The title of today’s post comes from a conversation I had with one of the guards in the gallery. He has seen two women lie down on the museum floor to look up the dresses ( he thought they had fainted), two men blow on the hanging costumes to get them to move (saliva included) and a 5 or 6 year old ran into the Queen Elizabeth gown the other day. Today I saw a woman reach to touch the gossamer lace on a collar. It’s hard to fathom that the gorgeous costumes/sculptures are made entirely of paper but they are.
Today at the Frick Art Museum we viewed the exhibition of Isabelle de Borchgrave : Fashioning Art from Paper
You can touch the paper on this table in the rotunda.
Wow that’s amazing!!!!!
It truly is. Thanks for looking .
Magnificent! 😍
And you know there are even more so in person, Sylvia. Thanks for looking and leaving a good word. Hope your 2019 is off to a good start.
Quite incredible, Ruth! How many hours of work must that represent? 🙂 🙂 Wishing you a healthy, happy year ahead.
Although she did them all initially by herself, I did read she now has ten assistants/interns to help her create her vision. The one Medici collection took a whole year to create. Hope your 2019 is off to a good start and I wish you all good things.
Truly amazing work! Wow. Thanks, Ruth. Happy new year!
Thanks Pam and Happy New Year to you. You would have enjoyed seeing the gowns/costumes and perhaps they will travel your way.
Quite fantastique!
Definitely fantastic. You stand there and stare and are completely amazed. Thank you Mark.
Wow! Knowing how difficult the sewing would have been….made out of paper……WOW! I would love to see it in person!
You’d love seeing the exhibit.
Wow!!!
That is amazing and wish I could see it. As a side note, Mary is very color coordinated with the costume she’s examining!
You’re right. You would love it.
Alas! I see that it is only there through January 6.
Considering the delicate costumes are made entirely out of paper, I find it totally inexcusable that people are actually touching and handing them. Great photos, Ruth!
It is inexcusable. And there’s a table of the paper to touch
This paper art is incredible as are the stories about people failing to respect the art.
But what most caught my attention was the similarities in Mary’s shirt and the dress pattern. Wow. Could she have planned that any better?
Oops, “were the similarities.”
A happy coincidence, Audrey. No she couldn’t have planned it any better.
How amazing Ruth, Happy New Year!
That is amazing!
Seriously amazing. Thanks Irene.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing, Ruth.
Glad you liked seeing the amazing paper gowns, Ann. Thanks for your visit.
I love the guard recounting the various stories of people doing “unusual” things. And very smart of the gallery to have at least some paper that you CAN touch. 🙂