Four Fashion Brands In French Contemporary Art

The win-win cooperation between the art circle and fashion is in full swing. There are four contemporary art circles in France Fashion brand There is also such an indissoluble bond with art.

　　Agnes b. Galerie du Jour

　　Agns b. (Agns Andre Marguerite Troubl) used to be in the flea market before designing those simple and lasting famous clothes Washing clothes She is a collector in essence and has a great photographic collection. She opened her first clothing store in Rue du Jour in Paris in 1975 and opened a gallery in 1984. Today, hundreds of chain stores around the world reflect her love of film, photography and music. After leaving Rue du Jour a few steps away from the Pompidou Center, Galerie du Jour still reflects the pioneer and universal spirit of the founders. In September, the gallery will display the last batch of works created by Dashiel Snow before his death in 2009. Agns b. He doesn't stick to any particular style of art. He has sponsored many music festivals and even founded his own film company Love Streams in 1997.

Yves Saint Laurent Foundation

Pierre Berg has been a companion of Yves Saint Laurent for many years, as well as his manager and consultant. He himself is an enthusiastic art collector. Saint Laurent's mythical status benefits from him. He said that the designer was a real visual artist at first.

In 1961, two people establish Maison de Couture Yves Saint Laurent opened a store in 5 Avenue Marceau in 1974 - since then, this address has become legendary. This building is now used as a foundation to preserve the heritage of YSL and welcome various temporary exhibitions. After the death of Saint Laurent in 2008, Pierre Berger auctioned their common art collection, bringing 373.5 million euros (480.5 million dollars) to the organization to maintain its operation.

Therefore, the fate of the collection of 5000 ready-made clothes and 15000 items, accessories and sketches of the foundation is undoubtedly guaranteed. So far, the exhibition of the foundation has used its collections to recall the artistic exchanges reflected in the designer's works: his love for traditional Moroccan clothing, his cooperation with photographer David Seidner, and his friendship with fashion celebrity Nan Kempner. Today's exhibition "Vanits: Mort, que me veux tu?" It displays a series of contemporary and early master works related to death, including Pierre Berger's exquisite works symbolizing death.

Cartier Foundation

The building of Cartier Foundation in Boulevard Rasmail, Paris is a work of art in itself. Green trees shade the glorious and spectacular glass structure designed by Jean Nouvel. The 13000 square foot building has three floors of exhibition space and three floors of management. The most amazing thing is that there are 1000 pieces of works by 300 artists and exhibitions are held worldwide through various cooperation. According to its president, Alain Dominique Perrin, the foundation aims to display the works of a number of important contemporary artists, and invite emerging young talents to display their works. In the spirit of guidance, the foundation is also open to other continents. The foundation's interest in novelty led it to hold many design and fashion exhibitions, changing the experience of the audience by manipulating the exhibition space, and focusing on the introduction of visual artists among filmmakers, such as Agns Varda and Takeshi Kitano, whose current exhibition is eccentric and dark.

　 Pierre Cardin (Pierre Cardin)

Cardin once wanted to be a sculptor, but in the end, he "shaped" many female images through colorful futuristic fashion. As a member of the Acadmie des Beaux Arts, the designer has a museum named after himself in Saint Ouen, north of Paris. This museum dates back to his design career, from Dior years to the "prt porter" period, to the Cosmos period, and finally to the global reputation. Espace Pierre Cardin, which he founded in 1970 in Avenue Gabriel, Paris, shows his love for drama, dance and contemporary art. In order to make these creative fields free, he built this space into three different levels, which can be used for film screening, drama performances, concerts (Norah Jones held a solo concert here in February this year), fashion shows, and of course, art exhibitions - this spring, there was a sculpture exhibition of Portro and Brancussi. As if these were not enough, Cardin also repaired the Provencal Lacoste Castle, the former residence of the infamous Marquis of Sade, where he held the annual summer song and dance festival.