Yves Saint Laurent and Art

Name: Yves Saint Laurent and Art
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500025444
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Yves Saint Laurent and Art explores the profound connection between the legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his lifelong passion for art. The book delves into how various art movements and masterpieces inspired his innovative and timeless creations, merging the realms of haute couture and fine art. Throughout its pages, readers are taken on a visual journey that highlights the designer's collaborations and the artistic inspirations that influenced his iconic collections.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of high fashion and fine art, as it explores the profound influence of painting, sculpture, and other art forms on one of the most iconic fashion designers. This book may appeal to you if you appreciate a deep dive into the creative process and aesthetic vision behind Yves Saint Laurent’s groundbreaking designs, illuminating how art can inspire and transform couture.

Celebrating sixty years of Yves Saint Laurent, this collection juxtaposes YSL creations with fine art masterpieces from major museums.

An unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide

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An unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide.

January 1962 saw the launch of the very first collection by Yves Saint Laurent. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of his couture house, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is organising a unique retrospective of the couturier's work that juxtaposes his creations with artworks from the collections of four major Paris institutions: the Musée d'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Musée Picasso. Additionally, it presents a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the secrets of couture at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent.

From the ancient world to pop art, Yves Saint Laurent regularly took inspiration from art history as he combined colours, carved out new forms, and rethought the structure of garments in order to create his own masterpieces. Here, androgynous silhouettes and Proustian gowns stand alongside Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe; feather patterns respond to Jackson Pollock's drip paintings; flowing silhouettes merge with a mural by Raoul Dufy; Lucio Fontana's neon lights make metallic fabrics sparkle; and the motifs on a coat echo The Dance by Henri Matisse.

Exploring the couturier's deliberate homages to the masters of art and his never-ending quest for new means of aesthetic expression, Yves Saint Laurent and Art takes readers on an unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500025444

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Contributors:

Foreword by Madison Cox
Edited by Mouna Mekour
Edited by Stephan Janson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 285.0mm

Weight: 1710g

Pages: 304

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Mouna Mekouar is an art critic and independent curator based in Paris, France. She was associate curator of Simple Shapes at Centre Pompidou-Metz (2014), and was curator at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, from 2012 to 2014. Stefan Janson is a fashion designer and co-curator of Yves Saint Laurent at the Museums. Madison Cox is director of the Saint Laurent Museums in Paris and in Marrakech, and president of the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.