Beijing - MIA space is honored to announce the new exhibition Chapeau Echo: Girl With a Hat, on view from September 3 to October 2, 2016. The opening reception will be held on September 3, 4–6pm.
The exhibition displays fifteen hats from Chapeau Echo, a vintage style hat brand founded by Echo He, a gallerist, curator, vintage hat maker and writer based in New York. This is Echo’s second solo exhibition in Beijing. The exhibition features a collection of works from 2015-2016, all designed and handmade by Echo He. Inspired by the natural scenes of Brooklyn, New York, classic and contemporary art, as well as people’s stories of lovers and friends, each hat is carefully crafted by Echo He and has a unique story.
This exhibition transforms MIA’s white cube space into a world where old and new meet. Echo collaborated with carpenter Zhang Zhiwei from Hangzhou to design and fabricate vintage-style hat stands, referencing classic painting The Millinery Shop by French artist Edgar Degas. The new creations are juxtaposed with vintage hat stands found in flea markets and antique stores from across the United States.
The hats are displayed in a setting designed to resemble a 19th century still life oil painting, dried branches, skulls, old books and candles set against fresh flowers, fruit and fine wine. Wax drips from bottles and walls, reminding visitors the passage of time. A photograph of a girl wearing a hat sits on an easel, like an unfinished painting in an artist’s studio. The photograph comes from a collaborative project between New York-based photographer Wang Zeyang and Echo He. Inspired by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's renowned painting Girl with a Pearl Earring, Wang created a series of photography that look like 17th-century Dutch portraits.
In this exhibition, each hat’s story is written on a card; visitors will need to take the cards out from envelopes in order to read them. The act of opening the envelopes and extracting the messages gives visitors the feeling that they are reading a letter from long ago.
CHAPEAU ECHO: Born in New York city in 2014. The vintage style hat brand was created by Echo He, a gallerist, curator, vintage hat maker and writer based in New York. Echo He received her BA degree in Business Administration from Peking University, and her MA degree in Visual Arts Administration from New York University. Now she works at Pace Gallery and co-founded and directed Fou Gallery, an apartment gallery and creative lab in Brooklyn. Till now, over 200 hats have been made. All are designed, painted and handmade by Echo. Each hat has a unique design and a story behind it. Just like Chapeau Echo are collected by people all over the world. The logo of Chapeau Echo is drawn by artist Zhang Xiaogang and designed by New York based designer Mine Suda. More information can be found on www.chapeauecho.com
MIA SPACE: An art space located at Caochangdi Art District in Beijing, MIA SPACE is an eclectic community of entrepreneurs, hackers, film and TV stars, designers and artists. With a particular focus on the intersection of "art and commerce”, MIA presents design and fashion objects, host exhibitions and art parties. MIA explores the various ways of art and business to bring a unique experience to the visitors. More information can be found via WeChat: madeinart.
English translation courtesy Rachel Lau and Mike Fu.
时间：2016年9月3日—2016年10月2日
开幕：2016年9月3日，4-6pm
地址：MADEINART (MIA)，北京市朝阳区草场地艺术东区319-1号
开放时间：周二至周六，11am-6pm，联系电话：+86-18837113172
北京 - MIA 空间荣幸的宣布“戴帽子的少女”古董帽展览将于9 月3 日下午4 点开幕，本次展览将展出古董帽手作人何雨个人品牌CHAPEAU ECHO 回声古董帽的数十件手工帽作品，这也是她在北京的第二次个展项目，欢迎参观。此次展览将呈现何雨于2015-2016 年间创作的数十顶礼帽，或受纽约布鲁克林的生活点滴启发，或以经典艺术作品的为灵感，或利用生活中弃之不用的旧物改造，或根据委托人的故事创作，每顶帽子都有一个故事。
在这个展览中，MADEINART原本的白盒子空间会被重新改造，布置成一个新旧交替的空间。何雨特地和中国杭州的木职人张叶维一起设计和制作了帽子的木制帽撑，形制参考了印象派画家埃德加·德加(Edgar Degas)绘制的19世纪的帽子店。这些当代手工艺人创作的复古帽撑，将和何雨从美国旧货市场淘来的古董帽撑放置在一起，呈现这一批礼帽。
帽子们会出现在一个古典油画般的场景之中，在这里，象征衰老，时间流逝和死亡的骷髅、旧书和蜡烛，与新鲜的花、果实和美酒并置在一起。烛泪从瓶口或者墙上滴落，提醒着每时每刻时间的消逝。一幅戴帽子的少女像放置在画架上，像是艺术家工作室里一幅刚刚完成的肖像画。这是常驻纽约的化学工程师和摄影师王泽洋与回声古董帽合作拍摄的项目《戴帽子的少女》中的一张摄影作品。2013年底维米尔的经典作品来到纽约的弗立克美术馆展览，当时街头挂满《戴珍珠耳环的女孩》的宣传画像，成为这次创作的重要参考，于是王泽洋拍摄了一组融合古典气息的现代肖像，试图呈现17世纪古典油画的光影。
在展览中，每个帽子的故事会被写在一张卡片上，观者需要从墙上的信封里取出卡片阅读。寻找和抽取的过程的仪式感使得这个举动像是在阅读一封跨越时间的信。
关于回声古董帽CHAPEAU ECHO: 2014年诞生于纽约东村，这个复古礼帽品牌由现居纽约的策展人/帽子手作人/自由撰稿人何雨创立。何雨在北京大学光华管理学院取得本科和硕士学位，后在纽约大学取得艺术管理硕士学位。现居纽约，在佩斯画廊工作，并共同创立和管理着一个公寓画廊和创意实验室——否画廊，她同时也写作和创作手工复古礼帽。回声古董帽的品牌徽标由艺术家张晓刚绘制，日本设计师Mine Suda 设计。迄今为止何雨已经制作了200多顶帽子。每一顶帽子都是独一无二的，每一顶帽子都有一个故事，在这个网站上你可以读到它们和它们现在主人的故事: www.chapeauecho.com
关于MADEINART (MIA): MIA SPACE 是位于北京草场地艺术区的一家艺术空间，是一个由多位企业家、科技骇客、影视明星、天才设计师组成的艺术部落。MIA 空间专注“艺术与商业”的融合，在这里我们做设计，时尚，办展览，开艺术派对，通过各种方式探索艺术引领商业开创新市场的可能性，同时带给大家不一样的艺术体验。
英文翻译：刘依乔/富麦
