@ Valade Gallery - College for Creative Studies, 460 W. Baltimore, Detroit MI 48202
Shoetopia! The first exhibition of its kind in North America to gather contemporary footwear, art, video
and related designs into one space, is curated by
Liza Snook, founder of the Virtual Shoe Museum and
Aki Choklat, Chair of Fashion Accessories Design at
CCS. The exhibition looks at shoe design through the
lens of seven themes: Metropolis, Ritual, Utopia, Feast,
Nocturnal, Techno and Eco. It features an array of
objects, from footwear by international designers
like Comme des Garçons, Maison Martin Margiela
and architect Zaha Hadid, to sculpture, painting
and works by artists and designers like Willie Cole,
Chris Francis, Fantich