January 22, 2012
winterSALON/2012: Marga Weimans' exploration of shape and ultimate luxury goods @ Willet-Holthysen & Ons'Lieve Heer Op Solder
winterSALON/2012: Marga Weimans' exploration of shape and ultimate luxury goods at museum Willet-Holthysen & Ons'Lieve Heer Op Solder |
| Marga Weimans - Ons'Lieve Heer op Solder wintersalon/2012 |
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| Marga Weimans-Willet-Holthuysen wintersalon/2012 |
Marga Weimans (b.1970, Rotterdam) is an international oriented fashion house that expands itself to multiple disciplines including fashion, architecture
and fine arts.
Weimans graduated at the prestigious Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts with
her collection 'The Power Of My Dreams’ (2005), of which two designs are
displayed at the Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder during WinterSalon/2012. This
collection shows the power of dreaming, convinced by the idea what you dream is
who you are. In this collection love, fame and success – three elements we all
dream of – is reflected in the creations, but the key theme is also the dreams
of strong black woman in today’s society. Weimans designs symbolize the
eccentricity, political incorrectness and dignity that come to play analyzing
the contemporary black woman.
Furthermore,
Marga Weimans will present an installation in Museum Willet Holthuysen during
winterSALON/2012, which is called 'Hermès Bag by Night'. This object
form an exploration of shape and first experimental study on ultimate luxury
goods, the obsession with such handbags, the texture of crocodile leather, and classical and most sought after
shapes in the market, but distill such aspects to interiors and the facades of
buildings. This object was exhibited in TENT Rotterdam.
Weimans
pushes the boundaries of the fashion industry with her collections varying from
haute couture to pret-a-porter, architectural showpieces and minimalistic
dresses. She wants to show her personal development and innovation in her
creations. She incorporates elements of nature and space, using earth tones and
natural fabrics. She works with 3D perspectives and her designs include
materials like wood, iron, resin and fabrics mixed with fiberglass.
Weimans
graduated in 2005 as a fashion designer at the prestigious Antwerp Royal
Academy of Fine Arts. Her graduation collection The Power Of My Dreams won the i-D award in 2005 which is organized
by worldwide fashion magazine i-D. With this collection she was also nominated
for the Design Prize Rotterdam. Weimans' work is purchased by and exhibited at the
Dutch Groninger Museum. Her collections were presented in two haute couture
weeks in Paris and in several exhibitions in in the Netherlands.
Order your tickets for winterSALON/2012 at www.salon1.org/tickets.
January 20, 2012
winterSALON/2012: Atelier Edwin Oudshoorn
Edwin Oudshoorn makes couture clothing but does not
limit himself to what is currently in fashion. Instead, much of his work comes
from the observation of people and places around him. Edwin Oudshoorn graduated
on Fashion Design at the ArtEZ institute of the Arts in 2004 with a collection
based on his experiences growing up in a small village. Since then, amongst
others, he has been asked to present collections at the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam, Gemeente Museum in The Hague and the Teylers Museum in Haarlem. He
showed his collection ‘Pining for the Heavens in 2010 at Mussee de la vie
Romantique in Paris during the Couture Week.
Last summer, he presented the collection ‘Wie ein
Hinde’ as part of SALON/2 in Amsterdam and was invited to take part in the
first Aruban fashion week, also as part of SALON/ and Aruba In Style.
During winterSALON/2012 Edwin Oudshoorn will exhibit
his collection he designed especcialy for Aruba In Style at his new Atelier,
found at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 97. Also, Edwin will show in the etalage of Maison de Bonneterie.
SPECIAL EVENT:
SPECIAL EVENT:
- Wanneerdonderdag 2 februari 2012
- Tijd17:00 tot 19:00
- WaarEdwin Oudshoorn Couture, Oudezijds Voorburgwa
l 97, 1012EL Amsterdam - Beschrijving
Please join me to celebrate the opening of my new Salon and Atelier with an exhibition as part of Winter SALON 2012.
I realise this is short notice, so if you can't make it, the exhibition is open from 28th January until 5th February from 12:00 - 17:00 every day.
See you then,
Edwin
http://www.facebook.com/events/259901060745663/
winterSALON/2012: Painted Table Dress at Museum Van Loon
Painted Table Dress
In
the spirit of Painted Series, where designs evolve with more than one pair of hands, Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet
Sweerts of Painted created a special concept
for AIS SALON/ in Aruba last november 2011: the Painted Table Dress. It’s a dress annex table cloth in order
of a special workshop: 16 people, varying from social workers, creative
artists, local entrepreneurs and a fashion blogger, who get together to embroider
on this table dress.
The assignment of Painted to the volunteers was: embrace what
you get, like it is a gift, and bring it a level further. In other words: your
creations will be the starting point for someone else. Like a canon. And that's
not easy, to let go your personal embroidery you have worked on!
During
the workshop Saskia and Margreet explained a few basic embroidery techniques
and created a visual dialogue with the colorful yarns between the mixture of
people. All participants of the workshop made a fantasy fish, water waves, a fantasy
bird and treads that leaded to the top of the cloth.
The end result
For
Painted it was an emotional moment seeing their effort and creation get
together so well on the day of the final presentation, when the dress was reveiled as part of a special performance by dancer Alydia Wever. It was exactly what they wished for when they created the idea
of a table dress two years ago. "It felt really, really good, its a
disclosure so perfect it moved me deeply", Margreet Sweerts said. Sakia
van Drimmelen: "The idea was already there, but never the right moment. We
were asked two years ago to create a table cloth, but just making a table cloth
and present it in a shop felt unnatural and not 'painted' like. I knew all
along this table cloth should be a made by more than one pair of hands. I saw
people sitting around the table and embroider together, even when you never did
that before. I am really happy with the result."
The project of the Painted Table dress is SALON/ pur sang. The Painted Table Dress can be admired in Museum Van Loon.
Video Table Speech
The project of the Painted Table dress is SALON/ pur sang. The Painted Table Dress can be admired in Museum Van Loon.
Video Table Speech
In Museum van Loon the video of the Table Dress presentation in Aruba will be showed, made by Ken Wolff, called 'Table Speech'. Its a video that have captured how time stood still on the shores of Aruba the day of the presentation.
Come and see this exclusive and breath taking concept of Painted at winterSALON/2012. Please, order your tickets at www.salon1.org/tickets or buy a ticket at the museum.
Come and see this exclusive and breath taking concept of Painted at winterSALON/2012. Please, order your tickets at www.salon1.org/tickets or buy a ticket at the museum.
Painted
Table Dress, in cooperation with Painted Series, Alydia Wever (dance), Michael Lampe (music),
Scol di Arte, UNOCA and SALON/.
About
Painted
Led by Dutch designers Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet Sweerts, Painted Series is a collective that blurs the lines between fashion and performance, and expands the idea of what a garment can be.
For more
information visit www.paintedseries.com
winterSALON/2012: Alet Pilon 'Between life and death is the field of dying'
‘Between life and death is the field of dying.
Dying goes together with hope, despair, fear,
struggle, denial, impalpability and vulnerability.
To represent this field between life and
death, I use the human body as a metaphor for life, the (parts of an) animal as
metaphor for death’. - Alet Pilon
A key element
in the work of Alet Pilon is the force between humans and animals. By
combining animal material, imitation fur and human body parts Pilon represents
this force field: on one hand we are fascinated by the animal world, the beauty
of mother nature and its destructive power; on the other we are the ones who
threaten nature and the animal kingdom with extinction due to our consumption
and luxurious needs. This paradox relationship is what Pilon reflects in her
artifacts, with elemens from fashion, biology and crafts.
The art work of Alet Pilon can be admired at Museum Willet-Holthuysen and Ons'Lieve Heer op Solder as part of winterSALON/2012. Order your tickets HERE.
Note: Recently the
book ‘Not Me’ is published, about
the work of Alet Pilon. (Published by d’Jonge Hond).
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