Toxic Frock, detail, 2020
Canvas, trim, oil paint, gouache, thread, acrylic paint, found objects, dimensional fabric paint, fabric, grommets
156 x 84 x 10 inches. Installed at The Long Island Children’s Museum as part of my solo exhibition, After Nature: The Art of Julie Peppito, I made Toxic Frock to bring attention to the true cost of “cheap” fashion in hopes that we will find other solutions. From The United Nations Environment Programme: “The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UNEP partner, has estimated that a truckload of abandoned textiles is dumped in landfill or incinerated every second. This piece has also been installed at The Ruth Funk Center for Textiles (2016,Tampa, FL) and Living Arts (2018, Tulsa, OK).