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Yves Saint Laurent & art

Title
Yves Saint Laurent & art / general editors: Madison Cox, Stephan Janson and Mouna Mekouar ; translated by Ruth Sharman.
Publication
London : Thames & Hudson, 2022.

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Additional Authors
  • Cox, Madison
  • Janson, Stephan
  • Mekouar, Mouna
  • Sharman, Ruth Verity
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, host institution.
  • Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, host institution.
  • Musée du Louvre, host institution.
  • Musée d'Orsay, host institution.
  • Musée Picasso (Paris, France), host institution.
  • Musée Yves Saint Laurent (Paris, France), host institution.
Description
303 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
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. Exhibition: Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, France (19.01.-18.09.2022) & installations at the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée Picasso, Paris, France (19.01.-15.05.2022).
Subject
  • Saint Laurent, Yves > Exhibitions
  • Saint Laurent, Yves
  • Yves Saint Laurent (Firm) > Exhibitions
  • Fashion and art > Exhibitions
  • Fashion design > France > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Mode et art
  • CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General
  • Fashion and art
  • Fashion design
  • France > Paris
Note
  • "Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Musée National Picasso, Paris, Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris."
  • "All works by Yves Saint Laurent featured in this book are from the collections of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes selected bibliography (pages 300-301).
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French of: Yves Saint Laurent aux musées.
Call Number
TT505.S24
ISBN
  • 0500025444
  • 9780500025444
LCCN
2021949691
OCLC
  • 1273674260
  • on1273674260
  • SCSB-14348687
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries