Tuesday, July 12, 2016

http://ashadedviewonfashion.com/ THE MET BREUER - MAJOR DIANE ARBUS EXHIBITION PHOTOS BY MIGUEL VILLALOBOS


































 Jeff Rosenheim
 Jeff Rosenheim
 Jeff Rosenheim








Dear Shaded Viewers,
More than 100 photographs that redefine the work of Diane Arbus (1923-71) open the inaugural season at The Met Breuer. The images focus on the first seven years of her career from 1956-1962, the period in which she developed the idiosyncratic style and approach for which she has been recognized, praised, critized and copied the world over.
 “It is a rare privilege to present an exhibition this revelatory, on an artist of Arbus’s stature. More than two-thirds of these works have never before been exhibited or published,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Met. “We sincerely thank the Estate of Diane Arbus for entrusting us to show an unknown aspect of this remarkable artist’s legacy with the camera.” 
Jeff Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs, added, “Arbus’s early photographs are wonderfully rich in achievement and perhaps as quietly riveting and ultimately controversial as the iconic images for which she is so widely known. She brings us face-to-face with what she had first glimpsed at the age of 16—‘the divineness in ordinary things - and through her photographs we begin to see it too."

 ordinary things’—and through her photographs we begin to see it too.” 
diane arbus: in the beginning is curated by Jeff  L. Rosenheim, Curator in Charge ofthe
Department of Photographs at The Met.
Exhibition design is by Brian Butterfield, Senior Exhibition Designer; graphics are byAnna Rieger, Graphic Designer; and lighting design is by Laura Mroczkowski,Lighting Designer, all of The Met’s Design Department.

http://ashadedviewonfashion.com/blog/met-breuer-major-diane-arbus-exhibition-photos-miguel-villalobos

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

MANUS X MACHINA - FASHION IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY PHOTOS BY MIGUEL VILLALOBOS - MAY 5 - AUGUST 14TH





































































Dear Shaded Viewers,
Manus-Machina - Fashion in an Age of Technology explores how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of both the haute couture and the avant-garde ready-to-wear. The more than 150 ensembles date from the early 20th century to the present. Haute couture was founded in the 19th century when the sewing machine was invented. Manus= hand and Machina= machine and with the machine came the onset of mass production.The exhibition will study how hand and machine are presented as discordant tools in the creative process and question the relationship and distinction between haute couture and ready-to-wear.
The Robert Lehman Wing galleries on the Museum's first floor and ground level present a series of case studies focusing on the hand/machine conundrum. Prototypes are presented as 'monuments to ideas." A series of rooms will be based on traditional metiers including embroidery, featherwork, artificial flowers, pleating, lacework and leatherwork. These will be presented alongside innovative processes such as 3D printing, computer modeling, bonding and laminating, laser cutting and ultrasonic welding. 
The Metropolitan Museum
1000 Fifth Avenue 
NYC, NY 10028

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