Fashion as Art .... From Museum to Runway and Back?

[Ale]

[font=verdana,arial,helvetica]Artist: Jim Dine (1935 - )
Nationality: American
Movement: Pop Art
Media: Painting, Print
Influences:

Biography:
A leader of the Pop Art Movement, Jim Dine first studied at the University of Cincinnati, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the University of Ohio. His first exhibition was with fellow artist and co-collaborator, Claes Oldenburg in 1959. In the Dadaist style, Dine used mixed media and the ready-made to produce his paintings. He began experimenting with performance art in the 1950’s. His later work is a return to traditional painting techniques incorporated with collage, printing, etching, and paper-making.

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[ank9]

Leon Bakst was also the official artistic director of Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Ballet-and created all the costumes for their ground breaking performances, like Scheherezade or L'apres midi d'un faune(this paricular show influenced the ballet scene in Queen's 'I want to break free" video). He was involved in french fashion, working for Worth, Paquin or Paul Poiret.

 

[Ale]

Jean Paul Gaultier was inspired by Mexican artist Frida Khalo for his Sp 97 RTW

 

[softgrey]

thanks for the info on jim dine ale...

 

[Tinuviel]

^ Love his costume illustrations!

Alexander McQueen jacket I saw on ebay, featuring Picasso inspired sequinned patch. Don't fancy it meself but I thought some might appreciate it.

Femme tenant un livre (Marie-Thérèse Walter).

 

[Ale]

Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by abstract expressionist Wassily Kandinsky for Chanel Fall 97

 

[ank9]

Galliano declared that his spring/summer 98 collection was influenced by the style and personality of princesse Marthe Bibesco, eccentric and incredibly elegant French writer of Romanian origin.( some interesting quotes from her:“I have not got eyes to look, but to be looked at."
“Fashion is what clothes reality and offers dreams.”)

 

[ank9]

Galliano for Christian Dior haute couture, autumn/winter 1998-1999-inspired by Hans Holbein the Young's portraits of men.

 

[Mr-Dale]

Wow, I did not know that ank9! Thanks for the info...

Such a great collection (SS98 that was:

 

[Tinuviel]

^ Gorgeous! Thanks for posting.

 

[ank9]

Galliano's spring/summer 2005 collection for Dior-themed 'Eddie Sedgwick meets Empress Josephine"

Galliano himself was styled as Napoleon. man, i adore this crazy guy!

 

[Ale]

Galliano also gets inspirations from German expressionist Egon Schiele

 

[Spike413]

Galliano declared that his spring/summer 98 collection was influenced by the style and personality of princesse Marthe Bibesco, eccentric and incredibly elegant French writer of Romanian origin.( some interesting quotes from her:“I have not got eyes to look, but to be looked at."
“Fashion is what clothes reality and offers dreams.”)

I thought this collection was inspired by the Marchesa Cassati...maybe I'm mistaken.

 

[Ale]

Galliano also takes inspiration from gainsborough

 

[ank9]

"I thought this collection was inspired by the Marchesa Cassati...maybe I'm mistaken."

No, you're right,Marchesa Cassati too served as inspiration! My mistake for not mentioning her.

 

[taz]

who's jim dine please?...

taz- i went to the ysl exhibit myself......but only once...

I loved that place, i can feel the great culture of this man, I think he made history by linking his name with fine art, not only in design, but by sponsoring the re-development of Pompidou Centre in Paris & helding his last show there- I had tears in my eyes that night, for me it was the saddest moment in fashion- u can see YSL's name on a huge wall inside the contemoprary art gallery.
but on the other hand it was very intellgent act, because he linked his name with the modren art & made the designers confused in how do end their career.

yves was also the sponser for the golden shell addition on the top of The egyptian obelisk at the The Place de la Concorde.
plus the london art gallery stuff which i posted on the 1st page of this thread .

and here is another painting for a designer by an artist, Yves by ANDY WARHOL.

 

[whizkit]

Rene Magritte's Voice of Space vs Boss in Motion bottle

 

[fireatwill]

i love how galliano draws his inspiration from art. it's beautiful. he does it so eccentrically. i just love it.

<3 me.

 

[travis_nw8]

a little off topic parhaps but what about fashion accessories as art.

Combination Sculpture
Collection Bottega Veneta No. 1, 1998
67 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 14 1/2"
Photo R. H. Hensleigh

from the exhibition
Fabula:
Consumer Media and Contemporary Art
curated by Irene Hofmann

 

[emma peel]

fab thread, some real fashion historians here