Lun*na Menoh: 1988-2006 Book

This brief yet intriguing full-color exhibition catalog from Los Angeles surrealist/punk rocker/artist Lun*na Menoh encapsulates 20 years of her art-making practices, ranging from painting and sculpture to performance art, video and her one-of-a-kind sculptural garments. Menoh was a pioneer in the rebirth of craft in fine art, a trained couturier creating beautifully tailored and delightfully off-kilter pieces like a knee-length cape of artificial hair. These wearable artworks are by turn witty, diabolical and luxuriously beautiful; The Magical Story Teller Dress is a mechanized gown with a full skirt that incorporates picture frames that shift as the wearer weaves her tale. Also includes several pieces from her Dirty Shirt Collar project, such as a wedding dress made entirely out of dirty shirt collars. Everything Luna makes can be worn, but her garments also have formal properties that allow them to command space as conventional works of sculpture do, writes Kristine McKenna in a short essay/artist biography in the catalog.Read More