ANTIFASHION

Clothing is one of the most significant attributes of human self-expression. In patriarchal, traditional, and often discriminatory countries like Georgia, clothing frequently becomes a way to protest and sometimes even statements of a political or social issue. For Queer people, who are one of the main targets of prejudiced culture, clothing takes on the concept and meaning of the armor. It also often indicates belonging to a particular community, a group, or a safe space. Although anti-fashion as a subculture is opposed to fashion, it always becomes part of this culture and nourishes it. Similarly, queer culture, which in its essence often is in sharp conflict with the dominant culture, becomes the main inspiration of fashion and creates new values in it. Queer culture and anti-fashion often intersect and form an organic world. Fashion takes on inspiration from Queer and underground cultures and subcultures. Often this inspiration is limited to just taking the contextless form, and the main content of queer culture remains in the shadows. This act discredits the queer culture, and the values created in queer art become a massive fashion trend without honest appreciation and credit to its origin. The exhibition "Anti-Fashion" is an attempt to reflect on this topic by Georgian Queer artists.