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Chanel Handbag Art Exhibit in New York's Central Park
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by Terri Potratz | October 16, 2008 at 02:51 pm
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The transient Chanel Mobile Art pavilion, designed by Zaha Hadid, has landed in New York's Central Park at Rumsey Playfield to showcase the work of 15 artists and pieces they've created that were inspired by the classic '55 Chanel handbag.
The pavilion, which disassembles into 700 pieces, is in itself an homage to a portable tote:
Chanel hired renowned London architect Zaha Hadid to design the 7,500-square-foot (697-square meter) structure, which is pieced together out of gleaming white plastic panels. The pavilion itself is like a handbag — "a completely portable and functional container," Chanel said Thursday.
Karl Lagerfeld was the driving force behind the Mobile Art exhibition, which will remain open to the public at Rumsey Playfield until November 9, free of charge. It has already visited Hong Kong and Tokyo, and will travel off to London, Moscow and Paris.
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at 16:58 on October 16th, 2008
Chanel Mobile Art is a very successful event to recommend and I'm glad that my photos help.
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at 18:12 on October 16th, 2008
The structure was set on a carpark facing the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Its shell reflected the tall buildings in Central, the business district, looks very interesting when the shapes of those buildings were distorted.
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at 19:06 on October 16th, 2008
This picture is the CHANEL mobile art in Harajuku Japan.
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at 02:04 on October 17th, 2008
creative commons
please quote the Photographer: Roger Ibars + Indri Tulusan
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at 05:23 on October 17th, 2008
this photo is taken by fumio
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at 23:16 on October 18th, 2008
It was at Yoyogi park in Tokyo in summer 2008.They sold out tickets of the show very quickly. There were long line of people waiting for cancelled tickets. I heard from one person he had been in the line from 8am and got in 4pm.
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at 01:29 on October 20th, 2008
something in the city!!! It's Chanel ......
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at 07:26 on October 20th, 2008
Taken on February 27, 2008 in Hong Kong, on the opening day on the first stop of the Chanel Mobile Art Ehibit. Photo by Bernie Paras Gan (Philippines)
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at 07:31 on October 20th, 2008
Hong Kong, Asia.
but i live in Taiwan. fly to H.K. for this exhibition exclusively!
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at 09:13 on October 23rd, 2008
I was there, it was fun.
at 05:52 on November 3rd, 2008
Is this a free event or is there tickets if so how much r the tickets