Following the success of the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” is now open up at the Brooklyn Museum in New York until Feb twenty, 2022. Curated past Florence Müller alongside Matthew Yokobosky, the exhibition is an artistic too historical journeying where Dior heritage meets American civilization.
Nearly 300 pieces retrace the history of Dior as well as the Maison’sec close affinity with America. The exhibition debuts with a journey through fourth dimension as well as infinite, retracing founder Christian Dior’sec cultural too artistic itinerary from xxx, avenue Montaigne to the nexus of cosmopolitan America. Dior’second earliest haute couture creations – about of which take never been displayed inward populace before – interact with particular pieces from the Brooklyn Museum’second rich collections, creating a memorable dialogue with the unique Dior heritage.
A gallery of paintings is followed past a celebration of American photographers, many of whom – including Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Henry Clarke, Annie Leibovitz, or David Lachapelle – captured the silhouettes of the founding couturier together with his successors.
An side by side gallery invites visitors to admire creations past successive Dior Artistic Directors. Emblematic pieces past Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons together with Maria Grazia Chiuri are showcased inward conjunction alongside the architecture of the Brooklyn Museum and more or less of its notable plant.
The exhibition as well features the Maison’second multiple sources of inspiration, from Versailles to the splendor of flowers, joined past the Colorama, a magical cabinet of curiosities where accessories are set up off inward chromatic nuances. The remarkable “Toile Room” is a tribute to the sublime artisanal skills of the “petites mains” inwards the Dior Ateliers. Equally compelling is a gamble to detect dresses that have graced the well-nigh dazzling actresses, from Grace Kelly to Jennifer Lawrence. Capping the exhibition, the museum’s central atrium has been redesigned every bit an enchanted garden amongst a heaven of sparkling constellations, an echo of Christian Dior’second lucky star.
In September 1947, simply a few months after the triumph of the New Look, Christian Dior embarked aboard the Queen Elisabeth sea liner for America. The designer had never before crossed the Atlantic as well as the encounter proved to be love at kickoff sight: “Carried away past my enthusiasm I completely forgot the ancient continent of my birth. My ii days inward New York were spent inwards a land of continuous wonder.”
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