HUSSEIN CHALAYAN EXHIBITION - ISTANBUL MODERN

From July 15 - October 24, 
Tuesdays-Sundays 10 am - 6 pm 

Meclis-i Mebusan Cad., Liman Isletmeleri, Sahasi Antrep No 4, 34433 Istanbul
 

Istanbul Modern Museum exhibits a variety of the collections, films and art projects from Cypress born British designer Hussein Chalayan who has started his label under his name in 1994. Chalayan has graduated from London's Central St. Martin's College of Art & Design in 1993 and won the title "Designer of the Year" by the British Fashion Awards twice, 1999 and 2000. The exhibition is curated by Donna Loveday, senior curator at London's Design Museum.

(photo: wooden corset from the autumn/winter collection 1995/6 www.fashion-lifestyle.net)

ENCHANTMENT by MARINA BYCHKOVA

Paying sharp attention to details can only result in overall beauty - leaving you with feelings of overall enchantment. Vancouver artist Marina Bychkova is proving exactly this. Lately she has fascinated Berlin with her exhibition "Fragility Show" that showed her 34cm, ball-jointed porcelain dolls at the Strychnin Gallery. Whether nude or decorated with costumes, tattoos and accessories also relating to literary characters like Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, you can order a customized doll from her website. The dolls are made individually for you or your beloved one. You can choose haircolour, hairlength, freckles, skin tone, pubic hair etc. The cost of a nude doll without customization is $1.985 CND. To make your gift complete you can include Paul Gallico's fictional short story "Enchanted Doll" after which Marina named her dolls.

(photo from www.enchanteddoll.com)