le style et la matière: 4/1/11

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Renaissance Tapestries

detail: Triomphe de Minerve

after Giovanni da Udine, from the Triomphe des dieux woven c. 1560

Paris, Mobilier national photo© P. Sébert

Opening today, the Manufacture des Gobelins is presenting an exhibit of the golden age of tapestry, L'Éclat de la Renaissance italienne. The twenty-odd tapestries are primarily from the collection of Louis XIV and three were acquired for the Musée des Gobelins at the end of the 19th century. The works were woven from paintings or specially made cartons for tapestries by three great Renaissance artists: Raphaël (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487 – Rome toward 1564) et Giulio Romano (Rome 1499 – Mantoua 1546). The exhibit will last until the 24th of July 2011.

Manufacture des Gobelins

Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Closer Look

photo St Tyl

Once again, I'm presenting you with the exhibit, L'Orient des Femmes - this time with my own photographs.

photo St Tyl

Quelle lecon d'expression personnelle sur un theme donné, quelle habileté à aborder la figure imposée, pour nous qui vivons dans un monde normalisé où chaque écart de couleur détonne dans l'uniformité.

What a lesson of personal expression in a given theme, what skill in taking on the required task, is shown to those of us living in a standardized world, where each divergence of color clashes

with its uniformity.

Christian Lacroix

photo St Tyl

L'Orient des Femmes, Musée du quai Branly

Monday, April 4, 2011

Smart Dummies

Here's a new twist on the historic Stockman by Emmanuel Bossuet of Studio EEM. Each of the 3 models, covered with specially designed printed fabric, is entirely handmade in the Stockman ateliers. The number of mannequins in each design is limited to 10.