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My Pants Present (closed for Christmas and New Year between Saturday 18 December and Monday 3 January) Monday to Saturday 11am to 5pm New work from: Faisal Abdu'Allah, Beagles & Ramsay, Dave Beech, Rebecca Bourne, Anselm Chatwin, Rachel Clowes, Becky Earley, Kimchi, Roney Fraser Munro, Anne Marr, Danica Maier, Jonathan Saunders, Miranda Sawyer, Sarah Staton, Martin Vowles, Oscar Wilson and Sarah Wilson. |
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My Pants Present was the second show in our Homespun exhibition programme. London Printworks Trust’s annual winter show was themed as the UK’s perennial favourite (or worst nightmare) present – underwear. We invited 17 artists to customise a pair of pants - imagining them to be a present for their best friend or worst enemy. All the artists and designers involved in the show had a connection with London Printworks Trust over the past 10 years, whether working with us as commissioned artists and writers, tutors on our courses, technicians in the print workshop or volunteers. The idea for the exhibition came about from conversations we’d had about being bought wildly inappropriate Christmas gifts over the years, and we were especially struck with how many of those gifts happened to be underwear. This led to the question ‘What kind of pants would you give George Bush if he was your enemy? Indeed, what kind of pants would you give him if he was your lover?’ Faisal Abdu’Allah come up with, appropriately, ‘Buckshot for Bush’, a pair of underpants shot at with a sawn-off shotgun. Roney Fraser Munro and Oliver White took a shot at Tony Blair and the Christian Fundamentalists, with his ‘Blair Pant: Christian UnterWare’ long johns. Sarah Wilson produced a pair of bloomers for a common hate target in many people’s lives, the Estate Agent. Beagles & Ramsay paid fashion respect to one of the 20th Century’s Fashion Greats with ‘Homage to Yves Saint Laurent’ in preparation for their new House of Beagles & Ramsay Couture Collection. Anne Marr’s ‘Walters Pants’ was a loving tribute to Walter Segal, King of the Self Build House, and accordingly she produced a 1 hour self-assembly boxer short. There was something for everyone - from Dave Beech’s wistful piece ‘They are the Future’ to Rebecca Bourne’s double edged work ‘Ants in your Pants’, and for the more adventurous, there was Kimchi’s ‘Santa’s Christmas Fairy’ leather micro pants and Miranda Sawyers’ ‘Chastity Pants’ aimed at a friend. The work was auctioned at the end of the two month long show in January 2005. However, there are a still pieces available to buy, see below. Homespun is kindly supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation |
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