SHOWstudio.com have done it again, this time with a neatly curated show centring around the opposing yet often balanced themes of Black and White.
The exhibition features artwork by Cecil Beaton, Simon Foxton, Amanda Harlech, Michael Howells, Nick Knight, Irving Penn, and Peter Saville as well as iconic artefacts from Chanel and Visionaire.
Cleverly (of course) mixing the real time show with online broadcast performances will be fashion/art stalwarts Judy Blame, Edward Griffiths and Gareth Pugh concepting and creating all from the LiveStudio in Bruton place. Objects made during the LiveStudio will then be displayed in the Shop.
In the words of SHOWstudio.com (and who could possibly say it better?), ‘Blackwhite is conceptually limitless, structured only around the most celebrated aesthetic relationship in fashion: black and white.
While the stark palette will tie the pieces together, the diverse range
of mediums and objects visually makes way for new associations
and investigations into the aesthetics of black and white.
The show includes Irving Penn’s famed portrait of Lisa Fonssagrives,
Harlequin Dress (1950), and photographs by Cecil Beaton and
Nick Knight that have never been exhibited, the show is anchored
by the elegant simplicity of black and white fashion portraiture.
Against the clarity of these carefully composed photographs, bespoke sculptures by Amanda Harlech and Peter Saville mingle among iconic fashion artefacts like Michael Howell’s ‘drained’ Union Jack, sections of floor from the infinity cove of Studio 4 at Park Royal Studios West London, Chanel Haute Couture headpieces made by Kamo for Karl Lagerfeld’s internationally acclaimed S/S 2009 show, and two of Visionaire’s earliest issues, Black and White.
Artists featured are Cecil Beaton, Judy Blame, CHANEL, Simon Foxton, Edward Griffiths, Amanda Harlech, Michael Howells, Nick Knight, Irving Penn, Gareth Pugh, Peter Saville, Visionaire.
A celebration of the new show on Friday night enticed a select group of our favourite people from the ever mingling worlds of fashion and art, including Peter Saville, Nick Knight, Fred Butler, Ed Griffiths, Philippe Garner and Kit Lee.
BlackWhite Show
The show will be open for the next six weeks, and can be found whilst sampling the delights of Mayfair and Bond Street, just duck down Bruton Street, and into Bruton Place, or click here for more info.
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