The Exhibition of SERPENTIform
August, 23, 2017 I went to ArtScience Museum at Marina by Sands to sew an exhibition by serpentiform.
(All picture below taken by myself)
( Painting by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788 - Skrink and rat Snake)
Luckly not only saw an exhibition I also found the Hokusai painting (one of famous painter in Edo period) with related for my Capsule Collection theme.
(Painting by Katsushika Hokusai, 1831 - Memorial Anniversary )
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
The theme of this exhibition is to explores a many things from snake motif that has be an inspiration for many people cross time and space. This motif has inspired the world of jewels, arts, design, fashion, decorative arts and photography.
(Jim Starr, Medusa, 2011)
The exhibition was showing ancients jewels and antiquities to modern and contemporary artworks by Keith Haring, Niki de Saint Phalle , Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, Franz von Stuck, Marc Chagall, Joana Vasconcelos, Motohiko Odani, Heri Dono and Wu Jian’an. There's also an original photographic by Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Hujar which that is one of their masterpieces. Bvlgari also became a reason why we need go to this exhibition.
In fashion and textile, a snake is one of inspiration that has extraordinary decorative potential. In another way, for women snake is a symbol of seducing with irony, who tempt with elegance.
(Left : Minerva, Claudio Moteverdi's Incoronazione di Poppea, costume by Sylvano Bussotti for Teatro Regio di Torino, 1977)
(Right : Original Turandot costume based on a sketch by Umberto Brunelleschi and worn by Marina Jeritza for the premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House of New York in 1926)
( Left : "DRAGON" embroideried dress, late 19th Century- early 20th Century)
(Right : Turandot Costume,1900s)
( Haute Couture dress with Serpentine Embriderie, 1990 - Courtney of Balestra Haute Couture, Roma)
Snake is known as universal symbol, which have become part of human mythology and are embedded in the cultural tradition of diverse cultures across of renewal and rebirth.Ouroboros is the formation of a circle by a snake seemingto bite or eat it's own tail. It's has been defined in some cultures as the enternal ring as a symbol of crator. Usually it's become an idea for making a jewel.
( Michael Velliquette, 2014 - the Serpent of Patience and Learning)
Bvlgari Serpenti made this exhibition more interesting because they showed a private jewelry collection such as necklace, bracelet- watch, and bag with snake theme.
Actually, Bvlgari's Serpenti creation is the product of the brand's roman roots and it's tradition of over 130 years of jewelry making. In 1940s Bvlgari knew the aesthetic power of snake (old symbol), so for the first time, they made a sinuous bracelet-watches. These collection immediate successes and helped consolidate the Maison's international fame.
Source:
https://www.bulgari.com/en-us/serpentiform-exhibition-singapore
http://www.marinabaysands.com/museum/serpentiform.html#dWJESU3AvhowfKX6.97
Other informations and pictures taken from the museum
