Art Info

Underwear No.1,
Nick Knight, Alister Mackie, 2011

Mixed Media

14.5 x 16.5 x 0.78 inches

37 x 42 x 2 cm

Traditionally, the male undergarment has failed to evolve any further than the lacklustre Y-front or boxer short. However, in 2007, Alister Mackie and Nick Knight’s Boned project challenged this tradition with the use of corsets, lace, silk and other lavish textiles. Commissioned for Another Man magazine, the feminised underwear, often mistaken for women’s lingerie, is especially designed to fit a mans contours and silhouette. In true Mackie style, the sumptuous underpants were pinned in box frames like delicate artefacts from a historical epoch where masculinity transcended the boundaries of convention for our Inside/Out exhibition in June of 2010.

£1,000