"Here's someone who's one of the most nonconformist individuals you can think of.
These individuals, nonconformists, are obsessed.
But the main target of totalitarian remaking was not the individual dissident or nonconformist.
These nonconformists are, on the one hand, individual seekers, and on the other a kind of exceptionalist proof that our cherished singularity is also an illusion.
By contrast, liberals pushed individual rights and liberties for "nonconformist" minorities, protesting the Vietnam War, advocating for greater artistic expression and pursuing increased gender and racial equality.
But under Thea Sharrock's skilful direction Spacey fills in the gaps and gives us a rich picture of a buccaneering nonconformist who prided himself on saving 102 individuals from the death penalty and who was always ready to take on privilege and power.
Typically, Paris designers are known for their larky tolerance of radical ideas and poses, and there were some solid displays: Rei Kawakubo's jackets and shirts for Comme des Garçons in triplicate layers of color and size, which played tricks on your eye; Ann Demeulemeester's nonconformist layers punched up with stripes and terrific individual pieces.
"(un)Heeled" celebrated the style of masculine presenting women, gender nonconformists and trans* identified individuals, offering an alternative narrative to the museum's current "Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoexhibitionion.
One of these is autonomy: creative individuals tend to be independent and nonconformist in their thoughts and actions.
It should be pointed out, however, that a nonconformist lifestyle is not essential to creativity; indeed, many creative individuals lead quite ordinary lives, expressing their autonomy mainly in their unconventional ideas and work.
