Walter Albini. the Talent,the Designer
Prato ( I)> 23.03.2024 - 22.09.2024
With the great exhibition “Walter Albini. The talent, the designer” curated by Daniela Degl’Innocenti and Enrica Morini, from 23 March to 22 September 2024 the Museo del Tessuto di Prato Foundation pays tribute to the genius of the designer and absolute pioneer of Made in Italy, Walter Albini (1941-1983), just over 40 years from his untimely death
“Walter Albini. The talent, the designer” seeks to offer a reinterpretation of the entire professional career of a protagonist of Italian fashion between the late 1960s and early 1980s, created through extensive research carried out by the curators to outline a portrait of the designer who for many is almost unknown.
For the first time, the exhibition combines graphic materials – drawings, sketches, designs, photographs, fashion magazines and archival documents – with many clothes, accessories and fabrics often never seen before and never exhibited, thus allowing to reconstruct Albini’s entire creative history, from his first experiences as an illustrator and fashion designer to the last collections of the 1980s.
The project’s starting point was the Walter Albini Collection of Museo del Tessuto, acquired thanks to a large donation by Albini’s collaborator Paolo Rinaldi received between 2014 and 2016: a heritage that includes over 1,700 objects including jewellery, sketches, drawings, photographs, documents, books, clothes and fabrics belonging to the designer, which document his interests, creativity and great design ability.
The exhibition also includes important loans from public institutions such as the Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione (CSAC) of the University of Parma and Palazzo Morando | Costume Moda Immagine
di Milano, and from private lenders: A.N.G.E.L.O. Archive, Benedetta Canu Archive, Carla Sozzani Collection – Sozzani Foundation, Doris Beretta Collection, Enrico Quinto and Paolo Tinarelli Collection, Francesco Campidori Collection, Ilaria De Santis Collection, Massimo Cantini Parrini Collection, Simona Morini Collection, TizianaVintageafropicks Collection, Vito De Serio Collection, Madame Pauline Vintage Archive.
The famous photographers who have allowed us to access their archives for the exhibition and catalogue include Maria Vittoria Backhaus, Alfa Castaldi Archive, Ballo&Ballo Archive, Fiorenzo Niccoli, Franco Bottino – Archivio Storico Fondazione Fiera Milano, Gian Paolo Barbieri Foundation and Aldo Liverani.
The collaboration with the Historical Archive of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion kept at Bocconi University of Milan was fundamental in the research, as well as the important documentary heritage on Walter Albini kept at the CSAC in Parma.
Text- und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite
Museo del Tessuto,
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weitere Infos: www.museodeltessuto.it/en/exhibitions/walter-albini-designer/