NEW YORK — They’re not just rigid forms for window display. Even stripped down, mannequins can be mirrors of society, anthropomorphic objects of fascination and works of art, all at once. The Museum of Arts and Design makes the case for the mannequin mystique with the show “Ralph Pucci: Art of the Mannequin,” which runs from March 30 to Aug. 30. It will cover 30 years of Pucci mannequins with 30 displayed across the 3,000-square-foot second floor of MAD, located at 2 Columbus Circle. “Mannequins are like sculpture but not like sculpture. They’re like portraits of us, but not like portraits. They have an uncanny, alluring, quasi-human quality,” said Glenn Adamson, the director of MAD since fall 2013. In a city filled with museums and galleries, MAD strives to be distinctive and sometimes aims at the fashion industry to raise its profile. Following Pucci, there will be a contemporary watch show this fall. “We tend to focus on contemporary programming with an emphasis on process and giving the audience that encounter with creativity,” Adamson said. “We make it a central feature. I’m not saying other museums aren’t interested in creativity and often look at process, but here it’s much more our central focus.
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