Research Catalog

Title

Balenciaga : l'œuvre au noir.

Publication

• Paris : Paris-Musées, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
• Musée Bourdelle.
• Musée Galliéra.

Description

220 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Summary

• "The Palais Galliera is paying homage to the couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1865-1972) with an extra-mural exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle entitled : 'Balenciaga, l'oeuvre au noir'. The exhibition resonates with the black tones of an alchemist of haute couture : variations of black repeated in over a hundred of pieces from the Galliera collections and the archives of Maison Balenciaga...The exhibition resounds with a black harmony of an Haute Couture alchemist. Black motivated Balenciaga : the backbone of his work was inspired by the folklore and traditions of his Spanish childhood. Black was this exceptionally skilled tailor's preference. Black was a monastic influence on the master, about whom Dior once said: "Clothes were his religion". Balenciaga saw black as a vibrant matter whether it be opaque or transparent, matt or shiny - a dazzling interplay of light, that owes as much to the luxurious quality of the fabrics as to the apparent simplicity of the cut. A lace highlight, embroidery, guipure, a heavy drape of silk velvet and, hey presto, you have a skirt, a bolero, a mantilla, a cape reinvented as a coat, a coat tailored as a cape... ...Every piece is magnificent, from day clothes to cocktail dresses and sumptuous evening outfits lined in silk taffeta, edged with fringes, decorated with satin ribbons, jet beads, sequins... more than hundred couture variations of black are the treasures of the Galliera collections and the Maison Balenciaga's archives. The exhibition is located in the Musée Bourdelle where the sculptures mirror the pure sculptural effect of Cristobal Balenciaga's stunning creations"--http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/exhibitions/balenciaga-loeuvre-au-noir
• Cet ouvrage est publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée au musée Bourdelle, Paris, du 8 mars au 16 juillet 2017. En hommage à Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972), le "couturier des couturiers", le Palais Galliera présente au musée Bourdelle une exposition inédite : "Balenciaga, l'oeuvre au noir". Noire, l'irrigation de l'oeuvre de Balenciaga dont les racines puisent dans l'Espagne folklorique et traditionnelle de son enfance. Noir, le goût de l'épure de ce technicien hors pair. Noires, les inspirations monacales du maître dont Christian Dior disait : "Le vêtement était sa religion". Ebauches et construction, silhouettes et volumes, noir et lumière ou noir et couleurs, les thèmes se succèdent, subtilement mis en valeur par les photographies monochromes de Pierre Even. Complété de plusieurs essais et d'une riche iconographie (Richard Avedon, Henry Clarke, Gordon Parks ou encore Irving Penn), cet ouvrage résonne des sonorités noires d'un alchimiste de la haute couture.

Uniform Title

• Balenciaga.
• Balenciaga. English.

Subject

• Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 > Exhibitions
• Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
• Fashion design > France > Exhibitions
• Color in clothing > Exhibitions
• Black > Exhibitions
• Black
• Color in clothing
• Fashion design
• France

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at Musée Bourdelle, March 8-July 16, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217).

Language (note)

• Parallel texts in French and English.

ISBN

• 9782759603411
• 2759603415

LCCN

• 2017391989
• 9782759603411

OCLC

• ocn980563666
• 980563666
• SCSB-8978952

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library