RED SHOW

Presented at Dupreau Gallery in Chicago in 2000, Red Show was a site-specific installation that invited visitors into a fully immersive environment centered around the color red.

The exhibition’s centerpiece, Red Wall, transformed an entire gallery wall using 28 second-hand dresses arranged as a sculptural installation. Accompanying the work was the video Red Dresses, which documented Robin wearing the same 28 dresses layered together and gradually removing them at locations throughout Chicago. Beginning in heavily industrial settings and moving toward increasingly natural landscapes, the performance concluded with the final dress removed as the artist entered Lake Michigan.

Additional works expanded the exhibition’s themes of participation, intimacy, and personal connection. Love Notes featured a 12-foot by 6-foot wall of painted kisses and Post-it notes, while individual kiss prints were sold for one dollar during the opening reception, encouraging visitors to take a piece of the experience home. Valentine, a sculptural arrangement of 28 pairs of pink and red high-heeled shoes, further explored ideas of identity, memory, and the emotional significance we attach to everyday objects.

Through installation, performance, video, and audience participation, Red Show transformed the gallery into a multisensory experience that examined how color, clothing, and personal artifacts can carry stories of place, transformation, and human connection.