artCore - Die Körperhülle in der Kunst
artCore - an association for furthering online-reports and presentations of art in the internet - writes on Mascha Mioni's art in the Aarberghus, Ligerz, Switzerland
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In this group Mascha Mioni rerpresents "Art to Wear" and relates to the early works of Elsi Giaugue, from a time when this word-creation had not yet been invented.
In the beginning she colored fine silk, painted on it and folded it in meticulous detail work, to then drape it around the body. Such a "dress" could be body-wrap or hung on the wall as artpiece. In her newest creations she carried the idea to take the picture from the wall and drape it around the body to extremes by taking an empty white canvas and drape it with a few creases to a dress. The metamorphosis Picture - Dress - Art-object, was completed. With her installation "Skins of Humanity" she broaches the relation between body and soul. The main figure is surrounded by so called word-pictures, skeletons of phrases, seemingly from a diary, which can be read as self-contained thoughts.
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Mascha Mioni at the Aarbergerhus, Ligerz/Berne Art-Textile at the Aarbergerhus
From October 23 to November 2, 2008, Mascha Mioni, Verena Welten von Arb, Manuela Krinzinger, Ursula Rutishauser, Monika Gasser and Lilli Krakenberger show their Art at the Aarbergerhus/Ligerz. The theme "body wraps" was interpeted very extensive: Apparel as an autonomous piece of art in space, not attached to a body. Ligerz is where Elsi Giauque (1900-1989) lived. The pioneer of textile art, who was inspired by the Bauhaus was successor of Sophie Täuber-Arp.
The art critic Marianne Mitttelholzer writes about "Skins of Humanity":
"...Die Wortbilder enthalten Satzskelette, die die Künstlerin in den letzten zwei Jahren tagebuchartig aufgezeichnet hat. Wie das Kleid den Körper umhüllt, umschweben die niedergeschriebenen Gedanken den Geist des Menschen. ..."
Gedanken zu Hüllen des Menschseins - erschienen im Kunstmagazin futuro
"...The "word-pictures" contain skeletons of sentences which the artist has collected in her diary for the last two years. In the same way that a dress floats around the human body, the written thoughts hover around the mind of a human being. ..."
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BBC British Broadcasting Corporation - GCSE - Art & Desing Gallery - Mascha Mioni dress Butterfly as an inspiration Inspiration for english students
Next to pictures of paintings by Robert Rauschenberg and Tim Harding the picture of Mascha Mionis Art to Wear dress "Butterfly" was licensed by BBC as an Inspiration in the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation - GCSE - Art & Desing Gallery
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Oil paintings and Art to Wear at the Museum Sursilvan, Cuort Ligia Grischa, Trun
Oil on canvas and Art to Wear a the Museum Sursilvan, Cuort Ligia Grischa, Trun Until Oct 31st, 2007 Mascha Mioni shows her Art to Wear and matching oil paintings in the whole museum.
Mascha Mioni does not see a difference in artistic expression, whether she works on paper, creates an oil-painting on canvas, or colors silk for a dress. For decades it has been her mission to establish the creation of clothing as a form of art. By extending the process of painting on flat canvas to creating from the picture a human hull, she adds to her work a further dimension – the picture does not only become three-dimensional it is also filled with life. A painting, formed to a dress, can not only be viewed, you can enter the object of art, you can wrap yourself in it, put yourself into it.
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SFDRS RTR Radio Televisiun Rumantscha on Mascha Mioni at the Museum Sursilvan, Trun/Grisons -- Clip in the news of Televisiun Rumantscha
gh / Radio Televisiun Rumantscha, the official TV station for the fourth language region of Switzerland, shows a short clip on Mascha Mioni's exhibition at the Museum Sursilvan of the Cuort Ligia Grischa, Trun.