The 3-D garments, costing about $100, have strips of oak-leaf-pattern fabric stitched over mesh; city folk discard the zip-out scent-blocker linings.
LED screens behind the presenters will allow light to be used as a visual sensation, filtering through silver-rope curtains, strands of silver-leaf balls, fabric and other materials.
The sample objects used to demonstrate the concept of discrimination over a distance of 6 m are leaf, bark, black fabric, PVC, wood and camouflage material.
The various media and materials displayed in the Exhibition are as diverse as the artists themselves: 24 karat gold leaf, handmade paper, fabric, acrylic, saliva, cruelty-free naturally molted peacock feathers, gouache, ash, Chinese ink, foliage, horse hair, bronze dust, a leather shoe, glass, tissue paper, sea shells, and clay to name a few.
He was known in particular for his cabinets, whose beautifully worked exteriors opened to reveal interiors lined with silver leaf or fine fabrics.
Brick, stone, leaf, petal, feather and fabric are all minutely, lovingly described.
Big Dream, 1983, Oil, magna, wood, fabric, and gold leaf on wood panel, 68 x 86 x 9 inches Collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art.
Camilla is distracted from him, harbouring a resentment he can hardly understand; he feels it "rising like a vapour" as they lie side by side in the tent, looking at the "vision of leaf-shadows" stencilled on its fabric.
At Kiss'o in New Hyde Park there are some attractive additions: a brightly colored mural behind the sushi bar and a dramatic ceiling made of painted fabric highlighted with gold leaf.
Each "Solar Palm" has earthy green photovoltaic panels embedded on top, channelling energy from the sun into the glowing fabric that comprises each leaf.
