Rainbow
Rainbow
Artist
Charles LeDray
(born 1960)
Date2012-2014
MediumMixed media
Dimensions32 in. × 78 in. × 15 1/4 in. (81.3 × 198.1 × 38.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.5
Accession number
2014.5
On View
Not on viewLabel TextEach tiny garment in this work was carefully hand-stitched by Charles LeDray, who was taught to sew by his mother when he was four years old. The miniature clothes and small hangers suggest a narrative of personal history and use, yet the scale is non-functional and the meaning is masked. LeDray instead introduces complex questions about identity, role playing, and masculinity into the miniature suits, dresses, and robes. Is our clothing a costume we use to mask ourselves?
