GIORGIO’S UNIFORMS: Giorgio Armani is staging a new exhibition at his Silos space to coincide with the upcoming Milan Men’s Fashion Week. Opening on Jan. 12, the photographic exhibit, called “Fabula,” will display more than 250 images from French photographer Charles Fréger. Running until March 24, the solo show is the artist’s largest to date.
“The vitality of color is what caught my eye first, drawing my attention to the work of Charles Fréger. That color, however, is no mere visual feat. It is a depiction of human energy,” Armani said.
A Rouen School of Art graduate, Fréger has captured different subjects throughout his almost two-decade career, focusing on uniforms and dress codes adopted by different cultures as a mean of nonverbal communication. The retrospective at the Armani/Silos space will include the photographer’s early works, such as his 2000 “Water Polo” swimmers series, as well as most recent images called “Mardi Gras Indians” taken in 2016. Other works include portraits of the Finnish ice-skating team, sumo wrestlers and Jaipur elephants, among others.
“As a fashion designer, I know clothing is charged with a great symbolic meaning. Fréger constantly reminds us of that, scavenging the deepest aspects of dressing up as a way of communicating.
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