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Karen Knorr: "India Song", the Panchatantra of the 21st century

Like the pioneering early photographers who found in India a wealth of exotic subject matter, Karen Knorr celebrates the visual richness found in the myths and stories of northern India using sacred and secular sited to highlight caste, femininity and its relationship with the animal world. Interiors are painstakingly photographed, live animals are inserted into the architectural sites, fusing high resolution digital with analogue photography. In India Song, Knorr's most recent work, each finished photograph is both a mystery and a fable - referencing the vast tradition of picturing animals in art along with the western appreciation/appropriation of eastern culture and form. The results create original and stunning images that reinvent the Panchatantra (an ancient Indian collection of animal fables) for the 21st century and further blur the boundaries between reality and illusion.

Based in London, Karen Knorr was born in Frankfurt, Germany, raised in San Juan Puerto Rico, and educated in Paris and London. Widely exhibited in Europe and India, India Song is the artist's first solo show in the United States. This past October, this series was nominated for the 2012 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize - Europe's most prestigious award for a living photographer who has made the most significant contribution to the medium of photography over the past year.
India Song is currently showing at Danziger Gallery, New York.

India Song 2008-2010

Avatars of Devi, Zanana, Samode Palace
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Witness, Humayun's Tomb, New Delhi
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Queen's Room, Udaipur City Palace
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Gatekeeper, Zanana, Samode Palace
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Private Audience, AAm Khas, Junha Mahal, Dungarpur
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Courtyard Conference, Dungarpur Palace
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

Conqueror of the World, Podar Haveli, Nawalgarh
© Karen Knorr

Flight to Freedom, Durbar Hall
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Joy Of Ahimsa, Takhat Vilas, Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

The Peacemaker, Jaipur Palace
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

Flight to Freedom, Durbar Hall
© Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery NY

Courtesy Karen Knorr / Danziger Gallery, New York

India Song

November 3 - December 23, 2011
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La Dolce Vita. 1950-1960. Stars and Celebrities in the Italian Fifties

Between charm and fame, Italian Fifties show themselves in New York. The exhibition La Dolce Vita. 1950-1960. Stars and celebrities in the Italian Fifties, features 84 images, almost completely unpublished and shown for the first time to the American audience, pictures stolen to the next great international movie stars, and in the background, the Italy of the Fifties that reflects itself over the frenzy fans looking for autographs; rites, characters and personalities that would have rendered Italian Fifties a period of great charm and Italy itself an unique place in the world.

This exhibition is curated by Marco Panella, and promoted by Ministro del Turismo, Cinecitta-Luce and Artix. After the success of its roman preview last year, the exhibition is currently on view at Eataly New York, the highly appreciated made in Italy store on Fifth Avenue.

"New York is an elective location for this exhibition, ideal in order to witness and pay homage to that strong link that, in the Fifties, Italian habits and society has had with United States."
~~ Marco Panella

1959, Rome. Anita Ekberg

1956, Rome. Brigitte Bardot

1957, Venice. Maria Callas with Aristotle Onassis and American journalist Elsa Maxwell

1957, Rome. Esther Williams

1958, Rome. Frank Sinatra

1958, Rome. Zsa Zsa Gabor

1958, Rome. Kirk Douglas with his wife

1959, Rome. Joan Crawford

1959, Rome. Clark Gable

1960, Rome. Joan Collins

1961, Rome. Roger Moore and Luisa Mattioli

1961, Rome. Warren Beatty with Natalie Wood

La Dolce Vita. 1950-1960. Stars and Celebrities in the Italian Fifties

Eataly New York

October 7 - November 14, 2011

Courtesy Marco Panella
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Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones - a collaboration between the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Stephen Jones, the world's foremost hat designer - is currently on view at the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) in New York City. The exhibition held for the first time in this country, displays more than 250 hats chosen by the master milliner.

On display are hats ranging from a 12th century Egyptian fez to a 1950s Balenciaga hat and couture creations by Jones and his contemporaries. The designer spearheaded the fashionable revival of British millinery in the early 1980s. Using unusual materials and daring designs, his exquisitely crafted hats have pushed the boundaries of hat design forward for more than three decades.

" I was honored when the V&A asked me to curate an exhibition about hats. I had so much fun finding unique head decoration in the most interesting places. This exhibition draws on millinery collections world-wide and is truly an eclectic and exciting anthology of hats from the last millennium to the present day." --Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones

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Stephen Jones for Christian Dior Haute Couture

"Olga Sherer inspired by Gruau" Hat

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Jo Gordon, "Kiss of Death" 1994

©V&A Images

Crown, 1800-1900

©V&A Images

Elsa Schiaparelli, Shoe Hat, 1938

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Caroline Reboux, Feather Tricorne, about 1935

©V&A Images

Graham Smith, Pirelli tire, 1985

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Stephen Jones, Silk Twist hat, 1982

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Stephen Jones, Pas de deux, 1982

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Philip Treacy, Feather Hat, 1995

©V&A Images

Kirsten Woodward, Sex on the Brain, 1989

©V&A Images

Bonnet, about 1805

©V&A Images

Quilted cap, 1800-1900

©V&A Images

Paulette Hat, about 1960

©V&A Images

Balenciaga for Elsa, Spiral Hat, Winter 1962

©V&A Images

Twisted straw hat, about 1937

©V&A Images

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

September 15, 2011 - April 15, 2012

@ Bard Graduate Center, New York City

Courtesy Bard Graduate Center
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Elegance in Exile: Between Fashion and Costume, the Diaghilev Era

From the wonderful form of art that it is, fashion represents man "in his time" and the history of fashion therefore adds significance to the story of humanity revealing ethnic origins, the desire and need for beauty, influences and international relationships.

The exhibition "Elegance in Exile" aims to tell the story of the cultural atmosphere and ambience of the Russian intelligentsia and the international prestige of Diaghilev's famous Ballets Russes (1909-1929), the birth of which was celebrated at its centenary in 2009. More than two hundred works are presented in the evocative reception rooms of the Palazzo Mocenigo Museum in Venice. From costumes created for the Ballets Russes by artists Leon Bakst, Natalia Goncarova, and Andre Derain, to apparel created by emigre Russian nobles who fled to Europe in the aftermath of the Revolution, there are many other garments, accessories, images and documentary materials from the collections of internationally renowned fashion historian and collector Alexandre Vassiliev, as well a selection of stage costumes and artworks by famous artists, and from the collection of celebrated dancer and choreographer Toni Candeloro.

Thanks to the great contribution by Alexandre Vassiliev and Toni Candeloro, this magnificent exhibition seeks to shed light on some new aspects of the Russian Revolution, highlighting that particular historical moment through the "lens" of fashion, and gathering rare and important examples that express just how important and influential the "Russian style" was throughout the world.

Elegance in Exile

Between Fashion and Costume, the Diaghilev Era

Elegance in Exile

Between Fashion and Costume, the Diaghilev Era

Palazzo Mocenigo Museum - Study Centre for the History of Textiles and Costume - Venice

September 17, 2011 - January 6, 2012

Courtesy Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
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Mary Katrantzou and Pablo Bronstein at the ICA

Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou has teamed with artist Pablo Bronstein to design the costumes for " Sketches for Regency Living," a groundbreaking exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).

Inspired by London's Regency history, Pablo Bronstein uses a wide range of media to explore his interest in architecture from performance and drawing to installation and sculpture. His work penetrates every area of the ICA. Throughout Sketches for Regency Living existing architecture is embellished with forms that reference the Regency period and incorporate various decorative schemes.

The exhibition includes a retrospective program of Bronstein's dance works; newly choreographed performances with performers' costumes designed by Mary Katrantzou. The fashion designer, who is known for her bold prints and strong silhouettes, created two looks for the exhibition - for both the morning and evening performances.