Missoni - Art and Colour

Author(s): Luciano Caramel (Editor); Emma Zanella (Editor); Luca Missoni (Editor)

Fashion Industry

Published on the occasion of the Missoni, Art, Colour exhibition, this visually rich book surveys the history and inspiration behind one of the most iconic fashion houses of all time. Rosita and Ottavio Missoni launched their eponymous fashion house in the 1950s, combining art and fashion to create a unique style that is recognized all over the world. This book is both a celebration of the unmistakable Missoni style, whose innovative approach mixes color, pattern, and matter with an extraordinary sense of balance, and an exploration of works by artists who have influenced the designers over the course of their creative, cultural, and artistic journey.The book is divided into four thematic sections that describe the creative process of the Missoni house, from the sources of their inspiration to their transformation of material. It begins with "Roots," which presents the historical avant-garde in Europe, including works by Kandinsky, Klee, Balla, and Severini, and is followed by "Color, Material, and Shape," which focuses on Missoni fashion and design. "Conversations" explores Missoni's creativity in relation to Italian visual culture from the 1950s to the 1980s, and "Tapestries" reveals Ottavio Missoni's most significant works of art made of knitted patchwork."

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A contemporary art historian and museologist, since 2000 Emma Zanella has been the Director of MA*GA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Gallarate, and secretary and coordinator of the National Award of Visual Arts of the City of Gallarate, the coordinator of the Twister regional network for Contemporary Art and of the network for culture, OFFICINA CONTEMPORANEA. She curates and organizes many exhibitions and projects related to Italian and international artistic research, museology, the relationship between contemporary and public art. An art critic and art historian, he collaborated in 1970 with the Venice Biennale, of which he was the commissioner in 1982. He was the commissioner of the Rome Quadrenniale in 1993 and, in the course of his 50-year academic career he served as Rector of the Albertina Academy in Turin (academic year 1976-1977), Deputy Rector of Brera Academy (1979-1982), Professor of History of Modern Art at the University of Lecce, and Professor of History of Contemporary Art at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and Brescia (until 2008). Co-owner of the family business, he is the Artistic Director of the Missoni Archive, which he is developing into a communication project to valorize through exhibitions and events the historical and artistic heritage of the Missoni Fashion House.

General Fields

  • : 9780847849956
  • : Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
  • : Skira
  • : 1.15212
  • : April 2016
  • : 279mm X 210mm X 20mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 137 colour illustrations
  • : 176
  • : 746.920922
  • : English; Italian
  • : 1016
  • : Hardback
  • : Luciano Caramel (Editor); Emma Zanella (Editor); Luca Missoni (Editor)