western culture.

Secrecy and mystery permeate the embossed sculptures of Diane Reade. Bags, shirts and insects are embedded in modern archeology. Pristine natural colored paper adds to the illusion of fossilized stone.

Liz Harvey utilizes the strong iconography of zippers as sculptural material. Her pieces thus reference clothing without overtly being garments.

At first glance Remi Rubel 's work references the haute couture of Paco Rabanne rather than the whimsical use of domestic detritus with all its embedded meanings. Whether through the fragility of wax paper or the armor of bottle caps her thought-provoking wedding dresses challenge traditional notions of marriage.

For Inge Stahl clothing becomes the skin of an invisible skeleton The physical object is contrasted with its psychological state of deterioration. The hang tags on "Outdated Models" read "The lost fertility of this article is not to be interpreted as a product defect (flaw), and cannot be restored even after several cycles of careful washing".

Clothing as a point of inquiry for visual art is a familiar tome, yet artists keep finding new, remarkable interpretations. Our show provides yet another view of this continuing dialogue.