About Me
HI, I’M CHIARA MENAPACE A GRADUATE FROM ISTITUTO MODARTECH
My inspiration came from a personal experience as a victim of bullying, the collection is the positive result of that experience. A process of "healing" a reconsideration of the vision of the body in its entirety, especially the defects of it, which make it unique as a work of art.
My message: to create a free, inclusive reality where everyone plays the role of an artist, who creates his own work of art; that is your body. Starting from the old coats of painters transforming them into free forms, large volumes, which symbolize precisely that freedom of expression of oneself. MyBodyMyArt: uniqueness and freedom, a respect for the environment, enhancement of craftsmanship and creativity.
INSPIRATION
MY INITIAL IDEA STARTED FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCES OF BULLYISM
Today we live in a social reality, where we hide behind screen filters, to appear "more beautiful", to fall within the canons of this society. “We are what we do”. I believe that each of us is formed thanks to our own experiences, both positive and negative, and along the way we create a work of art: ourselves. In fact, the collection gradually develops like a painting: starting from the white canvas to the work of art.
In the first place I drew inspiration from the garments of an artist: the dungarees and the shirts, and I transformed them into free forms like canvases for painting. I wanted to create a body of work that showed natural beauty, especially the "defects" of our body such as acne, vitiligo, and various "malformations". Secondly: a concern for sustainability. I selected fabrics with a lower chemical composition, and I recycled old vintage leather coats to obtain the material and make the accessories.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Mirror Reflection
BlaH BlaH
Bully
"Strange Shoes"
"Eyes are The Mirror of The Soul"
Embroidered Eye
"Solitude"
“Dirty Hands of Art”
My Body My Art
DETAIL
I HAVE TRANSFORMED DEFECTS INTO A WORK OF ART
In the first place I started creating the prints: I painted, brushstrokes on pieces of fabric. Then I photographed them and brought them back to digital to create the prints for each individual garment. Above the print I painted further to bring out the details, finally I enriched the work with needle punching, straight machine embroidery and hand embroidery to bring out the "defects" of the body and make them a real work of art.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Therefore excellence is not an action but a habit." -Aristotele
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