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Artlab Australia featured on ABC News Adelaide - Paolo Sebastian: X Exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia

Artlab final preparation of gowns at the Art Gallery of SA prior to the opening with Artlab Australia’s Kristin Phillips, Principal Conservator Textiles and Mary-Anne Gooden, Textiles Conservator
Kristin Phillips, Artlab’s Principal Conservator Textiles preparing one of the twenty mannequins required for the exhibition and Megan Sypek, Objects Conservator who assisted with the sewing of the canvas covers for the mannequins
Mary-Anne Gooden, Artlab’s Textiles Conservator inserting the handmade sleeves made by Kristin Phillips for the gowns
Kristin Phillips, Principal Conservator Textiles preparing the Nightingale Gown at the Art Gallery of SA prior to opening of Paolo Sebastian: X exhibition

Artlab Australia featured on ABC News Adelaide - Paolo Sebastian: X Exhibition 7 October 2017

Artlab Australia’s Kristin Phillips, Principal Conservator Textiles and Mary-Anne Gooden, Textiles Conservator worked on the preparation of the exquisite gowns for the Paolo Sebastian: X exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia for a number of weeks prior to the launch on 7 October 2017.

The detailed work the conservators managed, involved the preparation of twenty mannequins also assisted by Megan Sypek, Objects Conservator at Artlab who sewed the canvas covers for the mannequins; Kristin Phillips hand-made twenty sleeve inserts made of grin which she designed to ensure the sleeves of the gowns were beautifully presented and Kristin and Mary-Anne completed numerous, complex tasks behind the scenes to make sure the gowns were successfully displayed.

This was an exciting project for Artlab’s Textiles Conservators, Kristin and Mary-Anne and also another great opportunity to work with our colleagues at the Art Gallery of South Australia and especially, with the curator of this fabulous exhibition, Rebecca Evans, Curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Paolo Sebastian: X exhibition is a wonderful display of contemporary fashion intermixed with classical and modern art. An exciting fusion of fashion meets art.

Read the ABC News Adelaide story here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-07/bringing-high-fashion-to-the-art-gallery-not-an-easy-process/9020828

Paolo Sebastian: X Exhibition details:
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Exhibitions/NowShowing/Paolo_Sebastian_X

Photographs by Artlab Australia and captions for gowns:
Image 1
Paul Vasileff, designer, Australia, born 1990, Paolo Sebastian, fashion design company, established 2007, Layered ball gown, Autumn/Winter 2017/2018 Reverie collection, 2017, Adelaide, silk tulle and metal beading; Courtesy the artist.

Image 3
Paul Vasileff, designer, Australia born 1990, Paolo Sebastian, fashion design company, established 2007, Wildflower gown , Spring/Summer 2017 Wildflowers collection, 2016, Adelaide, silk tulle, cotton; Courtesy the artist.

Image 4
Paul Vasileff, designer, Australia born 1990, Paolo Sebastian, fashion design company, established 2007, Nightingale gown, Spring/Summer 2016 Nightingale collection, 2015, Adelaide, silk tulle and metal beading; Courtesy the artist.

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