Exploring 500 years of fashion, SCAD FASH's current exhibition features Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave's spectacular visual illusions in Fashioning Art from Paper, a collection of nothing short of masterpieces of life-size attire made of paper and paint. The exhibition is in its final week. You can see it through Sunday, January 12, 2020.
This exhibition is absolutely stunning! Isabelle de Borchgrave's works of art are sculptural replicas of historic garments found in early European paintings or collections from around the world, including gowns worn by Queen Elizabeth I.
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film had been on my must-visit list since its opening was first announced but sadly this was the first time I'd been. Sad because I've missed some magnificent exhibitions already, but I will not miss any others! The space is AMAZING, the staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and the museum is a wholly unique experience.
Being my first time at the museum, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd seen photos of previous exhibitions and I was familiar with the building—I worked in a satellite office of Equifax many years ago and would go to meetings and training classes at the company's headquarters, now SCAD Atlanta.
Signage leading to the museum is well done, and clever, too! You follow the purple line to the level where the museum is located and there are signs noting "a little farther" and "almost there"...pure brilliance!
Programming
This Thursday, January 9, at 12noon, join SCAD FASH Italian Renaissance scholar and art history professor Sarah Mellott Cadagin for her talk Moda Alla Medici: Fashioning the Self in Renaissance Florence.
This exhibition includes a number of fashion accessories including shoes, purses, and jewelry so exquisitely fashioned that they too would trick the eye from a distance if you did not know that they were made of paper.
Within the exhibition are pieces from Isabelle de Borchgrave's Kaftans series, inspired by the Silk Road textiles of Central Asia.
I visited on a rainy day, but took my umbrella and ventured onto their outdoor space, located on the parking level. It's elegantly appointed and offers some wonderful vistas of Atlanta's skyline. Up on the museum level, there's a terrace overlooking the outdoor space with some seating and a staircase leading down to the larger outdoor space which spans the width of the building.
There's a digital exhibition guide which you can follow along on your cell phone or the museum will loan you a tablet (they'll need to hold your ID while the tablet is in use). The garments in the exhibition are numbered, so it's easy to follow.
SCAD FASH is a teaching museum—and an absolute gem for locals and tourists alike—featuring nearly 10,000 square feet of adaptable exhibition space.
The exhibition includes a trio of de Borchgrave’s series Les Ballet Russes.
Fashioning Art from Paper is co-organized by SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Society of the Four Arts, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Frick Art and Historical Center, Baker Museum and Flint Institute of Arts. This fabulous exhibition is on view at SCAD FASH through Sunday, January 12, 2020.
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| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
This exhibition is absolutely stunning! Isabelle de Borchgrave's works of art are sculptural replicas of historic garments found in early European paintings or collections from around the world, including gowns worn by Queen Elizabeth I.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film had been on my must-visit list since its opening was first announced but sadly this was the first time I'd been. Sad because I've missed some magnificent exhibitions already, but I will not miss any others! The space is AMAZING, the staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and the museum is a wholly unique experience.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
Being my first time at the museum, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd seen photos of previous exhibitions and I was familiar with the building—I worked in a satellite office of Equifax many years ago and would go to meetings and training classes at the company's headquarters, now SCAD Atlanta.
Signage leading to the museum is well done, and clever, too! You follow the purple line to the level where the museum is located and there are signs noting "a little farther" and "almost there"...pure brilliance!
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
Programming
This Thursday, January 9, at 12noon, join SCAD FASH Italian Renaissance scholar and art history professor Sarah Mellott Cadagin for her talk Moda Alla Medici: Fashioning the Self in Renaissance Florence.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
This exhibition includes a number of fashion accessories including shoes, purses, and jewelry so exquisitely fashioned that they too would trick the eye from a distance if you did not know that they were made of paper.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
Within the exhibition are pieces from Isabelle de Borchgrave's Kaftans series, inspired by the Silk Road textiles of Central Asia.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
I visited on a rainy day, but took my umbrella and ventured onto their outdoor space, located on the parking level. It's elegantly appointed and offers some wonderful vistas of Atlanta's skyline. Up on the museum level, there's a terrace overlooking the outdoor space with some seating and a staircase leading down to the larger outdoor space which spans the width of the building.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
There's a digital exhibition guide which you can follow along on your cell phone or the museum will loan you a tablet (they'll need to hold your ID while the tablet is in use). The garments in the exhibition are numbered, so it's easy to follow.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
SCAD FASH is a teaching museum—and an absolute gem for locals and tourists alike—featuring nearly 10,000 square feet of adaptable exhibition space.
 |
| Fashioning Art from Paper | SCAD FASH | Photo: Travis Swann Taylor |
The exhibition includes a trio of de Borchgrave’s series Les Ballet Russes.
Fashioning Art from Paper is co-organized by SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Society of the Four Arts, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Frick Art and Historical Center, Baker Museum and Flint Institute of Arts. This fabulous exhibition is on view at SCAD FASH through Sunday, January 12, 2020.
