MARIA GREFE 12 Entwürfe Hans-Peter Feldmann 12 Photographien

In the organizer's words:

RizzutoGallery is pleased to present the exhibition MARIA GREFE 12 Entwürfe - Hans-Peter Feldmann 12 Photographien, an exhibition project celebrating the creative universe of the German fashion designer Maria Grefe, through a selection of original models, sartorial sketches and garments. Maria Grefe's work is accompanied by twelve photographs taken by Hans-Peter Feldmann as a private favor to the Grefe family, to whom he was bound by affectionate friendship. The exhibition will be opened in the presence of Maria Grefe on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6 pm, at the gallery's venue in Düsseldorf, Ackerstraße 34. It will remain open until November 1.

At the heart of the exhibition is the sartorial and conceptual work of Maria Grefe, whose vision of fashion combines elegance, rigor and a sense of form in a radically personal way. The models presented tell a coherent and refined aesthetic, the result of independent and sensitive research. Documenting these models in a free and unconventional way, twelve photographs taken by Hans-Peter Feldmann in a personal and friendly context, which accompany the work of the designer with a direct, simple and human gaze. These photographs are not to be understood as part of Feldmann's official artistic production, but as an affectionate and spontaneous testimony of his interest in the creativity of others and in the people around him.

Precisely because of their informal nature, these unusual images open up a rare window on Feldmann's ability to narrate the other with delicacy and care, in a non-museum and non-institutional context. The result is a silent dialog between fashion and photography, between creative gesture and private gaze.

The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue"MARIA GREFE 12 Entwürfe - HANS-PETER FELDMANN 12 Photographien", which collects the images on display together with reflections on the designer's work.

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Maria Grefe is a German fashion designer whose sartorial practice combines artisanal precision, understated elegance and formal rigor. After an unconventional path, which initially saw her engaged in family affairs, she followed her vocation for fashion, training as a master seamstress and founding her own atelier. Her collections are distinguished by clean cuts, essential color palettes and the careful use of materials, including neoprene and leather, which give the garments structure and brightness. Grefe designs clothes that put the person at the center, with particular attention to those seeking a style that combines awareness, sobriety and refinement. Her aesthetic, influenced by classic men's tailoring and the style of the 1960s, translates into timeless fashion, rigorous but never rigid, always at the service of individual identity.