Correa created two amorphous figurines in the same bold colour, built from a papier mache of resin, paper, magazine cuttings and fibreglass, applied in slow and deliberate layers.
The Alexander McQueen looks inspire me in that way, the gentle and feminine inside with a harder cover for protection.”įor Chilean sculptor Marcela Correa, meanwhile, inspiration came from a canary yellow off-the-shoulder, full-skirted corset-dress, with what Burton calls an “exploded neckline”. “With so much masculine pressure going on in the world, it’s important to keep the heart soft. The finished work hangs from a bar of hard Perspex, highlighting the softness of the weaving. With the looks hanging physically in her studio, Hoibo created a giant tapestry inspired by the folds and shadows of the clothes, and using the same materials - wool, cotton, poly faille and satin. Tapestry by Ann Cathrin November Hoibo, for the Alexander McQueen exhibition, Process. Norwegian artist Ann Cathrin November Hoibo, for example, selected all the pink and red looks from the collection because, as she explains: “I wanted to make a warm and very feminine environment.”
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Given a completely free hand, each artist was left to select the look or looks that spoke to them. “It’s been very interesting to see how creativity has sprung from so many different perspectives, and the outcomes have been varied and beautiful.” “I wanted to engage in a new creative dialogue with the collection this season and see how the artists interpreted the work we created in the studio,” explains Burton.
As well as presenting a final artwork, each artist was requested to document her creative journey, which in turn gave the project its title. For this project, which will be on display until June 21, Burton invited 12 international female artists to reinterpret a look from her autumn/winter 2022 pre-collection. Held inside the vaulted space of the brand's flagship on Old Bond Street, Process is a visual discussion about the collaborative nature of creativity, how it stems from myriad viewpoints and how female artists are shaping a unique narrative. Where some shout their nonconformism, Burton prefers to whisper case in point, Process, a new exhibition that has recently opened in London. Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen, is a quiet sort of iconoclast.
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