Chloe Wise

Chloe Wise (born 1990) is a Canadian artist based in New York City. She is known for her artworks that take food as a theme. She works in sculpture, drawing, and video art and specializes in oil painting.[1] Wise became widely recognized in 2014 when actress Bobbi Menuez attended a Chanel launch event wearing Wise's sculpture, "Bagel No. 5," a realistic sculpture of a bagel with cream cheese adorned with a Chanel purse chain and charm.[2][3] The sculpture was believed to be a real purse designed by Chanel,[4][5][6] until it was revealed that the "bag" was part of a collection created by Wise.[7][8]

Chloe Wise
BornDecember 6, 1990
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationConcordia University
Known forBread Bags
Notable work
Bagel No. 5
Websitewww.chloewise.com

Early life and education

Wise was born in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in 2013, where she studied studio art and art history.[1][9]

Work
The Star of Larry David

Through diverse media, Wise often critiques consumer culture, commercialization, "ideas of 'wellness'", and the self-construction of identity.[10][11][12] Wise employs comedic, satirical, and self deprecating strategies while using references to art history, such as the pronkstillevens that inspired sculptures in her exhibition Of false beaches and butter money.[10][12] Wise considers 17th-century Dutch still lifes to be the "early modern equivalent of rap music."[10]

Wise's sculpture work also includes Quit Playing Games with my Nips, a sculpture of dice covered in pierced nipples made of latex, as well as Star of Larry David, a Star of David constructed from oil painted urethane casts of bacon.[8][13][14][15]

Bread Bags

In 2013, Wise began a collection of sculptures featuring different kinds of bread adorned with designer labels modeled after various It bags.[8] The sculptures were made out of urethane and oil paint and finished with a designer label or charm along with straps to make it look like a functional bag or purse.[3] The collection began with a play on the Louis Vuitton "baguettes," in which Wise created a bread mold of a baguette out of urethane and then painted it with oil paints to resemble a real loaf of bread. She then drilled into the sculpture to add straps and a Louis Vuitton charm.[8] The collection also includes a Prada backpack made of a sculpted, braided challah loaf titled Ain't No Challah Back Girl, and another piece with a sculpted bagel with cream cheese completed with a Chanel chain and charm called Bagel No. 5.[16][17]

In an interview with Lucky Magazine, Wise stated that the idea for the collection stems from the notion that: "Bread is a symbol of status and wealth (think 'the breadwinner' or the use of the term 'dough') and these 'it' bags connoted status in the early 2000s..." Wise goes on to explain: "I wanted to show the parallels between the idolatry for luxury items in fashion with the equivalent importance of the commodity in the art world."[18]

In October 2014, Wise lent Bagel No. 5 to actress India Menuez to wear to the Chanel No. 5 film launch event.[19] The "bag" was believed to be a real Chanel purse by onlookers and various news outlets. Soon after, it was revealed that Wise had created the sculpture as part of her 2013 collection.[2][4][5][6][18]

During her interview with Lucky Magazine, Wise comments on the fashion industry's reaction to her sculpture: "Part of me dislikes it because I want to be clear that these are art objects and not fashion pieces, but on the other hand I think it's pretty funny that I was able to prank the fashion world and obtain that kind of viewership."[18] The sculpture was later sold as part of the art auction at the RxArt's 14th annual benefit party.[20]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2019 – Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, New York, United States [21]
  • 2019 -- And Everything Was True, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
  • 2019 – Not That We Don't at Almine Rech, London
  • 2018 – Coast Unclear Seeks Rained Parade at Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland [22]
  • 2017 – Of false beaches and butter money at Almine Rech, Paris, France[23]
  • 2017 – Cats not fighting is a horrible sound as well at Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada[24]
  • 2017 – Cats not fighting is a horrible sound as well at Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada[24]
  • 2015 -- Full-Size Body, Erotic Literature, Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, New York
  • 2015 – That's Something Else, My Sweet at Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2015 – Pissing, Schmoozing, and Looking Away at Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2015 – Pissing, Schmoozing, and Looking Away at Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada

References
  1. "Chloe Wise". DIScrit 89plus. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. Lindsay Putnam (17 October 2014). "The 'bagel bag' is now a thing, selfies go 360 and more". New York Post. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. Jeanette Settembre (15 October 2014). "Carb couture: This 'Chanel' bagel bag is good enough to eat". New York Daily News. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. "How Can We Buy This Chanel Bagel Clutch Right Now?". Racked. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. Maura Brannigan (October 2014). "A Chanel Bagel Purse Now Exists". Lucky Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. Tyler Atwood. "Chanel Debuts Bagel Bag, Much To The Shock Of Its Gluten-Free Clientele". Bustle. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. Stephanie Chan (15 October 2014). "These 5 Bags Are Making Us Hungry". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. Rachel Lapidos (16 October 2014). "Artist Chloe Wise on Her Chanel Bagel Purse and Pranking the Internet". Bullett. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. "Artist Chloe Wise On Nipples, Drake and Clip Art". Oyster Magazine. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  10. "Chloe Wise". frieze.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  11. "Chloe Wise | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  12. Tora, Baker (21 March 2019). "Amusing portraits by Chloe Wise that poke fun at contemporary culture and the concept of 'self'". Creative Boom. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. Sarah Cascone (8 March 2014). "The Final Brucennial Opens With Beer, Bacon, and Bullish Performance Art". ArtNet News. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  14. M.H. Miller (7 March 2014). "Ladies' Night: On the BHQF's Record-Breaking Last Brucennial". Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  15. "Chloe Wise". Almine Rech Gallery. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  16. Michael Kaminer (17 October 2014). "'Chanel' With a Schmear". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  17. Gina Marinelli (15 October 2014). "Why You Won't See The Chanel Bagel Bag On The Runway". Refinery29. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  18. Maura Brannigan (October 2014). "The Creator Of Chanel's Infamous Bagel 'Purse' Also Made A Prada Challah Backpack And Louis Vuitton Croissant Crossbody". Lucky Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  19. Perrie Samotin (17 October 2014). "The Chanel Bagel Bag Everyone's Talking About Isn't Actually Chanel". StyleCaster. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  20. Julia Wolkoff (17 November 2014). "Derek Blasberg, Bill Powers and Others Support KAWS at 2014 RxArt Party". Art in America Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  21. https://www.thejournalinc.com/gallery/events/chloe-wise
  22. "Best of 2018: Chloe Wise "Coast Unclear Seeks Rained Parade"". www.juxtapoz.com.
  23. Newell-Hanson, Alice; Moroz, Sarah (5 September 2017). "chloe wise is turning america's food fetish into art".
  24. Eckardt, Stephanie. "In Chloe Wise's New Clubhouse, There Is Both Lacroix and Lasagna". W Magazine.
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