Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Antwerp, some galleries.

Well, just two actually. But very impressive.
I went to the Modemuseum, the museum of fashion, which had a very interesting exhibition on called Unravelled. It was all about knit in fashion and types of knit.

These were crazy knit socks by Vivienne Westwood.

Phat knits made an appearence. Knit covered foam, then knitted. I wanted to jump on it, but I dont think the gallery attendants would have liked that.

Knit bathing suits..

This was by an artist who did a knit world. Knit food and flowers.

Knit christian louboutins!

This dress was amazing, so sculptural!

Knit patterns, Elsa Schiaparelli, and the cool knits of the 1920s.

1960s knit. I love the dress. Someone knit me it!

Karl Lagerfield dress. Combines the knitting needles and ball of wool with the piece.

Very textural red dress.

More phat knits. Not so phat, but the colour grading was beautiful.


After that Gallery I went for the long walk to Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA)
The modern art museum of Antwerp.

They had a big exhibition on by some dudes that was supposed to be amazing, but ended up being orange yellow white and black strips painted on a floor with tape letters. I liked the idea about the interaction with the space, but it wasnt that inspiring. I liked this room though. The roof is interesting in context with the writing.

Some more interesting art. Pens and broken glasses.

These were very cool pieces by Daniel Von Weinberger.


Fly necklace!

This room was filled with these. A photo of a market, a quote from the market, and an object from the market, displayed the in the same position as the photo. I really liked this. Some were quite funny, like this one "They still hold breast up rather good." By Yelena Vorobyeva and Viktor Vorobyev.

And this was a small gallery that was looking at recycling in art. It has potential... but it needs work I'd say.

Overall a pretty good gallery experience. Tomorrow I'm heading to bruges for some touristy stuff. Gonna eat chocolate and do the canals. Hopefully the sun shines for  some photos but I think its going to be 11 degrees.

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