They say Venice is made up of more than 100 islands, well, it turns out it is also made up of a thousand cultural values, worthy of Chanel’s love for culture.
In ode to Gabrielle Chanel’s creative world, the Maison will be presenting the CULTURE CHANEL exhibition entitled ‘The woman who reads’ at the Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice, from September 17th 2016 until January 8th 2017.
The first chapter of this enlightening journey started off in 2007 and since then, it’s evolution has gifted the world with a fruitful collection of individual exhibitions conceived by Jean-Louis Froment. Each exhibition narrates the tail of Gabrielle Chanel’s tumultuous story in the 20th Century, drawing attention to the relationships Mademoiselle Chanel had with the best creative minds back then. Everything she seeded, she sowed, from her friendships to her most intimate conversations. Whatever she did or read, she intricately portrayed it in her designs and it was her truest trademark.
With the enormous slew of exhibitions hopping from one place to another, from Moscow, to Shanghai, Beijing, Canton, Paris, Seoul and now Venice, the House will surely be able to communicate the foundation of the universal language.
In the seventh chapter of Culture Chanel, the world will finally understand Gabrielle’s creative world through her readings. The great Coco maintained a widely-acknowledged library, true to her ingenious personality. Some could see the works of Homer and Plato, while others will interpret the works of Virgil, Sophocles, Lucretius, Dante, Montaigne, Cervantes, Madame de Sévigné, Stéphane Mallarmé. But whatever it is she did, it gloriously worked, as this diversity in her readings have deeply penetrated her fashionable senses, granting her a unique vocabulary, one that is globally cherished.
And since Venice is billed as Gabrielle Chanel’s main source of inspiration, the exhibition will be showcasing dedications, archives, photographs, paintings, drawings, art objects from her Paris apartment, jewelry pieces and perfumes. The public will finally get a sip of the Gabrielle Chanel cup, full of romantic poetries with hints of classism and the baroque.
Chanel may be one of the finest fashion brands out there, and Mademoiselle Coco remains the untainted soul of the house!
