Property News · May 7, 2016

Missoni homes in on the zigzags


Missoni’s iconic patterns are on show in an extraordinary exhibition that explores the family’s creative output, encompassing not only fashion but homewares tooT he first piece of work on display at Missoni Art Colour is a painting by Ottavio Missoni, who co-founded the label with his wife, Rosita, in 1953. It’s a large, white canvas from 1973, divided into blocks of multicoloured stripes that resemble barcodes.Ottavio’s son, Luca, the artistic director of the Missoni archive and co-curator of the show at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum, isn’t sure which way it should be hung. His father, who died in 2013, recalled the stripes running horizontally across the canvas, but after much discussion, Ottavio reportedly said: “I don’t care which way you hang it, Luca. Just don’t ask me again.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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