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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#ff0000 size=6>Free entry to teachers
& students <BR></FONT></STRONG><SPAN
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face=Verdana>“The Art of Fashion”<BR>Exhibition open until 21 September
<BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR></SPAN><FONT
size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT face=Verdana><B>A dress made from a
pressed metal ceiling and a hat made of flywire are just two of the amazing
pieces on display at the <FONT color=#ff0000>Australian Academy of
Design’s</FONT> Clement Meadmore Gallery at 220 Ingles St, Port Melbourne</B>.
Exhibition open Mon – Fri 9am-5pm<BR> <BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana>This exhibition provides a fresh look
at some of the objects and accoutrements of the fashion industry. Inspired by
the elegance usually associated with haute couture, the industrial materials
have been reinterpreted to create something new. Garments made of folded and
desiccated paper, rolled and folded door-screen wire, and garments of garden ivy
inspired by the aesthetics of the materials are combined to create a new
aesthetic. <BR> <BR>Opening at the Australian Academy of Design’s Clement
Meadmore gallery during Melbourne’s Spring Fashion Week, this exhibition is set
to challenge boundaries and distinctions, and engage Academy students and the
public in debate about what constitutes art and fashion.<BR> <BR>Curated by
Isabel Sweetapple and Malcolm Thomson, the exhibition celebrates the
introduction of fashion design courses at the Australian Academy of Design.
<BR>Featuring work by Australian artists and fashion designers Jenny Bannister,
Gemma Nightingale, Brigit Heller, Rosanna Modica and Deb
Sleeman.<BR> <BR>It was the comments of outstanding French fashion designer
Coco Chanel and author Henry Fuseli that prompted the Australian Academy of
Design to contemplate an exhibition which might focus attention on the changing
aesthetic of fashion design. Fuseli’s comment, “Fashion is the bastard of
vanity, dressed by art” provoked consideration of the links between art and
fashion design. Chanel’s observation that “Fashion is not something that exists
in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with
ideas, the way we live, what is happening” stimulated the brief for the artists
in “The Art in Fashion” exhibition. </FONT><FONT face=Verdana><B>Fashion design
meets art to craft new and unexpected objects.<BR></B><BR>The exhibition is open
to the public 9am-5pm Mon-Fri until 21 September<BR>For further information
contact Sandra Boyd or Malcolm Thomson on 9676 9000<BR> <BR>For upcoming
events at the Australian Academy of Design visit the website
www.designacademy.edu.au <BR><BR>Kind regards<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial">--
<BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT
color=#00007c><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Sandra
Boyd<BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#00007c><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px">Marketing Manager<BR><B>Australian Academy of
Design<BR><BR></B>Campus<B> 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne
VIC<BR></B>Mail <B>PO Box 5200
South Melbourne </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><B><FONT color=#00007b>VIC </FONT><FONT
color=#00007c>3205 Australia<BR></FONT></B><FONT color=#00007c>Phone
<B>+61 3 9676 9000 <BR></B>Fax
<B>+61 3 9676 9066
<BR></B>Web
<B>www.designacademy.edu.au
<BR></B></FONT><FONT color=#00007b>Email
</FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><B><U>marketing@designacademy.edu.au</U></B></FONT><B><FONT
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face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">Australian
Academy of Design<BR>Registered Training Organisation No.
4656<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=2><SPAN
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