Then try this pair of exhibits on for size. Running now through Jan. 1, New Sole of the Old Machine brings steampunk creations from nine artists and artisans to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, once the country’s top producer of shoes. Then from Nov. 19 through March 12, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain treads through Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, where the 300 pairs on display will include ancient Egyptian sandals, the Vivienne Westwood platforms that famously tripped up Naomi Campbell’s runway walk, pieces from the personal collection of late local fashion icon Marilyn Riseman and this trio from Chilean-born artist/designer Sebastian Errazuriz’s “12 Shoes for 12 Lovers” collection.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
Exhibits Worth a Second Look
By Jacqueline Houton | Photo Credit: Sebastian Errazuriz, “The Golddigger,” “The Heartbreaker,” and “The Boss,” © 2016 Peabody Essex Museum: Kathy Tarantola | Sept. 16, 2016
If the Shoe Fits
Then try this pair of exhibits on for size. Running now through Jan. 1, New Sole of the Old Machine brings steampunk creations from nine artists and artisans to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, once the country’s top producer of shoes. Then from Nov. 19 through March 12, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain treads through Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, where the 300 pairs on display will include ancient Egyptian sandals, the Vivienne Westwood platforms that famously tripped up Naomi Campbell’s runway walk, pieces from the personal collection of late local fashion icon Marilyn Riseman and this trio from Chilean-born artist/designer Sebastian Errazuriz’s “12 Shoes for 12 Lovers” collection.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
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