Corsets displayed around global galleries
June 1, 2007 
There are many pieces of art on display around the world at the moment, which feature corsets, ranging from photographs to sculptures to modern art pieces, highlighting the universal appeal of corsets.
In the National Gallery of Canada, one of the most striking photographs is entitled Boulevard de Strasbourg 10th Arrondissement, Paris, a shot taken by French photographer Eugene Atget, showing a corset shop in Paris in 1912. The photo is infused with a nostalgic, dreamlike quality so typical of Atget's work.
At the Suffolk museum in Virginia, there is currently an exhibition of underwear called I See London, I See France: An Artful Look at Underclothing, which features unusual pieces of art based around undergarments. A corset fashioned from aluminium and steel sits among the exhibits, held together with screws.
On the other side of the world in Australia, a green metal corset sculpture designed by Carly Kotynski hangs among the 113 pieces of art at the 20th annual Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition in Brisbane.
Of course, there are always the traditional museums depicting corsets through the various periods in history, which are spread all over the globe. And we see these modern pieces of artwork everyday on the rails of modern shops, maybe one day, too, to be displayed in a museum.
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