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Exhibition: RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion

date	01.03.2007 – 29.04.2007
location	Benaki Museum Annex, Athens, Greece ; 2008, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (forthcoming) ; 2009, ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen (forthcoming) ; 2009, Design Museum, London (fothcoming).
creation	Atopos (Cultural Institution)
curator	Zidianakis, Vassilis (Artistic Direction)
url	www.atopos.gr

text

Paper was invented in China in approximately 100 A.D. and has since been used by various cultures to manufacture garments and accessories. The exhibition ‘RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion’ examines the use of paper in modern fashion practices, through design, art, advertising, sound, video, catwalk shows and the actual creations of some of the most innovative designers of our times. Simultaneously, it places particular emphasis on the ephemeral, fragile, humble and poetic nature of paper garments, juxtaposing modern creations with paper garments from different cultures and civilizations. The exhibition does not conform to specific models; it seeks alternative ways of presentation. It is an exhibition that can change with each presentation; the staging can be adapted... [more]

images

1 Michael Cepress, Collars for the Modern Gentleman, 2006. Commissioned by ATOPOS. Photo : Michelle Moore, 2 Paul Graves, 2007. Commissioned by ATOPOS, 3 Andy Warhol, Fragile Dress, manufactured by Mars, 1966. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Gift of Abraham & Straus., 4 Angelo Plessas, Ripping Girl, 2007. Commissioned by ATOPOS., 5 Knitted paper vest, Japan, late Edo period, ATOPOS collection. Photo: Leonidas Kourgiantakis. © ATOPOS., 6 The Souper Dress, after Warhol, launched by SCambpell's Soup Company, USA 1968, Photo : Panos Davios © ATOPOS., 7 , 8 , 9 'Coulour Explosion'. Photo : Panos Kokkinias. © ATOPOS., 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 'Workshop'. Photo : Panos Kokkinias. © ATOPOS., 14 Robert Wilson, Lisa, 2007. Commissioned by ATOPOS. 'Workshop' installation Photo : Panos Kokkinias., 15 , 16 , 17 'The World of Paper'. Photo : Panos Kokkinias. © ATOPOS.

participants	A.F. Vandevorst (Fashion Design) Ann Demeulemeester (Fashion Design) Bernhard Willhelm (Fashion Design) BLESS (Fashion Design) Hussein Chalayan (Fashion Design) Kostas Murkudis (Fashion Design) Maison Martin Margiela (Fashion Design) Normal Studio (Industrial Design) Walter Van Beirendonck (Fashion Design)
contribution

Book

Zidianakis, Vassilis (Ed.) ; Debo, Kaat, ; Fukai, Akiko ; Kamitsis, Lydia ; Leitner, Christina ; Lentzi, Kiriaki & Facorellis, Giorgos ; Pichou, Myrsini ; Zidianakis, Vassilis: RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion. Athens: Atopos, 2007-01-01

Media Coverage

Crouzet, Guillaume: Belles à jeter. Paris: L'Express, 2007-04-05

Kiss, Ellis: A ripping exhibition on fashion, dispensability : Paper dress display at the Benaki shows 60s classics, new creations. : Kathimerini English Edition, 2007-03-16

s.n.: Atopos : The team behind the show. : International Herald Tribune, 2007-03-16

Kiss, Elis: Fashion's imprint on paper. : International Herald Tribune, 2007-03-06

Fashion Collection

2003	A.F. Vandevorst Collection Spring/Summer 2004
1998	Ann Demeulemeester Collection Autumn/Winter 1998/1999
1997	Avatar Collection Autumn/Winter 1997/1998
1999	Bernhard Willhelm Collection Spring/Summer 2000
1995	Killer / Astral / 4D-Hi-D WALT Collection Spring/Summer 1996

Fashion Product

1997	BLESS NO° 02 Disposable T-Shirts

source
Flanders Fashion Institute FFI

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