UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at ASHEVILLE, Aug.15 - Sept. 28, 2016
U.S. debut of the internationally acclaimed exhibition
Costume At The Turn Of The Century
1990-2015
design by Dragos Moldoveanu ̶ France, Qin Wenbao ̶ China, Katarzyna Konieczka ̶ Poland
The original production of "Costume At The Turn Of The Century 1990 - 2015” took place last summer 2015 in the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum in Moscow, Russia. Now it comes to the United States, with a debut exhibit at UNC Asheville.
This exhibition presents work of over 260 costume designers almost 4,000 images from 32 countries and will cover the period of the past 25 years. It showcases costume design projects for theatre, opera, dance, film, fashion and performing art.
“Our intention is to give the opportunity to expand the horizons of costume craftsmen and designers through a variety of styles and ideas, development of new materials and technologies in contemporary theatre. We hope that all those amazing designs will inspire participants, as well as visitors of this exhibition.” - Igor Roussanoff, UNC Asheville Drama Department.
This exhibit was initiated through the collaboration between OISTAT and the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum in Moscow, Carnegie-‐Mellon University, University of Oregon, Modern Art Research Institute of Ukraine and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Learn more at http://worldcostumedesign.com.
