Marilyn Monroe Exhibit The Galleries at Moore

There is a Marilyn Monroe exhibit I hope to see.
It runs from January 30, 2009 - March 14, 2009 at the College of Art & Design in Philadelphia.

The exhibit shares a Mixed-media installation by Devon Dikeou, a New York-based artist. Dakeou uses Marilyn Monroe’s request to be buried a Pucci dress as the lens through which to reconsider developments in art and design since the 1960s.

The Galleries at Moore are FREE and open to the public.

"The rhinestone-studded gown she wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy, her pleated white halter dress from “The Seven Year Itch” and the jeans-and-shirt combo from “The Misfits” — these are Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic outfits, but there’s another that is getting play: the dress she was buried in.


From WWD:
“Marilyn Monroe Wanted to Be Buried in Pucci,” which opened on Friday at the Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, is a mixed-media showcase by artist Devon Dikeou partly inspired by the actress’ fondness for Emilio Pucci’s dresses — Monroe’s wardrobe was filled with the designer’s punchy kaleidoscopic frocks. “Marilyn is so overwhelming and flamboyant, kind of like a Pucci,” Dikeou, 46, says. “What lots of artists and people find compelling about her is the way she captivated the American consciousness and still remains of interest.” Dikeou’s fascination with Monroe is rooted as well in the actress’ relationship with Joe DiMaggio, to whom she was married for nine months in 1954. The resulting work is a rather poetic take on the two icons and the way their worlds overlapped."

Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, January 30, 2009 - March 14, 2009