If you are lucky enough to be in NYC anytime from
November 13, 2012
to February 24, 2013 do yourself a favor and go see this exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design.
"The
Art of Scent 1889-2012 is the first major museum exhibition to recognize scent as a major
medium of artistic creation and fifteen artists who work in this medium.
The
exhibition focuses on twelve works made between 1889 and 2012, and will include
Jicky, created by Aimé Guerlain in 1889; Ernest Beaux’s Chanel N° 5
from 1921; Jean-Claude Ellena’s Osmanthe Yunnan from 2006; and Daniela
Andrier’s Untitled, created in 2010.
Each
scent was selected by curator Chandler Burr to reveal the evolution of
aesthetics in the medium or to illustrate major innovations in scent design.
Among the innovations was the introduction of synthetic raw materials, which
appeared in the late nineteenth century. Before then, the creation of scents
was limited to only natural ingredients; synthetics transformed artisanal products
into works of art."
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