No place for mannequins: Remaking the fashion archive
Installation view of “No place for mannequins: Remaking the fashion archive“ at UTS gallery, 2026.
[Right]
Manhole Cover from B to D (2024)
Jesmonite, leather cord, leather, foam cord, woven rattan, watch movement, embroidery patch, brushed aluminium, ink, epoxy clay
72 x 72 x 3 cm
[Left]
Cross-section of Obsessiveness 325 (2023)
Lether, embroidery frame, polyurethane, rope, piping, mirror, bag handle, foam, leather cord, aluminium foil, shoe materials, raffia textile, bolts and nuts
83 x 51.3 cm
Manhole Cover from B to D (2024)
Jesmonite, leather cord, leather, foam cord, woven rattan, watch movement, embroidery patch, brushed aluminium, ink, epoxy clay
72 x 72 x 3 cm
[Left]
Cross-section of Obsessiveness 325 (2023)
Lether, embroidery frame, polyurethane, rope, piping, mirror, bag handle, foam, leather cord, aluminium foil, shoe materials, raffia textile, bolts and nuts
83 x 51.3 cm
Photographs: Jacquie Manning
In fashion, the archive has long operated as a site of authority, shaping narratives of dress, design, and consumption. No place for mannequins brings together local and international artists and designers who unsettle the fashion archive’s authority and reimagine its foundations.
Curated by Dr Todd Robinson (UTS) and Dr Ricarda Bigolin (RMIT), the exhibition foregrounds critical fashion practices that are reshaping what counts within and beyond the fashion archive.