Dates:               February 13 – March 8, 2009

Location:          AUDIO VISUAL ARTS (AVA), 34 East 1st St., New York, New York 10003

Gallery hours: Wednesday –Sunday, 12 –7pm

AVA is pleased to announce the opening of The Visitors Must Be Amused by New York–based costume and fashion designer Christian Joy. Sitting amid a sea of unwanted scraps and left-over material from past projects, Joy decided to dispose of the past 8 or 9 years of excess to concentrate on wildly diverse design concepts surrounding the female being.

Adding another component to this exhibition, the artist’s friends and family were invited to present her with a written description of a female being. She then designed costumes to represent each being, gave the costumes to her friends, and had them incorporate the costume into a photograph or creation of their own. The result of it all is found in The Visitors Must Be Amused.

Celebrated for her originality and boldness, Joy has been working as a self-sustained costume and fashion designer for the past 9 years in New York City. In Spring 2007, her work was invited to appear in a group show at the prestigious Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Her designs have been featured in the New York Times, Fader, Nylon, Dazed & Confused, Spin, Elle, and TIME among other International Publications. This is Christian Joy’s first solo exhibition.

All costumes, in addition to the contributing artists works, will be on display at AVA.

Contributing artists include: Jason Grisell, Karen O, Nick Zinner, Aliya Naumoff, Walter Sassard, Connie Hultquist, Marci Leiseth and Eduardo Juarez, and Tina Schula.

Christian Joy — The Visitors Must Be Amused

DATES:                February 13 – March 8, 2009

LOCATION:         AUDIO VISUAL ARTS (AVA) -  34 East 1st St., New York, New York 10003

GALLERY HOURS: Wednesday –Sunday, 12 –7pm

AVA is pleased to announce the opening of The Visitors Must Be Amused by New York–based costume and fashion designer Christian Joy. Sitting amid a sea of unwanted scraps and left-over material from past projects, Joy decided to dispose of the past 8 or 9 years of excess to concentrate on wildly diverse design concepts surrounding the female being.

Adding another component to this exhibition, the artist’s friends and family were invited to present her with a written description of a female being.  She then designed costumes to represent each being, gave the costumes to her friends, and had them incorporate the costume into a photograph or creation of their own. The result of it all is found in The Visitors Must Be Amused.

Celebrated for her originality and boldness, Joy has been working as a self-sustained costume and fashion designer for the past 9 years in New York City. In Spring 2007, her work was invited to appear in a group show at the prestigious Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Her designs have been featured in the New York Times, Fader, Nylon, Dazed & Confused, Spin, Elle, and TIME among other International Publications. This is Christian Joy’s first solo exhibition.

All costumes, in addition to the contributing artists works, will be on display at AVA.

Contributing artists include: Jason Grisell, Karen O, Nick Zinner, Aliya Naumoff, Walter Sassard, Connie Hultquist, Marci Leiseth and  Eduardo Juarez, and Tina Schula.

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