Carmen

Carmen takes the operatic heroine as its starting point, exploring the figure of Carmen as an enduring site of projection for ideas about femininity, danger, desire and dress. The exhibition brings together fashion, photography and performance in an examination of one of culture's most powerful female archetypes.

Through the lens of contemporary fashion and art, Carmen investigates how this nineteenth-century figure continues to haunt and inspire the visual imagination of fashion designers and image-makers today.