Kate Craig, Flying Leopard Costume with Wings, 1973 (BG1847 view 4). Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Physical Description
- Medium
- cloth, card
- Support
- –
- Dimensions
- 132 cm 40 cm (Object)
- Object Description
- Kate Craig made the Flying Leopard costume from a leopard hat with ears, a full-length, one-piece leopard bodysuit, a harness, a leopard tail and two black enamelled card wings in the shape of the Hand of the Spirit, a motif that circulated among Image Bank, Toronto's General Idea and other artists in the early 1970s. The costume was worn by Craig for performances documented in photographic and moving image records, such as the 1974 film, Flying Leopard.
History
- Collection
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist, 1997
- Related Exhibitions
- Beginning with the Seventies: Radial Change
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