"RE-SIGNIFY PART TWO" by VALENTINO A new multidisciplinary exhibition in Beijing.

Valentino's new multidisciplinary exhibition "Re-Signify Part Two" in Beijing.

"RE-SIGNIFY PART TWO"

VALENTINO

A new multidisciplinary exhibition in Beijing.

From 17. October to 7. November 2021.

"RE-SIGNIFY PART TWO" exhibition with red Valentino dress

Mariuccia Casadio and Jacopo Bedussi curate objects from the Valentino archive, new works by creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and works by contemporary artists along the 4 pillars of the Valentino identity Haute Couture, Atelier, Stud and VLogo. Staged at SKP South's T-10 exhibition space in Beijing, the exhibition will occupy 43,200 square feet of space flooded with natural light throughout. An additional space will be dedicated to the contemporary and comprehensive interpretation of the new Valentino make-up line.

Visitors to the exhibition will be offered a comprehensive passionate brand experience, in one of the most vibrant cities in the world.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Cao Fei, Xu Zhen, Gioele Amaro, Robert Müller, Liu Shiyuan, Cheng Ran, Shen Xin, Xu Wenkai, Amkk, Jonas Mekas, Yeesookyung, Nick Knight, Jacopo Bedussi, Pajama, Robert Del Naja, Wu Rui and Alessandro Teoldi.

GIOELE AMARO

HAUTE COUTURE VALENTINO DAYDREAM/VALENTINO OF GRACE AND LIGHT

Gioele Amaro is a digital artist working on the perception of images and the fallibility of the human eye. In his 6 exhibited works, which are a kind of polyptych, digital design is expressed in physical artefacts that become metallic and reflect surfaces, light and the 6 exhibited Valentino dresses, among them 3 Haute Couture models and

3 models from the "Valentino of Grace and Light" collection.

THE ARTWORKS

The artists engage intensely with the creative universe of the Valentino brand. Tension is created when Pierpaolo Piccioli's creative process meets the artists' paths and different languages, incoherent because they are poetic and personal.

Each figure presented is the result of a mediation between the idea, the craftsmanship and the technical ability. The artists have created three-dimensional, photographed, exaggerated or avatarised figures. Light, darkness and shadow and their interaction with materials and surfaces as well as the phenomena of reflection and refraction are explored. Nature also plays an important role in the exhibition, in minimalist beauty, in photography or film, as 3D or in pure abstraction.

Another central theme in the relationship between her works and the clothes is the city, present in various concentrations and archetypal of the development of human activity and creativity. A city that determines new codes for clothing and deconstructs the existing ones. The exhibition "Re-Signify Part Two" has found the perfect backdrop in Beijing's choice of location.

The result is perhaps a new perspective on the function of clothing in our society today.

YEESOOKYUNG

VALENTINO CODE TEMPORAL in front of a work of art by YEESOOKYUNG

The sculptures were made from fragments of vases. It is a tradition in this Korean craft that non-perfect vases are destroyed to preserve the flawlessness of the craft. The artist has repaired the fragments with gold and created a new form that is unexpected and narrative; a beauty has emerged from destruction and imperfection. A connection is made to the bright colours of the Valentino Haute Couture Code Temporal Collection from 2021.

VALENTINO HC 2018 surrounded by artworks.

JACOPO BENASSI

VALENTINO HC 2018

In this series of black and white photographs printed on fabric, Jacopo Benassi tries to dissolve the hierarchical character of classical statues by using photographic techniques. They are details of statues from the Villa Borghese. A connection is created between the artwork and the dress from the Haute Couture Collection FW 2018, which appears like a cloud through the sublimity of the volume and the lightness of the fabric.

ALESSANDRO TEOLDI

VALENTINO DES ATELIERS HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION

A textile work made from blankets the artist received from passengers on Air France, Avianca, Continental and Delta flights. This work represents the artist's approach to connecting stories through materials such as textiles, sculptures, drawings or paintings. Pierpaolo Piccioli combined this work with a coat from the Valentino Des Atelier Haute Couture Collection.

PIERPAOLO PICCIOLI AND THE ARTISTS

The designer presented Valentino Des Ateliers Haute Couture in Venice in July 2021 at the Arsenale's Gaggiandre. The already legendary collection was a dialogue between art and fashion. Piccioli invited 15 artists to participate in his collection - including names like Luca Coser, Jamie Nares, Wu Rui and Malte Zenses - whose works were then incorporated in the dresses.

For Pierpaolo Piccioli, fashion is not art, because art has no purpose outside itself, while fashion always has a practical framework, a function, a use. He stresses the importance of recognising differences and listening to each other. All this takes time, just like art and fashion.

"I am interested in the idea of humanism that nourishes creativity. The human connection that forms this Maison is for me the best team possible. Here I have discovered that no innovation can exist without a profound knowledge of tradition. At the same time, I know that the sense of limit that springs from this awareness gives you the freedom of thinking of how to trespass it. This, in synthesis, will be the new Valentino direction. A human narration, personal yet unanimous, of a story that is yet to be written."

Pierpaolo Piccioli

Quote: www.valentino.com

By G.19. October 2021