GOTHAM ART & THEATER
by Elisabeth Kley



The New Year opened with something of a costume festival, as several exhibitions of decked-out mannequins turned galleries into runways for motionless fashion shows. Exemplary in this regard is "Rock on Mars," a retrospective of the colorful in-your-face clothing, sketches, Polaroids and paintings by the late Stephen Sprouse (1953-2004) at Deitch Projects on Wooster Street, Jan. 9-Feb. 28, 2009.

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