My upcoming exhibition at Loop Gallery in Toronto is entitled Constructions of Femininity and will run May 26 - June 17, 2012. In this exhibition, I explore the constructs of feminine dress and ...
Exhibition poster designed by Ingrid Mida 2012Ive been quiet on the blog front of late, because Ive been deep into my research for my thesis, which I hope might one day become a book. I created these...
Surreal Body GalleryPrada and Schiaparelli: Impossible ConversationsCourtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAt the press preview yesterday for the Prada and Schiaparelli: Impossible Conversations a...
Installation Shot, Constructions of Femininity by Ingrid MidaPhoto by Patricia Njovu Ingrid Mida at Opening Reception Loop Gallery, May 26, 2012Photo by Patricia NjovuAn important visitor at the...
Selected installation shots of Constructions of Femininity show a sampling of my work on display at Loop Gallery, Toronto.Just prior to the opening an elderly man banged on the window, pointed a...
My art show/installation Constru ctions of Femininity at loop Gallery opens on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Work on this project has been underway for more than a year, and has happened in fits a...
Jake Rennie as Armour and Peggy Kriha Dye as ArmideOpera Atelier 2012, Photo by Bruce Zinger 2012Soprano Peggy Kriha Dye said she felt a little bit like Cinderella after her triumphant performance as...
May will be a hectic month, with the opening of several must-see exhibitions:Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute in New York on...
Costumes from the COC production of Semele, Photo by Ingrid Mida 2012In a fusion of Chinese theatre and European Baroque, the costumes of the Semele, an upcoming production by the Canadian Opera Comp...
Olivier LaQuerre as Chevalier UbaldePhoto by Bruce ZingerOpera Ateliers production of Armide, a tragédie en musique, is, in my view, a spectacle worthy of Versailles. First performed in Paris at the ...
April looms large on the museum calendar with the opening of two concurrent shows in Paris at the Musee Galliera de la Mode -- Comme des Carcons: White Drama and Cristobal Balenciaga, Collector...
The Bata Shoe Museum hosted a preview of God Save My Shoes, a documentary film about womens passionate and often obsessive relationship with shoes. The film features top shoe designers Christian...
My Double (Work in Progress) by Ingrid Mida 2012This is the doll that I have decided is my double. I found her in Paris and she is normally dressed in a burgundy knee-length sheath dress with a match...
Untitled by Valerie Belin, 1997This dress, stuffed with archival tissue, is from a series of works by French photographer Valerie Belin that were exhibited at the Musee des Beaux-Arts in an exhibitio...
Joseph Beuys Felt Suit at the MOMAPhoto by Ingrid MidaIn contemporary art, context plays a role in defining what is considered art. One of the most well known examples of how this works are Marcel Du...
Museum in a Box (My Mother/Myself Series) by Ingrid Mida 2012Through my process work for this creative project, I took a journey of surreal wonder. I was inspired by the Viktor and Rolf exhibition an...
The Cabinet of Curiosities at the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Exhibition at the Met (Photo by Ingrid Mida 2011)Most museums today offer an aesthetic of pristine perfection. This connoisseurship ...
The Dolls House of Peronella Oortman c. 1686-1710Inspiration for Viktor and Rolfs doll houseAnother interesting aspect of the Viktor and Rolf 2008 retrospective at the Barbican Gallery was a 6-metre ...
Les jeux de la poupee by Hans Bellmer 1949 Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) was a German artist, who used self-crafted life sized dolls assembled from a range of materials in photographs which explored...
BarbieIn 1959, when the Barbie doll was first introduced onto the market by Ruth Handler, more than 350,000 units were sold and since then an estimated that over 1 billion dolls have been sold. She h...
Her Face, Photo by Ingrid Mida 2012I have a doll in my studio -- a Santos Cage Doll that I purchased a number of years ago in a vintage furniture shop. I didnt even know what kind of doll she was whe...
Jointed wooden doll, 17th-18th centuryIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, fashion dolls were used by dressmakers as a way of illustrating the latest styles to their potential clients. Dolls ...
In 1919, Sigmund Freud wrote an essay called The Uncanny in which he described the intense feeling of strangeness that can occur when encountering something that is both familiar and unfamiliar at th...
Viktor & Rolf doll for 2008 retrospectiveThe dolls used in the Viktor and Rolf retrospective at the Barbican Gallery in 2008 were based on a nineteenth-century bebe type doll intended as a playth...
Viktor and Rolf LHiver de LAmour 1994This post marks the beginning of a new creative project - that Ive tentatively titled The Uncanny. The spark of inspiration for this project comes from a passage ...
March offers a number of exciting museum exhibitions related to fashion. The host cities span the globe: from Los Angeles to Paris and between. Peggy Moffitt wearing Rudi GernreichPhoto from MO...
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Dare to Wear Love at the Textile Museum of CanadaPhoto by Ingrid Mida 2012The patterns and vibrancy of African cloth will blow away the cobwebs of the winter if you venture out to see the colourful D...
Marc Jacobs FW 2012There seems to be a library chic/fashion geek vibe in this next batch of shows at New York Fashion Week. Although some designers seem to push that vibe into the frumpy (especially ...
Victoria Beckham FW 2012Of the shows so far, my favourite looks come from Victoria Beckham. Elegant, sexy and streamlined, these wearable dresses are ones that I would welcome into my wardrobe. Victo...
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