Exposition Au
MET du 10 mai au 19 aout 2012.
L'exposition du Printemps 2012 au Met Costume Institute, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explore les affinités frappantes entre Elsa Schiaparelli et Miuccia Prada, deux designers italiens de différentes époques. Inspiré par Miguel Covarrubias du "Impossible Interviews
" pour Vanity Fair dans les années 1930, les fonctions exposition orchestrée conversations entre ces femmes emblématiques de proposer de nouvelles lectures de leurs travaux les plus innovants. Ensembles emblématiques sont présentés avec des vidéos de conversations simulées entre Schiaparelli et Prada Réalisé par Baz Luhrmann, en se concentrant sur la façon dont les femmes d'explorer des thèmes similaires dans leur travail à travers des approches très différentes.
Communiqué de presse :
"On View May 10–August 19, 2012
The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition,
Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations,
explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia
Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel
Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for
Vanity Fair in the
1930s, the exhibition features orchestrated conversations between these
iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work.
Iconic ensembles are presented with videos of simulated conversations
between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how
both women explore similar themes in their work through very different
approaches.
The exhibition showcases approximately one hundred designs and forty
accessories by Schiaparelli (1890–1973) from the late 1920s to the early
1950s and by Prada from the late 1980s to the present. Drawn from The
Costume Institute's collection and the Prada Archive, as well as other
institutions and private collections, signature objects by both
designers are arranged in seven themed galleries: "Waist Up/Waist Down,"
"Ugly Chic," "Hard Chic," "Naïf Chic," "The Classical Body," "The
Exotic Body," and "The Surreal Body."
Schiaparelli, who worked in Paris from the 1920s until her house
closed in 1954, was closely associated with the Surrealist movement and
created such iconic pieces as the "Tear" dress, the "Shoe" hat, and the
"Bug" necklace. Prada, who holds a degree in political science, took
over her family's Milan-based business in 1978, and focuses on fashion
that reflects the eclectic nature of Postmodernism."
