The exhibition of Maryla Sobek intersects fashion with Dogon architecture
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava, a contributory organization of the Moravian-Silesian Region, and SPOK - the Association for Ostrava Culture will present the exhibition project Taller: Object - Clothing by Canadian architect and fashion designer Maryla Sobek.
Ostrava - On Thursday, August 23, 2012, the exhibition Taller: Object - Clothing / when clothing meets architecture / Maryla Sobek / Montreal was ceremoniously opened in the Architecture Cabinet of the House of Art on Jurečkova Street 9, managed by the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava (GVUO). The exhibition showcases the exhibition project of architect Maryla Sobek, operating in the intersection of two artistic fields - architecture and fashion. The exhibition will be introduced by Jiří Jůza, the director of GVUO, and will be personally opened by the author. The exhibition will be on view until October 21, 2012.
The exhibition project will present modern design trends that do not adhere to traditional methods. The designed garments - objects by Maryla Sobek do not trace the shape of the individual but rather create coverings that envelop the body. The polyform nature of the objects allows them to be worn in many ways, not only depending on the social occasion but also on the imagination and creative invention of the wearer. Each such garment - object is an opportunity for immediate participation in its daily transformation and new, possibly even exploratory, shaping.
"Maryla Sobek draws on many years of experience as an architect and designer and attempts to connect two areas of her work: architecture and clothing. Based on the parameters of space, function, and structure, she creates a model that allows her to conduct a comparative analysis of both types of creative activity and outline areas of their intersection," explains Serge Allaire, the curator of the exhibition.
Sobek created this project to support the scientific procedures applied in her doctoral thesis. As she states, the goal was to develop a new theoretical and practical approach to fashion that takes into account the interconnections between clothing and architecture. The Dogon architecture has unequivocally become her source of inspiration in this regard.
"During lectures on the history of architecture, Dogon architecture was always cited as the most perfect example of regional architecture," adds Sobek, continuing: "In a way, I wanted to protect the architectural heritage threatened by the new context of Western influences and tourism."
However, the exhibition has a distinctly interdisciplinary character. In addition to fashion and architecture, it also references dance, video art, and photography. The exhibition, which takes place with financial support from the statutory city of Ostrava, is open in the Ostrava House of Art from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Admission is 20 crowns full price and 10 crowns reduced price.
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Maryla Sobek studied architecture and fashion. Before 1996, when she became a professor at the School of Design at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she worked as a stylist in the fashion houses Balenciaga and Lanvin in Paris. The subject of her doctoral thesis was the search for structural and aesthetic parallels between clothing and architectural objects. Her study of Western fashion and architecture from 1950-2000 confirms that there are many parallels in the design of clothing and architecture in terms of both structure and form. In 2009, she conducted field research in Mali, in the area inhabited by the Dogon. This research allowed her to find new approaches in fashion design and to draw inspiration from a non-Western architectural aesthetic. The exhibition Taller: Object - Clothing is the result of this research.
Serge Allaire earned a master's degree in fine arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), where he teaches art history and the history of photography with a focus on the history of fashion photography.
As an independent curator and researcher, he contributes to publications, exhibition catalogs, and art magazines such as Vie des arts, CV photo and Études françaises.
Ostrava - On Thursday, August 23, 2012, the exhibition Taller: Object - Clothing / when clothing meets architecture / Maryla Sobek / Montreal was ceremoniously opened in the Architecture Cabinet of the House of Art on Jurečkova Street 9, managed by the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava (GVUO). The exhibition showcases the exhibition project of architect Maryla Sobek, operating in the intersection of two artistic fields - architecture and fashion. The exhibition will be introduced by Jiří Jůza, the director of GVUO, and will be personally opened by the author. The exhibition will be on view until October 21, 2012.
The exhibition project will present modern design trends that do not adhere to traditional methods. The designed garments - objects by Maryla Sobek do not trace the shape of the individual but rather create coverings that envelop the body. The polyform nature of the objects allows them to be worn in many ways, not only depending on the social occasion but also on the imagination and creative invention of the wearer. Each such garment - object is an opportunity for immediate participation in its daily transformation and new, possibly even exploratory, shaping.
"Maryla Sobek draws on many years of experience as an architect and designer and attempts to connect two areas of her work: architecture and clothing. Based on the parameters of space, function, and structure, she creates a model that allows her to conduct a comparative analysis of both types of creative activity and outline areas of their intersection," explains Serge Allaire, the curator of the exhibition.
Sobek created this project to support the scientific procedures applied in her doctoral thesis. As she states, the goal was to develop a new theoretical and practical approach to fashion that takes into account the interconnections between clothing and architecture. The Dogon architecture has unequivocally become her source of inspiration in this regard.
"During lectures on the history of architecture, Dogon architecture was always cited as the most perfect example of regional architecture," adds Sobek, continuing: "In a way, I wanted to protect the architectural heritage threatened by the new context of Western influences and tourism."
However, the exhibition has a distinctly interdisciplinary character. In addition to fashion and architecture, it also references dance, video art, and photography. The exhibition, which takes place with financial support from the statutory city of Ostrava, is open in the Ostrava House of Art from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Admission is 20 crowns full price and 10 crowns reduced price.
> www.kabinetarchitektury.cz/taller/
Maryla Sobek studied architecture and fashion. Before 1996, when she became a professor at the School of Design at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she worked as a stylist in the fashion houses Balenciaga and Lanvin in Paris. The subject of her doctoral thesis was the search for structural and aesthetic parallels between clothing and architectural objects. Her study of Western fashion and architecture from 1950-2000 confirms that there are many parallels in the design of clothing and architecture in terms of both structure and form. In 2009, she conducted field research in Mali, in the area inhabited by the Dogon. This research allowed her to find new approaches in fashion design and to draw inspiration from a non-Western architectural aesthetic. The exhibition Taller: Object - Clothing is the result of this research.
Serge Allaire earned a master's degree in fine arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), where he teaches art history and the history of photography with a focus on the history of fashion photography.
As an independent curator and researcher, he contributes to publications, exhibition catalogs, and art magazines such as Vie des arts, CV photo and Études françaises.
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