EXHIBITING GALLERY: St. Louis Artists' Guild
TITLE OF SHOW: Couture Threads of Democracy
OPENING DATE AND CLOSING DATE: September 20th, 2009- November 7th, 2009
CURATOR: Nina Ganci of SKIF International
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
The designers selected for the show have maintained a reverence to reality throughout their fashion career. Their personal work stretches the conceptual boundaries of beauty, culture... and politics.
I appreciate that each designer has remained true to their ideal style . All of them work here in the United States and have significantly contributed to the evolution of our artistic vision.
The pieces in the show reflect our culture, history and fashion. As a collection, it represents an expansion of our perception of fashion and opens up a space in the viewer's mind to see both - the style and the design's structure to fit the human form.
As designers, we're responsible for making our own choices and creating clothing for the people we know. With western wear, we've inherited our sense of dress - a grand responsibility for the way we look, work, and behave.
St. Louis Artists' Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
314.727.6266
Submitted by Curator: Nina Ganci
If I didn't work in fiber...I'd work in METAL, because it is indestructible.What is my next project?SPRING 2010, nowSt. Louis Fashion WEEK, in OCTOBERApart from creating things, what do you do?I create spaces for other ARTISTS to thrive.What first inspired you to become an artist?It's the only thing I could do.
nina's pick for cool videos:Here is a link to the work of Robert Longyear- one of the designers presented in the exhibition Couture Threads of Democracy
i am a hick from the sticks and need to escape from the dirt
ReplyDeleteoften -hence the trips to stl --i am in the top 1% of entering
college students-- talent is easy
artist statement i am the greatest artist talent ever
and i brag and boast and blow very loud on trombone
i got very famous for making fabulous pens for nm got tons of publicity and drove the bentley to siu carbondale
where after 3 attempts went into art
yeah yeah ---fashion shows are a flash
very much fun and i like to be up close personal and part of the
scene i also draw paint write poetry do large driftwood structures on the sandbar at mouth of marys river and mississippi river this is my favorite place
big bigger and mega big earrings that flash in the camera like
fish lures lightning fireworks cymbal crashes
oh i can make junky big stuff clunky and barely wearable
but would rather design works within the ergonomic confines
of humanity finding that huge sculptures were hard to
find homes for sometimes the welded steel made out of every piece of junk that the neighborhood kids dragged up
i made lots of my own toys
and continue to do so
looking at a painting --this is great or this is slop
ReplyDeletecraftsmanship technique mastery of tools
and technical skills originality
message story relevance
standing alone or in relation to
cultural context -intrinsic valve of materials
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fashion democracy --what is it ????????///////
conformity protestual revolution evolution devolution
dyed old new threads
if it sells = good/// if it doesnt ---ebay !!!!!!!!!!
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ive been here before
dreams visions rememberings echoes
in stone i did that
in paint --i was here -
touching michangelo's unfinished marble
my arm quivered
eyes meeting eyes of louis armstrong
and a static electric spark
of an instantaneous soul readout //all emotions at once
no words can explain music especially
at the points of brilliant improvisation
seeing masterpieces hearing whole symphonies
apart from most separated at the moment
i floated into the clouds up to the flock of white birds
ever after understanding the words in a thick black clad book
fashion seems so frivilous yet it is the poetry
flickering like the 15 years of good life in la when the fire
swept up the canyon
fashion seems so unreal -yet it offers at the moment
something just only human no ball no sport no war no gun
no game no score
a ritual from an anthropological viewpoint
stars who walk not in the sky or sing on stage
heroes handsome and beautiful without sirens flashing lights
or identification badges helmets or weapons systems
other heroes unseen prepare the creatures
in a sharing place focused upon one thing
and one thing only
fashion democracy lets us share the glory of a
collective moment
like a fragrant place in the botanical garden
our flowers bloom in this way
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couture comes in walking thru the door to be fitted
exactly to be altered to be made changed
couture comes in to be individually and personally
attended
couture comes in the form of a certain taste feel texture
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so in making accessories for a certain specific fashion show
event --is this an art or to be
considered an art
thinking only of the moment
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=a break in flow
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Thanks ffor sharing
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