"Look at this shit, they've finally closed it down those feminist bitches." (Pedestrian; "Kulture Shock on 42nd Street," Lee Stringer, Street News: July 1993.)
The windows of the former Adult Video World have been painted with picture-imperfect brides framed quaintly in cameos. Through the central door, you get a look into this murky bridal shop. The interior is dimly lit except for the central stairway which is lined with fluorescent tubes and littered with unmatched women's shoes. At the top of the stairs is a life-size bridal gown made of iridescent mylar, lit from within, rotating slowly, part Cinderella, part show girl and 100% ironic. What does marriage mean in the halls of porn?
"Look at this! They've replaced the male fantasy with the female fantasy." (Pedestrian; "Kulture Shock on 42nd Street," Lee Stringer, Street News: July 1993.)
"I was immediately enchanted by Dickson's installation which dragoons a large porn parlor into service as a showcase for bridal fantasies. Dickson's piece could be saying either that marriage is the dialectical opposite of prostitution or that marriage and prostitution are the same thing-if her piece were "saying" anything. I think she unjudgementaly touches on rankling confusions about sex and love, figured in two commercial institutions: porn parlor, bridal shop." ("All You Need," Peter Schjeldahl, The Voice: August 3, 1993.)
"[It's] in hommage to Cinderella and Duchamp's bride. The polarities between Times Square's past and it's projected future, and the stripper/bride are of course self-evident." (Jane Dickson in original installation proposal.)
Artists' Biography
Jane Dickson was born in Chicago. She is represented by the Brooke Alexander Gallery. Her work has been shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Fawbush Gallery, The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1 and The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris.
History of the Site
