Organized by the Kent State University Museum in collaboration with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, this exhibition focuses on Neiman's (SAIC 1947–50, HON 2006) striking fashion illustrations.

Curated by Sara Hume, the exhibition unites 85 illustrations spanning Neiman's early work in retail and commercial illustration in Chicago and his sketches and studies throughout the ensuing decades, exploring themes such as masculinity, celebrity, and the formal elements of gesture, line, and color.

Presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies as one of two major parallel exhibitions at SAIC Galleries this fall. Together, the exhibitions speak to the continued resonance of the body by illustrators and artists as a critical presence, conveyor, and social marker of identity within culture.