2010-05-26

U.S.A. - COMING-NEW YORK - MEDIEVAL GLASS FOR POPES, PRINCES AND PEASANTS


The phrase “medieval glass” evokes images of stained glass windows. But there is another world of medieval glass: objects made for daily use. This is the first exhibition in the United States devoted to glass made for the use of popes, princes, and peasants in the Middle Ages.
The Middle Ages lasted from the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD to the rise of the Renaissance in the 15th century. During this period, Europe was transformed: from a complex society administered from cities to scattered rural communities and back again; from an empire-wide economy to small-scale exchange systems that over the centuries evolved into international networks of trade; and from a world that abandoned advanced technology, then regrouped and built the architectural marvels of the Renaissance.
Glassmaking, too, was transformed. After the fall of Rome, all but the simplest techniques were forgotten. But, over the centuries, the quality, quantity, and repertoire of glassware increased. In the later Middle Ages, local products were joined by luxurious glasses imported from the Islamic world and, by the 15th century, the stage was set for the golden age of Venetian glassmaking.



Corning Museum of Glass 15.05.2010 - 02.01.2011




Website : Corning

2010-05-19

U.S.A. - JERSEY CITY-NEW JERSEY - HERMANAS IGLESIAS : HAIRWORK


Done in conjunction with the exhibition Hair Tactics and referencing Victorian hair jewelry, sisters Janelle and Lisa Iglesias have adorned the Jersey City Museum's upper atrium gallery with the large-scale installation, Hairwork. The Hermanas Iglesias have been using hair in a variety of ways since 2005, making wall installations that combine real and synthetic hair and that sometimes also include gold and silver chains and earrings associated with urban styles. The sisters have also worked in various other media, including performance, installation, sculpture, video, painting and drawing.


Jersey City Museum 05.02.2010 - 22.08.2010



Website : Jersey City

2010-05-12

U.S.A. - INDIANAPOLIS - BODY UNBOUND : CONTEMPORARY COUTURE FROM THE IMA'S COLLECTION


Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA’s Collection, on view from April 10, 2010 to January 30, 2011, will examine the many ways designers have manipulated, transformed and liberated the female figure. The exhibition will feature groundbreaking designs by Rudi Gernreich, Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Thierry Mugler, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Gianni Versace and other avant-garde fashion designers. Body Unbound will explore how these designers used modern construction and unexpected materials to contort, conceal, reveal or mock their wearers.
Fashions by visionaries Rudi Gernreich and Jean-Paul Gaultier illustrate how some designers played with the notions of shape and construction, challenging mid-century ideals of form. Examples by Issey Miyake and Junya Watanabe, based on the theories of androgyny and “universal beauty,” demonstrate how Japanese designers working in Paris in the 1980s and 1990s promoted an alternate way of styling the body, concealing its contours and silhouette.Pieces by Thierry Mugler, Gianni Versace and Franco Moschino display how designers utilized innovative textiles and subversive design elements to toy with the concepts of seduction and femininity.
Featuring a range of works, many of which are recent additions to the IMA’s fashion arts collection, Body Unbound will demonstrate how some of the most influential designers of the 20th century helped shape the direction of avant-garde fashion. Organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA’s Collection will be on view in the Paul Textile and Fashion Arts galleries. The IMA will be its sole venue.



Indianapolis Museum of Art 10.04.2010 - 30.01.2011



Website : IMA

Website : City of Indianapolis

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2010-05-05

U.S.A. - ANN ARBOR-MICHIGAN - WRAPPED IN SILK AND GOLD : A FAMILY LEGACY OF 20TH-CENTURY JAPANESE KIMONO


Wrapped in Silk and Gold presents for the first time the Museum's recently acquired collection of deluxe kimono, haori, obi, and other traditional Japanese women's garments. Dating from the 1930s through the end of the 20th century, these garments trace changing fashions as the function of kimono changed over the course of time, as well as the arc of a woman's lifetime from youth to maturity. The works in the exhibition are the generous gift of the Yamaguchi family, and were made for and worn by a mother and daughter living in Tokyo.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan's Center for Japanese Studies, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Charles H. & Katharine C. Sawyer Endowment Fund, The Japan Foundation, New York, the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, and the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation.



University of Michigan Museum of Art 01.05.2010 - 25.07.2010



Website : UMMA

Website : City of Ann Arbor

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