French
DeutschHygienic Dress League
The Hygienic Dress League, also known as HDL, is an American art duo founded by Dorota Coy and Steve Coy. Operating as a corporation,[1] the group is known for their public artworks in the Detroit, Michigan area.[2]
History
[edit]The duo first met in Hawaii, where they were married.[3] They then moved to Detroit, where the group's first activities involved tagging abandoned buildings with graphics related to the Hygienic Dress League Corporation.[3] In recent years, the group has made a change from these "urban interventions" towards sculptural instillations that they consider to be "surreal augmentations of reality".[1]
Founded in 2007, the group held a public offering of shares in 2014.[4] Using their status as a corporation as their art medium,[2] the group brands themselves with golden gas masks and animals.[1] The pair have stated that the goal of HDL is to critique commercial promotion, by promoting itself.[5][2][6]
Public works
[edit]- 2013: Barn mural, Soddard road, Port Austin, Michigan.[7][8][9]
- 2017: Flight, installation of metallic pigeon sculptures over Detroit's Woodward Esplanade.[10]
- 2018: Diamond II, Limited Edition, Spirit of the Forest, installation at the DTE Energy Conner Creek power plant.[1]
- Profit of Doom, Detroit-based installation and photography series.[11]
- 2019: Future Distortion installation as part of Detroit Art Week.[12]
- 2021: First Contact, NFT release.[13]
- 2022: Employees: 55,554 NFT release.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d DeVito, Lee. "Hygienic Dress League climbs the corporate ladder with its most ambitious project yet". Detroit Metro Times.
- ^ a b c Herscher, Andrew (14 November 2012). The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-03521-2.
- ^ a b Binelli, Mark (13 November 2012). Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-1-4299-7461-5.
- ^ "Hygienic Dress League art project goes public with IPO". Model D.
- ^ Pincus, Julie; Christian, Nichole (November 2017). Canvas Detroit. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3880-3.
- ^ Creedon, E. (22 July 2015). Sam Shepard and the Aesthetics of Performance. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-52741-7.
- ^ Jones, Dan B. "Port Austin becomes the Thumb's artistic beacon". The Detroit News.
- ^ Hooper, Ryan Patrick. "In Michigan's Thumb, Detroiters turn decades-old barns into art". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ Rojo, Jaime; Harrington, Steven (10 July 2013). "Gothic Street Art Invades Rural Michigan". HuffPost.
- ^ Runyan, Robin (27 July 2017). "Birds take 'Flight' over the Woodward Esplanade". Curbed Detroit.
- ^ Detroit, Playground (8 February 2018). "HYGIENIC DRESS LEAGUE RELEASES "PROFIT OF DOOM" [PHOTO ESSAY]". PLAYGROUND DETROIT.
- ^ Friday, Dan B. Jones. "Hygienic Dress League debuts Future Distortion installation as part of Detroit Art Week". Model D.
- ^ a b Coyne, Lauren Levato (2022-02-11). "The NFT is the Employee and the Corporation is Conceptual". Sculpture. Retrieved 2022-06-01.