International trade fair of Modernism, Antiques and Collectables Fairs of Parma – Via Rizzi, 67/a – Baganzola Parma (PR)
4-12 October 2008
1200 international exhibitors will take part in Mercanteinfiera Autumn, the 27th edition of the most important international trade fair of modernism, antiques and collectables in Europe.
Thousands of paintings, ceramics, silverware pieces, carpets, jewels and bijoux of all styles and artistic periods will once again attract Mercanteinfiera visitors, many of them collectors, architects, designers, stage designers, antique dealers, Italian and European auction house buyers, journalists, show business people, art lovers and simply curious visitors.
David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique and often humorous style.
CAREER:
LaChapelle has four published books of his photographs, including LaChapelle Land and Hotel LaChapelle, both containing vivid and bizarre portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Manson, Naomi Campbell, David Beckham, Drew Barrymore, Shirley Manson, Courtney Love, Lance Armstrong, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz and Uma Thurman.
LaChapelle directed singer Elton John’s show, The Red Piano at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace, which premiered in 2004. The show features extensive use of video technology on an LED screen backing the show that, when built, was promoted as the largest and brightest of all time. Several of John’s songs during the performance are accompanied by short films by LaChapelle.
He was the original director of Madonna’s video for the 2005 hit “Hung Up”, but fell apart due to creative differences with the singer.
He has directed advertisements for major brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Lavazza, Nokia, L’Oréal, Diesel and Burger King.In 2006 he directed “Romeo and Juliet,” a five-minute commercial for H&M’s new denim brand and “Tis the Season to be Gorgeous,” a humorous Christmas commercial for UK retailer Boots Group showing glamorous-looking women doing relatively mundane Christmas tasks. Also in the UK, he directed the surreal Lost trailers for Channel 4, show the cast dancing in 1920s costume among the burning wreckage on the beach; whilst the cast voice-over such phrases as “one of us is a murderer”; “one of us is a junkie” etc. In addition to this, he directed Channel 4’s promotion of Desperate Housewives season one.
LaChapelle’s works have been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. His use of celebrities exaggerates aspects of their personalities or their personal lives.
Dame Vivienne Westwood, (born 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.
Vivienne’s first husband was Derek Westwood, with whom she had one child, Ben. Their marriage lasted three years. She then met Malcolm McLaren, later known for being the manager for punk band The Sex Pistols. The two lived in a council flat in Clapham and had a son named Joseph. Westwood continued to teach until 1971, when Malcolm decided to open a shop, Let It Rock (also known as Sex, Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die, Seditionaries) where Westwood began to sell her outrageous designs. During this period, Westwood, McLaren, and artist Jamie Reid were influenced by the Situationists. She still owns the shop, which is at 430 King’s Road, and sells her Anglomania label from there. The shop is now known as World’s End.
Notorious for going knicker-less, she caused a stir in 1992 when she came to collect the OBE, and twirled to reveal all. After being made a Dame in 2006 by the Prince of Wales she disclosed that she was knicker-less again.
WHO DID HE DRESSED?
The punk style began to gain notoriety when the Sex Pistols wore clothes from Westwood and McLaren’s shop at their first gig. The “punk style” included BDSM fashion, bondage gear, safety pins, razor blades, bicycle or lavatory chains on clothing and spiked dog collars that were used as jewellery, as well as outrageous make-up and hair. The inclusion of more traditional elements of British design, such as tartan fabric, amongst the more unusual elements of her style only served to make the overall effect of her designs more shocking.
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