This exhibition proposes photographs
making use of the relationship between
lace and body, clothes or fashion
but also presenting lace as a material
for an experimentation of photographic
processes. Here is a nice way of
building bridges between fine arts
department and lace department in
the 90’s, whereas the Cité
International de la Dentelle et
de la Mode is still in the early
stages.
Today, as both collections are
about to take off in two different
places, a bond still lies between
them: the issue of lace’s
symbolic representations.
Photography :
© Nancy Wilson-Pajic
- Collection du Musée des
beaux-arts et de la dentelle, Calais
Photographers :
Valerie Belin, Pierre Boucher,
Roberto Castro Polo, Catalina, William
Henry Fox Talbot, Bernadette Genée,
Germaine Krull, Sam Levin, Man Ray,
Annette Messager, Pierre et Gilles,
Pierre Molinier, Agnés Propeck,
Joan Soulimant, Vincent Soyer, Nadine
Szewczyck, Nancy Wilson-Pajic, Greg
Gorman.
Conception of exhibition::
Martine Fosse, Barbara Forest,
Shazia Boucher, avec la complicité
d'Annette Haudiquet.
Sponsorship :
Ville
de Calais, Musée de l'Hospice
Comtesse, Musées de France
Coming
soon in Calais : La Cité internationale
de la dentelle et de la mode
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A new museum and a place to live
dedicated to mechanic lace is on
the go in Calais and should open
in 2009. The museum trail is spread
along a former factory built in
the 1870’s and made of three
U-shaped buildings.
That authentic site is a major
asset of the project. You can get
onto several themes:
- Handlace, a craft industry with
relevant economic stakes in Europe
and that industries will copy with
their machines,
- Lace’s industrial adventure
in Calais reveals a complex technical
history and a wonderful spreading
in the new City,
- The production unit where the
looms will run,
- Trendy laces in the 20th century
point out the change in the silhouettes
and the lifestyles,
- News and futures of lace…
It is a place for memory but also
for modernity. As an assert, the
architects proposed an adjoining
building symbolizing lace through
a glass wall with printings of Jacquard
card. What’s more the scientific
and cultural programme of the City
will allow spaces for specific public.
Creators and researchers, amateurs
and professionals, mechanics, textile
or fashion enthusiasts will be put
together and will be able to practise
in several places:
- a resource centre including a
specialized library and a material
library,
- technical workshop for lacemaker,
design, customization,
- an exhibition area, an auditorium
and a fashion show area.
This new site also offers a restaurant,
a shop and outside areas for discovery
and enjoyment.
More than the expected cultural
programming: exhibitions, workshops,
training courses or study days,
events around lace will be organized
with partners.
Martine Fosse
Curator in chief in charge
Photography :
Façade © Moatti et Rivière
Exhibition from 15th May to
29th June
"Surfaces
sensibles "
Preview: 22th
May – 7pm
Exhibited at Musée de l'Hospice
Comtesse - 32, rue de la Monnaie -
Lille
Tel : 03 28 36
84 00
Open Monday from
2pm to 6pm, Wed to Sun from 10am to
12.30am and from 2pm to 6pm. 
