Poznań: Retrospective - Gianni Versace Retrospective

Saskia Lubnow and Karl von der Ahé are the curators behind the Gianni Versace Retrospective exhibitions. After many years of working on Gianni Versace and his work, they are among the specialists in this field worldwide. The two produce in close cooperation with museums around the world, but also have a team and network in the background with extensive know-how for their own complex productions.

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Gallery in Poznań, Poland

Stary Browar

"IF YOU WANT TO IMAGINE THE IDEAL MAN...THINK OF A YOUNG AMERICAN...A CROSS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PHYSIQUE AND A LATIN MENTALITY AND TASTE." – GIANNI VERSACE

Gianni Versace Collection

Gianni Versace Retrospective

Complete 90s chronology
Spread over three floors, visitors can explore an intimate exhibition organized around four specific themes. The Gianni Temple (ground floor) is the link to Poland, also a strictly Catholic country, and in particular to Poznań with its baroque churches. His signature "Barocco" print is celebrated here in a sprawling form. The last floor debuts two looks per season of the '90s for a stunning take on Gianni's diversity.

START	: 1 September 2023
END	: 31 January 2024
OPENING EVENT	: Press Tour, Welcome speeches, VIP Opening, Live Acts, Performances, Party, After-Party
VENUE NAME	: Stary Bowar - Galeria na dziedzińcu

Exhibitions Details

The impressive building of the backyard gallery, where the fifth edition of the Gianni Versace Retrospective takes place, is part of the award-winning Stary Browar (Old Brewery) complex, a huge center with over 200 shops, restaurants and offices in the heart of Poznań. The exhibition is taking place on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the opening of Stary Browar in 2003. The gallery building comprises three floors that clearly structure the exhibition. On the ground floor the visitor is immersed in Gianni Versace's "Barocco". This aesthetic creates a bridge to Poznan's baroque tradition. On the first floor we address Gianni Versace's aesthetic borrowings from the subculture of New York clubs and Miami Beach. On the upper floor we are showing two looks from each of Gianni Versace's collections from the 90s for the first time. The optimal spatial structure of the three floors allows visitors to focus on one of the topics. Additional information, especially the texts, are kept minimalistic and underline the impressive simplicity of the brick architecture.

Iconic pieces that are of outstanding values

Featured Artefacts

S/S 1992

Barocco and Seashells,
Paris, Atelier Gianni Versace - the dress is made of black silk cady with heavily embellished glass stones on the back, worn by Nadège du Bospertus.

Milan, Gianni Versace - the ensemble is made of a silk/cotton/wool jacket with silk bows and golden machine made lace details; the jeans is made of 100% cotton denim.

Production, To produce the precious embellishment, he worked with specialised companies, in this case Marangoni, who are experts in “cut glass”.

"You must not leave a single belt or single button to chance if you want a style to be your own." – Gianni Versace

Both items have never been before on display.

UOMO

90's Sommer Looks,
Left The ensemble S/S 1994 is made of a knitted wool jumper with laser-cut holes, as well as the cotton shirt under. Trousers made of turquoise-dyed cotton tissue. Middle The polka dot suit S/S 1991 is made of linen/silk blend. Right The ensemble S/S 1993 is made of a 100% cotton denim jacket with cotton/spandex blend and machine-made lace underwear.

"His menswear was genuinely revolutionary, insisting on men as a sex objects. He became the standard-bearer of gay men's fashion because eschewed decorum and designed for desire." – Richard Martin

All three looks have never been before on display.

S/S 1994

Safety Pin in the focus - the Punk Show,
Dresses are made of tie-dye wrinkled silk satin, machine-made lace and the safety pins of gold-/silver tone metal and glass stones (Swarovski).

Artificial Wrinkling, Gianni Versace used this method already in his mens linen fashion 1986. Eight years later he applied it to satins and velvets, which do not wrinkle by nature easily like linen.

"(His) romanticism... was also a bit CAMP and a bit PUNK." – Minnie Gastel

Both items have never been before on display.

Retrospective

The '90s show

"In fashion however, one must keep going forward, one must have the courage to do something new." – Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace surprised the press and customers with every new collection like no other fashion designer of his time. He didn't want to stand still. He wanted to incorporate social developments and trends in his collections and thus offer a new, exciting spectacle every season. We are showing Gianni Versace's approach on fashion for the first time on the third floor of the exhibition with two looks from each of the 16 seasons: from spring/summer 1990 to autumn/winter 1997/1998. Perhaps Gianni Versace's desire for rapid change in fashion was never before shown as clear as in these 32 looks, presented in chronological order. From the pieces at the beginning of the decade that were still influenced by the ideas of the 80s, to his bold phase with the "Freedom Show", his echoes of subcultures with "Bondage" and "Punk", to a new minimalism towards the end of his life, which made Lady Diana, for example, a loyal customer. These 32 looks from 16 seasons are complemented by the complete list of catalogs belonging to each collection. The third level of the exhibition is an impressive testimony to fashion and contemporary history.

Gianni Versace's Collection

PICTURE BOOK

CONTRIBUTORS

Team Gianni

Doris Brugger, Rossella Catapano

Private Collectors

Doriana & Salvatore Alderuccio, M. Buelens, Antonio Caravano with Sabina Albano, Dreamrealizer and Beppe Trevis

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Press in Selection

National

"Połysk, kolor, detal. Jak Versace sprawił, że moda przestała być hobby dla garstki elit"

— Polityka

"Retrospektywna wystawa domu mody Gianni Versace otworzy się w Poznaniu"

— Vogue Polska

"Gianni Versace w Polsce. Projekty mistrza mody na retrospektywnej wystawie w Starym Browarze w Poznaniu"

— Wysokie Obcasy

"1 wrześnie rozpocznie się retrospektywna wystawa kolekcji Gianniego Versace w Starym Browarze w Poznaniu"

— Radio Opole

"W Polsce coraz więcej wystaw na światowym poziomie. Ta promuje twórczość włoskiego króla mody"

— Fashion Biznes

"Spektakularny wernisaż Gianniego Versace! Wśród gości dawno niewidziany Tomasz Jacyków! Gdzie można obejrzeć wystawę?"

— TeleMagazyn

Overview

P U B L I C A T I O N S » nationalwide media coverage

NATIONAL PRESS/MEDIA
Newspaper: Wysokie Obcasy
TV/Radio: TeleMagazyne, WP Gwiazdy, RMF FM, Radio Opole
Magazine: Polityka, Vogue Polska, ELLE, Zwierciadlo, Jastrzab Post, Viva, La Mode Info, Poznański prestiż, MIUMAG, lifestyle Poznań
Online Portal: Fashion Biznes, Codzienny Poznań, Kultura Poznań, Sukces Po Poznańsku
Press Portal: PAP, AKPA Polska Press

Influencer: Karolina Maras (99.4K), Paulina Domowicz (pauli331 69.1K), Marta Jankowska & Filip Kowalik (life.catchers 67.2K), Adam Leja (33.1K), Maja Kubaczyk (30.7K), Mikolaj Komar (18.9K), Tomasz Jacyków (13.7K), Michal Zaczynski (11.9K), Mateusz Koltunowicz (mateunia 11.1K), Anna Pralinka Meczynska (annapralinka 9.8K), Aleksandra Przybyl, Dinara Kazakova, Katarzyna Dubska, Karolina Pawelczyk, Anna Orska, Maria Kompf, Wiktoria Nestoruk (vickinestoruk), Marcin Brzeziński, Wojciech Delikta

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20th anniversary of Stary Browar

Opening Party

The opening of the Gianni Versace Retrospective on September 1, 2023 was also the main event for the 20th anniversary of Stary Browar. The big outdoor party in bright late summer weather became the party of the year in Poznań. The 500 invited guests had the opportunity to visit the exhibition at 7 pm and were welcomed by the managing director of Stary Browar Magdalena Kowalak, the gallery curator Wojciech Piotr Onak and Dreamrealizer (Saskia Lubnow and Karl von der Ahé) as exhibition curators. One of the highlights of the hour-long program of live music and dancing was the Salt Bae performance of the Turkish butcher Nusret Gökce (nusr_et 53.1M), who was present at the invitation of restaurant and catering partner Whiskey in the Jar, which was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Enough reasons to party until the wee hours.

LIVE ACTS | DJ | DANCE PERFORMANCE | SALT BAE | ROUND TOUR

Selection of the 500 attended guests

Adam Leja, Aleksandra Jabłonka, Aleksandra Przybyl, Anna Męczyńska, Anna Orska, Agnieszka Poraszka-Kotecka, Agnieszka Ścibior, Dinara Kazakova, Katarzyna Dubska, Karolina Maras, Karolina Pawelczyk, Mateusz Koltunowicz, Maja Kubaczyk, Marcin Brzeziński, Maria Kompf, Marta Jankowska, Michal Zaczynski, Mikolaj Komar, Nusret Gökce, Paulina Domowicz, Piotr Sierpiński, Tomasz Jacyków, Wiktoria Nestoruk, Wojciech Delikta

Exhibition

Gallery in Poznań, Poland

Stary Browar

"IF YOU WANT TO IMAGINE THE IDEAL MAN...THINK OF A YOUNG AMERICAN...A CROSS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PHYSIQUE AND A LATIN MENTALITY AND TASTE." – GIANNI VERSACE

Gianni Versace Collection

Micro Documentary

Polityka Print

Jastrzab Post TV