Category Archives: Ausstellungen

12 in 12 – Marcello Geppetti und das Dolce Vita

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Ein Monat in Rom könnte nicht besser beginnen, als mit einer Ausstellung von Marcello Geppetti, einem der der grössten italienischen Fotografen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Keiner brachte  das Lebensgefühl des Dolce Vita so gut rüber wie der Maestro. Nicht wenige behaupten, er war der erste gute Paparazzi (und damit vielleicht auch der letzte). Ob die Fotos einer furiosen Anita Ekberg,  Sofia Loren im Zwiegespräch mit Vittorio de Sica oder den ersten Kuss zwischen Richard Burton und Elisabeth Taylor: der beste Schnappschuss gelang immer Geppetti. In der Dolce Vita Gallery an der Via Palermo 41 kann man die Fotos in Übergrösse bewundern und ganz tief in die Zeit des grossen italienischen Films eintauchen.

Sophia Loren und Vittoria de Sica
Sofia Loren und Vittorio de Sica

Was war das für eine Zeit. Mit La Dolce Vita von Frederico Fellini begann 1960 der Abschnitt der Grenzüberschreitungen auf der Suche nach neuen Sujets, Formen und Genres. Man begründete den erweiterten Realismus, einen undogmatischen Erzählstil, sowie einen Surrealismus, der Traum und Fantastik wie selbstverständlich in die Darstellung mit einschloss.

Audrey Hepburn in Rom beim einkaufen
Audrey Hepburn in Rom beim einkaufen

Zudem entwickelte sich eine bittere gesellschaftliche Satire. Dazu kamen neue Genres wie der Politthriller und der Italo-Western: ein Jahrzehnt der Aufbrüche in neue Dimensionen. Von Federico Fellini bis Michelangelo Antonioni, von Luchino Visconti bis Pier Paolo Pasolini, von Pietro Germi bis Francesco Rosi, von Sergio Leone bis Bernardo Bertolucci – all das waren grosse Meister ihres Fachs und machten Italien für rund eine Dekade zum Mittelpunkt der Filmwelt – und Geppetti war immer mitten drin.
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Eines der coolsten Bilder von Geppetti ist jenes, in dem ein Priester, der gerade beim turteln mit einer Frau erwischt wurde, dem Paparazzi hinterherläuft und versucht, die Kamera aus der Hand zu reissen, um die Negative sicher zu stellen. Geppetti ist zur Stelle und hält die Situation für die Ewigkeit fest.

Undercover – The Fashion Lovers Brand Is Fresher Than Ever

Jun Takahashi is the founder and head designer of cult Japanese label ‘Undercover’ – a label that is hotter than ever – 26 years after it’s been founded. Born in Kiryu, Gunma prefecture, Japan in September 1969, Takahashi studied Fashion Design at the Bunka Academy of Fashion. During his study period, he founded the ‘Undercover’ brand 1990 with his friend and classmate, Nigo (who heads the inconic Japanese streetwear label ‘A Bathing Ape’).

143822576610 PCL-14382257569The brand really began in 1993 when Takahashi and Nigo opened a store called Nowhere in the trendy Tokyo district of Harajuku. Undercover began to take off after the opening of Nowhere; therefore Takahashi and Nigo opened another shop in Aoyama (fashion district in Tokyo). Soon enough, Takahashi was seeing his designs on the catwalk in Tokyo and later in Paris. The brand’s punk and street-style look have propelled Takahashi in the fashion world and he continues to see success with his Undercover brand today. The designs are  the essence of japanese cool.
1416542954sue15ss_img969 PCL-1416543010sue15ss_img976Undercover has won countless awards and been praized by other fashion designers including Miuccia Prada and Rei Kawakubo. The pieces are hard to get and in high demand.

Strange and Familiar – Martin Parr Shows the Real Britain – Barbican

Curated by the iconic British photographer Martin Parr, Strange and Familiar at the Barbican in London  considers how international photographers from the 1930s onwards have captured the social, cultural and political identity of the UK.1_web_800x1178 10.-Strange-and-Familiar.-Cas-Oorthuys-750x752 images-2 images photography04

From social documentary and portraiture to street and architectural photography, the exhibition celebrates the work of leading photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rineke Dijkstra, Robert Frank and Garry Winogrand. Bringing together over 250 compelling photographs and previously unseen bodies of work, Strange and Familiar presents a vibrant portrait of modern Britain. For those who remember it’s a vivid reminder of an almost lost time. Not sure we want it back but it’s so deep and emotional. Easily the best exhibition we’ve seen this year. Easily. This can be seen at the Art Gallery of the Barbican until 19 June 2016

The Broad – The World’s Coolest Museum?

images the-broad_photo-by-iwan-baan_4911_custom-d8f6606ba939a799a9b4bde69c9f8dea84069a9b-s800-c85Traveling up through the middle of The Broad in the round, glass elevator you can peek inside what’s known as “the vault”— an entire floor storing the Broads’ collection of more than 2,000 paintings, photos and sculptures.

On the top floor of this new Los Angeles landmark, diffused natural light pours in through skylights. There’s work here from Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman and Chris Burden. There’s an entire room for Takashi Murakami.

kusamaThis is the gift to the world made possible by Eli and Edythe Broad. Forbes estimates Eli Broad is worth $7.4 billion. He made his fortune building suburban tract homes, and also running an insurance company. He and his wife bought their first artwork — a van Gogh drawing — and then quickly switched to collecting contemporary art. He says they liked buying works with social or political meaning. And along the way, they’ve gotten to know the artists personally.
Called The Broad (pronounced brode) and housed in a $140 million, three-story building by Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, it enshrines the collection of some 2,000 works. There are 2 main stars: The building itself and the Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room, a mirror-lined chamber housing a dazzling and seemingly endless LED light display,  Just beautiful to put it mildly.

Vogue 100: A Century of Style – National Portrait Gallery

UnknownFashion may be fickle, but the fashion photographer’s lens is also a mirror. ‘Vogue 100: A Century of Style’ is as much a reflection of a hundred years of our history as it is a celebration of the original glossy.

BRITISHVOGUE100EXHIBITIONBorn in 1916 during WWI, when shipping the US magazine became impossible, British Vogue has always been more than a fashion mag. And this exhibition is so much more than a collection of pretty models in pretty clothes – JG Ballard and Aldous Huxley have both written for Vogue. A pre-fatwa Salmon Rushdie has shared an issue with John Galliano, years before the latter’s fall from grace. Both Queen Elizabeth and her boozy mum have appeared. And, of course, most of the century’s best photographers have shot for its pages.

vogue_3432347bIn this thoughtfully arranged show, at the National Portrait Museum in London it’s the little details that make the difference – from the cocktail style menu of credits in the 1930s room to the wall of seemingly disparate portraits of actress Helena Bonham Carter, milliner Stephen Jones and model Ben Grimes-Viort – united by a colour scheme of feathery pink. A side room shows a series of slides from the ’40s to the ’90s; as though you’re in the cutting room, you watch images go from picture to page.

Elephant – Post Internet Art

elephant23-l-242994_slideElephant is a quarterly magazine on contemporary art and visual culture. Featuring up-to-the-minute visual material, fresh faces and original voices, the magazine covers and uncovers new trends and talent in contemporary visual culture. The latest issue is dedicated to Post Internet Art.
Seriously, what is Post-Internet Art? Elephant’s summer issue canvasses opinions from Cory Arcangel, Camille Henrot, Mishka Henner and, of course, Bruce Lee, to form 60 pages of glitches, pixels, memes, Google Maps and celebrities on screens. In the issue, we encounter Elmgreen & Dragset in the toilets of London’s Hayward Gallery on the tenth anniversary ofPrada Marfa and much more…e23-p058-059-spread-243009_slide

Expo Milano – Top 4 Reasons To Go

Reason Nr. 4: American Food in trucks and James Beard

There are 2 ways to enjoy the best of american food in Milano. One is the replica of the James Beard Foundation in the very center of Milano. James-Beard-American-Restaurant-Milan-694x420This is the highest honor american cooks can get: The James Beard award – and you can be part of it. If you don’t want to spend as much the other way to enjoy amazing american food is to check out the food trucks at the pavilion. The lobster roll was specifically developed for this event and has been tested and tested again: perfection. xlobster-roll.jpg.pagespeed.ic.4QK6P_K-yDEATER-FOOD-TRUCKS_0

Expo Milano – Top 4 Reasons to Go

Reason Nr. 2 to go to the Expo Milano

The best cooks will cook for you.
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Fine dining at Expo 2015 goes under the brand of Identità Golose thanks to Identità Expo, the event – created in collaboration with S. Pellegrino – which for six months will summon great Italian and international chefs to Milan for a unique, extremely elegant temporary restaurant. -dsc4429-1 original_012-identita--golose12There will also be lessons, cooking shows, meetings, demonstrations. Have dinner at the expo. Check the schedule and enjoy a very reasonable priced meal you will never forget. Time your visit with the arrival of the cook of your choice. Ferran Adria anyone? Just register and bon appetit