HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON'S EXHIBITION IN ROME

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) had a very long career. It began in the late Twenties, and only came to an and at the dawn of the 21st century, going through various periods of development that cannot really be summed up as a single stylistic entity. This exhibition show that there was not just one, but several Cartier-Bresson. The exhibition follows Cartier-Bresson's career from Surrealism to May 68, including the Spanish Civil War, decolonization and the economic boom of the "Trente Glorieuses". Ten years after his death, after research work lasting several years, this is a new interpretation of the vast body of pictures he left us, a long way from all the legends and clichés. Through over 400 photographs, drawings, paintings and documents, the exhibition present a history of his work.  H.C. Bresson's bent for photography was due to a combination of factors: an artistic predisposition, unremitting study, personal ambition, something in the air and various encounters. He began to take pictures in the 20's, and here painting, that he practised also an amateur, was a key element.  But the surrealist attitude marked him more deeply the subversive spirit, a liking for games, the importance given to the subconscious, the joy of strolling through the streets, and a tendency to leave things to chance.  He was probably one of the most authentically surrealist photographers of his generations.  In these pictures, it was hardly a question of evoking the dreaming slumbers of the surrealists, more of showing the living conditions of the deeply deprived.  Alongside his surrealist-style pictures, then, we find more documentary and social side in his output.

The first commission for a newspaper consisted of taking pictures of children chosen randomly in a big competition entitled "The mystery of the lost child". Parents who recognized their children were invited to report to the editorial team to receive a reward. None of children chosen by the photographer was really "lost", in either the geographical or the domestic sense. The newspaper presented them as such so as to claim the glory for their rescue.

Portrait of Alberto Giacometti

Portrait of Truman Capote

In 1947 Cartier-Bresson inaugurated his first major retrospective at the Mo.MA in New York. A few months later, with Robert Capa, David Saymour, George Rodger and William Vandivert, he founded the cooperative Magnum Photos, which soon became a world reference in terms of high quality photo reportage.

Until January 25, 2015
Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta-Roma

ROMA STREET STYLE - BORGO SANTO SPIRITO

Alessia Zucca

NEW DESIGNERS: T.H.CHEN

Chen was born and raised in Taiwan,finished a BA of textile design (knitwear specific). To learn fashion knitwear with different aspects,recently focus on knitted felt fabric by power knit machines. He applied for a master program of fashion knitwear design in Nottingham Trent University.
 Felted textiles and menswear inspired by the details and contoured shapes in Japanese Samurai armour. Designed using a combination of ancient and advanced approaches, such as felting and power knitting; this hand and digitally crafted collection presents contemporary menswear with new, fashioned forms of protection.

ESCHER-CHIOSTRO DEL BRAMANTE ROME

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), the great Dutch engraver, belongs to that special category of artists known to the general public not so much by name, but rather for their captivating creations. We may not remember who was responsible for masterpieces such Metamorphosis II (my favorite, I'd be hours watching), Hand with Reflecting Sphere and Day and Night, which can all be found in this exhibition, but we have worn them on t-shirts, or admired them on posters on our bedroom walls as children.
This exhibition aims to explain how this intellectual came to create these extraordinary works, which even for our generation, long accustomed to the sophisticated graphics found on computers and websites, still have the capacity to amaze.
The starting point for all of Escher's work is his ability to observe nature in a different way, with a different viewpoint, adopting an outlook that gave him a clear insight into the beauty inherent in the geometrical regularity of the world, which can be magical and playful at times.
It is no coincidence that Escher's attraction to the extraordinary and unusual first took root in his heart and mind as a result of his amazement at the beauty Italian landscape. It was this acquaintance with a new form of nature, coming as he did from the gentle flatness of the Netherlands, which inspired him to search for the secrets of the tessellation of the geometric plane. The challenge was to use a continually repeated module to fill a surface completely, without leaving any gaps, like the squares on a chessboard. However, if you replace this shape with an illustration of a small man, knight or crocodile, for instance, you enter the boundless world of Escher, where imagination plays with geometry and crystallography.

Beetles

Madonna

Hand with Reflecting Sphere

Nocturnal Rome:Colonnade of St Peter's

St Peter's Dome Interior

The Bridge

Mosaic, Plane Filling II

Palm

Sky and water

Moebius band II

Snakes

Until February 21,2015
Chiostro del Bramante
Via Arco della Pace 5-Roma

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A party last Saturday in Naples:UnderNapoli1
1 it means is the first of a series?..I hope so!

                   

YVES SAINT LAURENT S/S 2015

Kaleidoscope installation and original sound track, especially created for the show by Al Eide. 70s and rock’n’roll allure, Heidi Slimane goes into the essence of Yves Saint Laurent. Gold dresses and the tuxedo are worn with sequin turbans in the hair or with a chic hat. Rock ’n’ roll fantasies on the Saint Laurent runway. Stunning! Take a look

SAINT LAURENT WOMEN'S SPRING SUMMER 15 COLLECTION XIV SEPTEMBER 29. 2014 ALEIDE "1, 2, 3" ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY ALEIDE FOR SAINT LAURENT