The exhibition to celebrate the power and fame of gold will be opened on February 11 at Quai Branly-Jacques CHIRAC in Paris. However, instead of emphasizing the value of precious metals, the show focuses on the gold clothing expression through age.
“Au file de l'OR” -In English, “Golden Red” is an art that incorporates money into women's ritual clothing, costumes, and other clothes through history and geography, such as the Middle East, India, Indonesia, and China. It is to follow. And Japan (until July 6).
Gold has shook the jewelry industry in recent months, but valuable metals are the theme of recent popular museums, shows such as “Solid Gold” at the Brooklyn Museum (until July 6) and “until July 6). Eldorado: Last year, it was exhibited at the American Association in New York City.
In Paris, the exhibition is to find out how gold blacksmiths are intertwined with the Millennium with textile manufacturing technology. The display includes the oldest known example of gold used in clothing. It is a 5,000 -gold applique discovered in the current Bulgarian city of Varna. Then, dating to 3,000 BC, there is a little knitting from the throne of the palace of the ancient kingdom of Ebra.
However, all of the shine in the 321 items of the show is not actually money. For example, the exhibits contain golden silk in the nature of Cambodia. Sea silk that has been spun from ancient times from a big whale beard in the Mediterranean clam. LUREX, synthetic fiber introduced in the 1970s. And even the animal's internal organs. Hana Al Banna Chidiac, the chief curator of the exhibition, said that it was a visual impression.
She said in an interview, “more than clothes.”
“To understand the money, you have to find out the universe, and when a person finds money, he puts on it, hits it, wraps around the thread, and wraps around the thread. You can use the skin to use it with power to apply it to the skin. “
For the exhibition, Al Banna Chidiac cooperated with Magari Anne Burton, a co -curator of the show and an assistant professor of Fashion research at the University of Paris in the United States, to bring modern fashion into a mix. Ta.
Along with the Kaftan in North Africa, the Indian wedding sally and the Japanese Edo period kimono are like a huge skirt, such as the gorgeous embroidery tulle and organ zeening dress of Chanel Spring Collection by Carl Lagurfeld. It will be the exterior of Auto Couture. Rodoid decoration like a mosaic in the spring of 2004 in the spring of 2004 by John Gariano.
And the official collaborator of the exhibition is GUO PEI, a relative newcomer in the couture scene. Beijing Designers, who shot the Canary Yellow Gown and Cape in the 2015 Metgala, lent 14 looks to the show.
These works include a completely embroidered Chinese bridal gown published in the promotional material of the exhibition, and the museum to add hundreds of thousands of sequins for more than 20,000 hours. Includes a gorgeous silk ideas with trains that require hand embroidery. Flowers and other decorations.
The theme is brought back to Paris, and the last exhibition room is to display about 50 pieces at Lesage, an embroidery specialist who celebrated last year. Fashion house works such as Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, and Balmain have been selected as a way to reflect the traditions of local craftsmen represented by exhibitions.
“There is always a story about creativity, talent, and ingenuity behind the act of wearing money,” said Al Banna Tidiac.
