Vercelli, 12 dicembre 2008 (brevi di cronaca di J. Belhumeur). Quest’anno con “L’avanguardia americana e le opere dei nostri ribelli” fino a marzo 2009, la cittadina famosa in tutto il mondo come la città del riso, esibisce opere prese a prestito dalla collezione di Peggy Guggenheim tra le quali dipinti di Willem De Kooning, Sam Francis, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Hans Hoffman. In pratica è il migliore e più significativo esempio di un percorso che i cosiddetti “ribelli” dell’avanguardia americana, iniziata negli anni ’40, hanno tracciato nell’identità artistica degli Stati Uniti
Delle cinquantaquattro tele esposte nell’Arca di Vercelli (ex Chiesa di San Marco) le quattordici opere di Jackson Pollock, tra le quali La Donna Luna (1942) e La Foresta Incantata (1947) e Green Silver (1949), sono l’esemplificazione di una tecnica pittorica per la quale Pollock è a ragione considerato l’innovatore assoluto e il capofila di tutto il movimento.  
E’ stato infatti Pollock ad inventare il “dripping” cioè la tecnica dello “sgocciolamento” sulla tela, per la quale il colore mescolato a sabbia, carta, smalto, si stratifica dando origine all’effetto espressionistico della materia. Anche Mark Rothko è presente con due opere straordinarie degli anni ’40 raramente esposte nelle sue personali precedenti. 
La mostra rientra nelle manifestazioni di Contemporary Arts Torino Piemonte ed è realizzata con la collaborazione di Giunti Arte che ne ha curato anche il catalogo.

Venezia, 25 novembre 2008 (brevi di cronaca a cura di J. Belhumeur). In occasione del debutto del recital musicale “Un mare di angeli” avvenuto ieri 27 novembre al Teatro Goldoni che si è avvalso della direzione artistica della Fondazione Alda Fendi - Esperimenti, la Collezione Peggy Guggenheim ospiterà dal 28 novembre al 6 dicembre 2008 nelle proprie sale l’abito che Alda Fendi  ha disegnato appositamente per  la protagonista dello spettacolo. Per questo abito Alda Fendi si è ispirata a Paul Poiret e Vera Stravinskij, le cui creazioni  furono indossate da Peggy Guggenheim e immortalate da Man Ray in una celebre serie di scatti fotografici del 1923.
Nella sua casa di Parigi, Alda Fendi ha ritrovato un manichino, sul quale è esposto l’abito alla Collezione Peggy Guggenheim,  le cui  forme rimandano immediatamente alle figure meccaniche che Fortunato Depero disegnava per i Ballets Russes di Sergej Diagilev, proprio a Parigi negli anni in cui la vita culturale era animata da Man Ray e dalla sua cerchia di sodali, tra i quali spiccava Peggy Guggenheim.
L’abito è stato realizzato da sartoria Farani con un tessuto charmeuse e chiffon macramé con inserti perlier originali anni ’20.
Un mare di angeli è stato presentato nell’ambito del Laboratorio Internazionale del Teatro della Biennale di Venezia. Si tratta di un recital di canti tradizionali dell’area mediterranea  interpretati dal soprano Myrtò Papatanasiu, la Violetta della Traviata firmata lo scorso anno da Franco Zeffirelli e diretta da Gianluigi Gelmetti al Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, accompagnata al pianoforte da Dimitris Teocharis, e con la regia di Raffaele Curi.

MAO Musée d'Art Oriental. A partir du 5 décembre 2008

Tourin, le 21 novembre 2008 (Jeanne Belhumeur). Le nouvel emplacement du Museo d'Arte Orientale (Musée d'Art Oriental) est prévu au Palazzo Mazzonis et réouvrira au public le 5 décembre. Un musée qui veut fournir une vue d'ensemble la plus représentative possible de la production artistique asiatique. La collection sera divisée en cinq galleries qui correspondront aux cinq régions du continent asiatique et illustrera:

- l'Aire de l’Asie méridionale (Gandhara, Inde, sud-est de l'Asie);

- Chine;

- Région de l'Himalaya;

- Japon;

- Pays islamiques.

En attendant de pouvoir se rendre au musée pour admirer les oeuvres, le site internet, organisé en collections et parcours, présente une grande quantité d'images accompagnées d’explications historiques et artistiques.

http://www.maotorino.it/

The International Fashion Student Competition takes over the SFMOMA
Date: Nov 3rd, 2008
 
The 2008 Arts of Fashion International Design Symposium and Competition took over the SFMOMA this past week infusing San Francisco style with stylish European influence. Opening with five Masterclasses, 2008 promised to be the biggest, most exciting Arts of Fashion event ever. Students participated in this five-day intensive workshop to create stunningly creative pieces to be presented on stage at the show on Wednesday, October 29. Classes are taught by renowned European designing heads including Sandra Backlund, who taught students her unique knitting style; Aurore de La Morinerie and Fabienne Jouvin, who helped students construct silk print dresses with artistic and illustration designs; Lionel Vandenbemden and Natalia Brilli, who runs a label with her own name, instructed students to create innovative leather bag pieces inspired by geometric shapes of jewelries; Tony Delcampe and Laurent Edmond, first creative assistant to Martin Margiela, whose students are inspired to create bright and bold rainbow-colored capes matched with leather shorts, and last but not least, the duo designers Thierry Rondenet and Herve Yvrenogeau of the label OWN, directed the class in which students are to construct a creative kimono piece with ribbon vest and short pants. Students have done excellent work and finished their masterpieces by the time of the fashion show and presented fantastic pieces of work to the audience.
 
The Fashion.Edu new Series, which took place on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, featured faculties from design schools including Parsons School of Design-Steven Faerm and Shelley Fox, The Art Center College of Los Angeles-Nancy Riegelman, and Duperre Applied School of the Arts in Paris-David Meyer, each of whom lectured about how they envisioned bringing creativity into the curriculums in the fashion departments of the institutions.
 
On the night of Tuesday, October 28, the Opening Reception took place where the greetings of welcome are said. Following the reception, the Arts of Fashion Foundation showed the documentary “WuYong”, at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in Japan Town. This highly anticipated documentary, “WuYong/Useless”, directed by the famous Chinese director Jia ZhangKe, follows the challenge of the fashion industry in China and the difficulties for young designers to pursuit fashion designing in such a market as China where creativity tends to be stifled.
 
Keeping on the forefront of major industry issues, on the morning of Wednesday, October 29, the Tandem Series took place, joined by many fashion students, designers, faculties, and professionals. The series of interactive discussions tackled three topics – First was Copyright in Fashion in Europe with Dr. Jeanne Belhumeur, where audience are educated on the topic of fashion copyright laws in Europe. Secondly, audience enjoyed Fashion Media, the conversation between Susie Bubble, a famous London based fashion blogger, and Amy Prince, editor of Surface Magazine, in discussing how fashion is covered in two very different media, magazine and online blogs. The third topic was Business of Fashion, where the iconic Chinese fashion designer Ma-Ke, as her first ever appearance in a public conference, presented to the audience her works and discussed her experiences on building her own fashion concept label in China. Audience actively participated in asking questions and helped in completing meaningful conversations between the presenters and the audience.
 
On Wednesday night, the SFMOMA hosted the International Design Competition and Fashion Shows. The show opened with the Debut - Series: the collections of three young rising designers from New York - Natallia Pilipenka, Stephanie Otto and Akarasun Seanglai, followed by the Carte Blanche Series featuring the collections of 3 design talents from Europe— Sandrina Fasoli, Isabelle Steger and Cathy Pill. Then the creative pieces completed by students in the Masterclass-series were presented to a delighted audience.
 
Next, the works of 61 finalists of The International Design Competition coming from many countries over the world were exhibited. Presenting 2 silhouettes, each candidate showed the jury and attendees their interpretation of the theme ‘Influence’, while competing for one of the nine internships and scholarships offered. The amazing designs received wide audience acclamation.
 
With Ma-Ke as the President of the Jury, the awards were as follows:

Wendy & Jim Award
Lucian Broscatean - University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca - ROMANIA
3-month internship at Wendy & Jim - Vienna,  AUSTRIA
 
The School of the Chambre Syndicale of Parisian Couture Award
Emily Moon - Rhode Island School of Design - USA
1-year Scholarship at  The School of the Chambre Syndicale of Parisian Couture - Paris,  FRANCE
 
Veronique Branquinho Menswear Award
Francis Forrest - École des Métiers des Faubourgs de Montreal - CANADA
3-month internship at Veronique Branquinho - Antwerp,  BELGIUM
 
Anne Valerie Hash Award
Susanna Ngao - Parsons The New School of Design - USA
3-month internship at Anne Valerie Hash - Paris,  FRANCE
 
La Cambre Award
Chi-Lai Cherry Yuen - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - USA
4-week June summer program with the Arts of Fashion - Brussels, BELGIUM
 
Duperre Award
Bong Hae-sung - Kookmin University - SOUTH KOREA
4-week July summer program with the Arts of Fashion - Paris, FRANCE
 
Nice Collective Award
Xiaonan Gao - Fashion Institute of Technology of New York - USA
3-month internship at Nice Collective - San Francisco,  USA
 
JCDC / Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Award
Andre Filipe Ferreira Amorim - Escola Superior de Artes  Aplicadas de Castelo Branco - PORTUGAL
2-month internship at Jean Charles de Castelbajac - Paris,  FRANCE
 
Natalia Brilli Award
Ryan Adridge - Louisiana State University - USA
3-month internship at Natalia Brilli - Paris,  FRANCE 
 
In addition to the internship/scholarship prizes, the event sponsors, YKK corp. of America and Target Design Partnership Committee, awarded each of the winners $1000 in order to assist in their internship/scholarship. The Arts of Fashion is back at work planning the 2009 Arts of Fashion Competition with the theme “Illusion”.
 
The San Francisco Arts of Fashion 2008 is made possible by the support of YKK Corp. of America, Target Design Partnership Committee, + 101% Brussels Fashion, Debut-New York Gallery, Surface Magazine and 7x7 Magazine. 
 
ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION
The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization linking both academics and professionals alike and is dedicated in fostering international cultural exchange through the creation of a variety of events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students.
The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it. We organize a variety of educational events including our annual International Student Fashion Design and Accessories Competition, our prestigious MasterClass-Series, five days of workshops directed by world-renowned designers and our new intensive summer programs in Brussels - La Cambre Mode[s] and in Paris - Duperre Mode & Textile.  

-The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization linking both academics and professionals alike and is dedicated in fostering international cultural exchange through the creation of a variety of events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students.
- The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it. 
- We organize a variety of educational events including our annual International Student Fashion Design and Accessories Competition and  prestigious five days MasterClass-Series consisting of exhibitions, seminars, and workshops directed by world-renowned designers.
- In addition, we offer intensive summer programs in Brussels - La Cambre Mode[s] and in Paris - Duperre Mode & Textile. 

The  Arts of Fashion 2008 – Oct 25-29 – is made possible by the support of  YKK Corporation of America,  Target Design Partnership Committee, + 101% Brussels Fashion, Debut-New York Gallery, Surface Magazine and 7X7 Magazine.

INFO
Nathalie Doucet - President Arts of Fashion Foundation,  IFM 96
635 Tennessee Street Suite # 402 - San Francisco CA 94107
Tel  +1 415 252 0734  - http://www.arts-of-fashion.org

Si è aperta la mostra "Carlo Cardazzo. una nuova visione dell’arte". Si è aperta sabato 1° novembre alla Collezione Peggy Guggenheim la mostra a cura di Luca Massimo Barbero, dedicata a Carlo Cardazzo (1908-1963), vulcanico e intraprendente mecenate, editore, collezionista e gallerista veneziano, di cui quest’anno ricorre il centenario della nascita. Carlo Cardazzo. Una nuova visione dell’arte, ha registrato nel primo weekend di apertura un’affluenza di oltre 4.000 visitatori, che attratti dalla figura di questa sorta di alter ego di Peggy Guggenheim, si sono spinti alla scoperta del mondo in cui Cardazzo visse e operò, attentamente ricostruito negli spazi espositivi del museo veneziano. Si passa così dalle prime sale che accolgono la sua collezione privata, con alcuni capolavori di Marini, de Chirico, Scipione, Fontana, Sironi, Campigli, agli ambienti in cui si respira il privilegiato rapporto che legò il collezionista veneziano all’architetto Carlo Scarpa, che per lui progettò a Venezia la Galleria del Cavallino, una seconda galleria in Frezzeria, e l’importante Padiglione del Libro per i giardini della Biennale, per passare alla sala dedicata alle Edizioni del Cavallino, con libri, fotografie, grafiche che si affiancano alla produzione di ceramiche e sculture. Il pubblico può inoltre interagire attivamente con la mostra grazie alla presenza di tre schermi touch screen che permettono di navigare all’interno di una ricchissimo archivio di immagini, lettere, documenti per lo più inediti che restituiscono la complessità dei rapporti di Cardazzo con gli artisti dell’epoca e l’atmosfera culturale dell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra. Davvero preziosi i due cortometraggi realizzati dal collezionista veneziano tra il 1936 e il ‘37, Riflessi e Scene dalla strada, che oltre a rivelare l’interesse per la cinematografia di questa poliedrica figura, mostrano al pubblico una Venezia ormai dimenticata. Il percorso espositivo riserva infine il grande ritorno a Venezia della Battaglia di Lepanto di George Mathieu, monumentale tela di 5 metri per 2 che l’artista francese dipinse proprio alla Galleria del Cavallino nel 1959. 
In occasione delle celebrazioni dei 60 anni della Collezione Peggy Guggenheim a Venezia, ogni giorno alle 15.30 i visitatori potranno seguire visite guidate gratuite alla mostra.
Ricordiamo infine che lunedì 10 novembre, alle 17.30, presso l’Ateneo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, Luca Massimo Barbero, terrà una lezione d’approfondimento sulla mostra.

Introduction
Definition and specific characters of fashion designs
Elements excluded from protection
Legal nature of fashion designs: aesthetic innovation
Legal protection of fashion designs
Applied work of art protected under Copyright
Fashion designs under Industrial Property Law
Criteria for protection: new and original
“individuality”: subjective novelty for applied work of art
“originality”: objective novelty for fashion designs
Legal protection: definition and exclusive rights
Fashion designs protected under industrial property: economical rights
Applied work of art protected under Copyright: economical and moral rights
Principle of territoriality
European Union Design Protection
registered design
unregistered design
Geneva Act of Hague Agreement
Concluding remarks

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The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c) (3), public, non-profit organization, linking both academics and professionals alike and is dedicated in fostering international cultural exchange through the creation of a variety of educational events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students. The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it.

The Arts of Fashion Foundation was created in December 2001 as the U.S. extension of the world renowned Concours International des Jeunes Créateurs de Mode, an international student design competition sponsored by Air France and the Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode. This global competition was introduced in 1982 in Japan and has grown steadily over the past 23 years, including over 200 finalists from 17 countries.