Giorgio Armani presents the “Acqua” exhibition at the Grand Palais. An exploration of the theme of water in photographs. Giorgio Armani is official partner of Paris Photo.
Within a dedicated space, Giorgio Armani will exhibit a collection of photographs focused on the natural element so close to his heart: water. The works have either been suggested to him or lent to him by the three major museums (ICP, Tate Modern and The Musée de l’Elysée), which offered full access to their collections.
Water is the recurrent subject of all the photographs, still yet always in movement, permanent yet intangible, a game of mirrors and reflections, immortal, warmly cradled in the sun’s beams in marine images by Harry Callahan, or extending towards boundless horizons in the series of Seascapes by Sugimoto… This unique celebration of water and its vital force reveals the expert eye of Giorgio Armani. Always a factor in his work, since 2009 water – more specifically, water supply – has also been a social cause supported by the designer through the « Acqua for Life™ », challenge, which has already collected over 43 million litres of clean drinking water on behalf of Green Cross International and its projects in Ghana. This initiative will continue throughout 2012.
As official partner of this major event, Giorgio Armani is providing support for the first show « Recent acquisitions ».
