East, London
Company
Condo London 2026
Soft OpeningSoft Opening hosting Company Gallery, New York presenting Women's History Museum. Women’s History Museum’s new sculptures feature repurposed lingerie mannequins from the 1930s through the 1950s. With built-in heeled feet, impossible wasp waists, and torpedo busts, they appear as seductive cartoons, their bodies molded by the garments they were meant to advertise. They are dressed in new garments and accessories by WHM – constructed from historical and fetish materials including a lurid 1890s French calico, printed latex, bovine casino chips, brass, antique French alcohol tokens, perfume nips (a patented technology of perfume sampling from 1930s-50s referring back to the time period of the chosen mannequins), porcupine quills, antique nacre casino chips, poison labels, bobcat fur, and clear leather, amongst others. Some mannequins are bound, pierced, masked, and disassembled—adorned in ermine printed bandages, quilled, or built from vintage perfume, poison, and medicine bottles. One twin figure wears a singed evening gown with an oversized brass cat paw belt, holding a duality of bondage and animal power. The sculptures evoke a disturbed yet beautiful landscape: one of intricate and fantastical clothing, but female figures depicted as restricted, suffocated, and disembodied. Presented alongside these works are layered drawings of various garments and prototypes, which create a splintered, dissected vision of the tradition of fashion illustration. Women’s History Museum was founded by Mattie Rivkah Barringer (b. 1990) and Amanda McGowan (b. 1990) in 2015. Solo exhibitions include Amant, Brooklyn, New York (2025); Company Gallery, New York (2025, 2022); Forde, Geneva (2024); CCA, Berlin (2022); Springsteen Gallery, Baltimore (2019); LUMA Westbau, Zurich (2018) and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York (2018). Recent group shows include Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA; Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA; Emalin, London, UK; Roma Biennial, Rome, IT; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY; Analog Gallery, Beacon, New York; Champ Lacombe, Biarritz, France; Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris, France; Performance Space, New York, NY; and the Contemporary Art Centre in Riga, Latvia. Their work has been acquired by the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Condo London 2026 is a collaborative exhibition involving 50 galleries across 23 London spaces.