For Fashion's Sake — Studio Minna Palmqvist

For Fashion’s Sake

Group exhibition, EMMA Museo Finland 2017 + Västerås Konstmuseum 2018

For Fashion’s Sake displays the interface between fashion and art and consists of works by thirteen young Nordic fashion designers who are working on the forefront of fashion and either have already reached or are on the cusp of an international breakthrough. The exhibition was curated by EMMAs Chief Curator Reetta Kalajo.

Participating artists:

HANNE JURMU & ANTON VARTIAINEN
MINNA PALMQVIST
IRENE KOSTAS (ONAR)
SATU MAARANEN
SIMON EKRELIUS
MARÍA KRISTÍN JÓNSDOTTIR (STAKA)
MAIKEL TAWADROS
ANITA HIRLEKAR
EMILIA TIKKA
MARIA SUOMALAINEN
TILDE BAY KRISTOFFERSEN
JUSTUS K

EMMA Museo says:

”From EMMAs point of view what is interesting in fashion is its line of demarcation with art: Many of the designers are stimulated by art and often, just like in art, the initial sketches for garments look for inspiration from a new kind of thinking, a breaking through or modes of visual narrative. Indeed this exhibition presents designers whose production contains radical features that expand the boundaries of fashion towards art. However, this exhibition is not an art exhibition, but rather an exhibition of pioneering design where display, presentation and interaction play a significant role.

Presenting the most current fashion provokes thoughts about the relationship of fashion and the ethical and ecologic questions of design. Designers who view the world as visionaries use ecological and ethical sustainability as the moral foundation of their work. The garment tells a story or takes a stance.”

Minna Palmqvist’s installation Intimately Social 4.09 played a central part, pulling the visitors into the exhibition. She also displayed two outfit sketches for project No Body.