Ben Uri Gallery is proud to present Schmatte Couture, curated by Sarah Lightman.

The exhibition will be Critiquing clothing through art and critiquing art through clothing, by way of fashion, fantasy, design, ritual objects, nightmare, and the unwearable.

Artists presenting work include: Marisol Cavia, Anita Ceballos, Meital Cobo, Sue Cohen, Luke Cooper, Natasha Cowan, Nigel Ellis, Patricio Forrester, Sue Goldschmidt, Stuart Mayes, Jacqueline Nicholls, Anneke Raber, Rachel Rose Reid, Sophie Robertson, Ruth Shreiber, Roberta Weinstein. The show includes, performances, mixed media works, photographs, prints paintings and installations

The exhibition started as an artist group that met at the curator’s flat on a monthly basis between 2007 and 2008 to discuss the show and share ideas. By bringing together artists who have similar thematic concerns, the emphasis of the whole project has been, as well as to produce a show, to introduce like-minded artists to each other and form a community with all the benefits that entails.