Victoria & Albert Museum,London[br]By submerging Botticelli and his Venus in the trashy pool of pop and tourist culture they contain inspired, this landmark show elevates them bothA Dolce and Gabbana dress covered with prints of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, and a clip of Uma Thurman emerging from a shell in The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen,graffiti art, Bulgari, or a golden Italian racing car wheel that quotes a Botticelli brooch. I contain wandered into some wonderland suspended between beauty and kitsch,where the Renaissance has morphed into trashy pop culture. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com