SALON/istanbul presents: PAINTED workshop in Istanbul - a presentation at Magazijn 153

SALON/istanbul presents: 'Volant' - a workshop at IMA (istanbul) - 2012 from Salon/ - culturalfashionparcours on Vimeo.

SALON/istanbul presents: Linda Maissan in the Chinese Room of Museum Geelvink-Hinlopen

'Pot Luck' - Collages of fashion magazine pages, illustrated with black yarns

Vogue covers recovered by Maissan

Artist and textile designer Linda Maissan creates clothing in which magazines are represented. With  handmade, unique T-shirts she shows in Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen, she blurs the boundaries between fashion and art.  
Maissan studies the representation of the female body and image in contemporary visual culture incorporating images into paperwork collages. She edits Vogue covers, luxury product advertorials and images fashion shoots by scrathing, pasting, cuting, painting or even sewing.
The female figures she chose are displayed in different guises, such as the warrior, the nymph, the hybrid, the transformer or the domestic figure. 
In earlier work she focused on transformation, metamorphosis and mythology by incorporating animal or cyborg-like elements in representations of women, thereby strengthening their superhuman proportions.   
Since 1998 she makes magazines and fanzines with titles like “The Editors Interview”, “Hust” and “Pot Luck”.  In more recent work Maissan investigates how human figures can approach the status of object, with references to Modernism, making use of excisiting materials such as photos, books and magazines.

Website with more work of Maissan, visit www.brightandbeautiful.nl 


Linda Maissan studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht and the Jan van Eyck Academy and participated before at SALON/maastricht. 

SALON/istanbul high light: De Oude Kerk - only to be seen untill July 15th!!!

De Oude Kerk in Amsterdam - one of SALON/istanbul high lights 30/6-15/7 2012 from Salon/ - culturalfashionparcours on Vimeo.

SALON/istanbul: Anne Stooker's 'Frozen Moments' at Josephine Colsens atelier - not to be missed

SALON/istanbul - video Sara Vrugt

Look at You 06 - by Sara Vrugt - SALON/istanbul from Salon/ - culturalfashionparcours on Vimeo.

Sara Vrugt: ' The concept of veiling and the way women deal with this controversial piece of fabric form the inspiration for this collection, together with an interest for authentic techniques. Part of the investigation concerning this matter has been revealed in these garments'