Exploring the archive.....................Comme des Garçons, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Monday, September 9, 2013
Showing posts with label National Gallery of Victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Gallery of Victoria. Show all posts
Raw Hide......................Thierry Mugler, National Gallery of Victoria, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne
Thursday, August 8, 2013
From surfers racing through the foam at Bondi Beach, to ladies on a lunch date in Paddington, visiting Sydney made me realise; this is a place for power-dressing. Surfers have their armour of waterproof wetsuits and in the dressier districts, sharp leather heels and Céline bags can be seen with hints of python skin. This visual relationship of power and protection came to mind when selecting pieces in the National Gallery of Victoria's vast collection to illustrate.
First up was the hero of power-dressing, French designer Thierry Mugler. With exaggerated shoulder pads, prickly collars and patin leather; all the clichés of the 1980's came to mind and to my drawing. In this purple Mugler jacket and skirt set, the hide of an animal is again used to shield the body and carry its owner.
To see more images from my drawing project with the National Gallery of Victoria please visit their blog.
LG
National Gallery of Victoria...................Akira Isogawa
Monday, April 1, 2013
The National Gallery of Victoria has just published a collection of my drawings on their website as part of the gallery's contribution to the 2013 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. I saw the project as an opportunity to explore and draw from the gallery's extensive fashion archive.
The works include my impressions of names such as Akira Isogawa (shown above), Karl Largerfeld and Comme des Garçons.
To explore the project please visit http://blog.ngv.vic.gov.au.
LG
Ocelot Print........National Gallery of Victoria, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne
Thursday, March 21, 2013
In conversation.............................National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Monday, March 18, 2013
An invitation to draw for the National Gallery of Victoria's blog during the L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2013, brought back some memories.
I was reminded of how ten years ago, I was obsessed with Tim Blank's TV series, Masters of Style. It was the closest I could get to studying designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino and John Galliano.
I saw this exciting invitation as an opportunity to research first-hand the works of those I'd dreamed about as a teen. For this project I worked to create drawings from the designs of Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Azzedine Alaïa, Karl Lagerfeld, Comme des Garçons and Pierre Cardin, and Australian and New Zealand labels such as Kara Baker, Martin Grant, World, Akira Isogawa, Le Louvre, Magg and Toni Maticevski.
I then looked to the street in search of echoes of what I was researching in the Gallery, creating a suite of drawings that looks for visual relationships between designer garments and the street culture of Melbourne.
This collection of drawings will be published on the National Gallery of Victoria's blog from March 18 2013. I wish to continue this project as I feel I have barely scratched the surface of this rich and exciting collection of fashion and textiles. For this opportunity I thank greatly the curators at the Gallery, especially, Danielle Whitfield.
In addition to this project I will be talking publicly for the first time about my art work at the National Gallery of Victoria's Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square. This event will take place March 21 2013, at 12:30pm in the centre's Crossbar Cafe, Level 3. For more information please visit the National Gallery of Victoria's Website.
LG
Drawing of Saint Laurent Jacket, NGV