Yves Saint Laurent & art
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Yves Saint Laurent & art
Thames & Hudson, 2022
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Yves Saint Laurent aux musées
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Exhibition catalogue
Catalogue of the exhibition held at Centre Pompidou, Jan. 29-May 16, 2022; Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Jan. 29-May 15, 2022; Musée du Louvre, Jan. 29-May 16, 2022; Musée d'Orsay, Jan. 29-May 15, 2022; Musée National Picasso, Paris, Jan. 29-Apr. 10, 2022; Musée Yves Saint Laurent - Paris, Jan. 29-Sept. 18, 2022
Chronology: p. 288-293
List of exhibited works: p. 294-299
Selected bibliography: p. 300-301
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Description
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 Musee Yves Saint Laurent Paris is organizing a unique retrospective of the couturier's work that juxtaposes his creations with art works from the collections of four major Paris institutions: the Musee d'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musee Picasso, as well as presenting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the secrets of couture at the Musee 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 Dejeuner 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, this book takes readers on an unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide.
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