DIOR AND THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM PRESENT THE EXHIBITION INSPIRATION DIOR FROM APRIL 28TH TO JULY 24TH 2011 IN MOSCOW.
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FEBRUARY 12TH, 1947: CHRISTIAN DIOR PRESENTS HIS FIRST COLLECTION AT AVENUE
MONTAIGNE. THE REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY AND THE NEW LOOK IS BORN. WITH IT, THE
HOUSE OF DIOR ENTERS THE WORLD OF LEGEND.
UNKNOWN UNTIL THAT MOMENT, THE GENIUS DESIGNER WHO REVERED THE FRENCH WAY
OF LIFE ENTERED A TRIUMPHANT DECADE, PROVIDING WOMEN WITH REGAL BEARING
AND A SUBLIME LOOK. SKIRTS WERE LONGER, SHOULDERS WERE SOFTENED AND
WAISTS WERE CINCHED. A DIOR FLOWER-WOMAN BLOSSOMED IN THE POST-WAR ERA,
AND OUTRAGEOUSLY SPLENDID, WAS SOON TO CONQUER THE WORLD WITH INFINITE
GRACE.
NEW AND HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, THE EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATES HOW INSPIRATION
HAS NOURISHED THE HEART OF DIOR FOR DECADES. THIS AMAZING JOURNEY GUIDES
THE VISITOR THROUGH THE DIOR ARTISTIC CREATIVE SOURCES OF FASHION AND ITS
LINKS TO HISTORY, NATURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND
FILM. IT REVEALS HOW AN IDEA, A FEELING, AN ERA, A GARDEN, A PERCEPTION OR
EVEN A SMELL CAN INSTIL AN IDEA IN THE HEART AND MIND, GIVING RISE TO A UNIQUE
CREATION.
IN THIS MAJOR EXHIBITION, THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM SHOWCASES DIOR MAGIC AND
LUXURY WHILST EMPHASISING THE OUTSTANDING HOUSE’S LINKS WITH ART.
THE KEY THEMES OF THE DIOR LEGEND - PAST AND PRESENT - ARE PRESENTED ON A
GRAND SCALE IN ORIGINAL FASHION, SET AGAINST UNIQUE WORKS OF ART. IT IS A
JOURNEY OF CORRESPONDING ELEMENTS AND MAGICAL SYNERGIES, WHERE THE NEW
LOOK IS ECHOED IN WORKS BY PICASSO, MODIGLIANI, RENOIR, CEZANNE OR EVEN
GAUGUIN. NUDES BY VANESSA BEECROFT, MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND ORLAN EMPHASISE
THE GLORIOUSLY MODERN LINES OF THE FEMALE BODY, ACCENTUATED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR.
THIS WALTZ THROUGH TIME ENCHANTS THE VISITOR WITH LUSH GARDENS AND RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND THE BELLE ÉPOQUE. MARIE-ANTOINETTE MEETS
JEFF KOONS, BONNARD’S LANDSCAPES CELEBRATE DIOR’S FLOWER-WOMEN AND
AND THE EGYPTIAN GODDESSES FROM SPRING SUMMER 2004 ESTABLISH A RADIANT,
GOLDEN DESTINY.
THE DIOR GRAND BALLS ARE ALSO CELEBRATED IN ALL THEIR GLORY IN AN
ENCHANTED SETTING WHERE INGRES’ ARISTOCRATS ADMIRE BREATHTAKING CRINOLINES
AND HAUTE COUTURE GOWNS. THE VISITOR IS THEN TRANSPORTED AROUND THE
WORLD WITH DIOR VIA GOYA’S SPAIN, MATISSE’S HEADY ORIENT AND OF COURSE,
RUSSIA AND ASIA.
THE WORLD OF DIOR BEAUTY ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW RENÉ
GRUAU’S STRIKINGLY MODERN ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALLOWS THE RUSSIAN
PLASTIC ARTIST, OLGA KISSELEVA TO CREATE AN INSTALLATION EXPLORING THE SENSUAL
AND SENSORY UNIVERSE OF DIOR PERFUMES.
A MIRROR EFFECT OF DELIBERATE SIMILARITIES LAYS DOWN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS
EXCEPTIONAL EXHIBITION, IN WHICH THE QUEST FOR IDEAL BEAUTY CREATES THE LINK
BETWEEN CHRISTIAN DIOR, GENIUS COUTURIER, AND THE IMPRESSIVE AND UNEXPECTED
GALLERY OF GREAT MASTERS.
AS MONSIEUR DIOR SAID: “FINALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE -
WHETHER I WANTED IT TO OR NOT - HAS EXPRESSED ITSELF IN MY DRESSES Read more »
MONTAIGNE. THE REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY AND THE NEW LOOK IS BORN. WITH IT, THE
HOUSE OF DIOR ENTERS THE WORLD OF LEGEND.
UNKNOWN UNTIL THAT MOMENT, THE GENIUS DESIGNER WHO REVERED THE FRENCH WAY
OF LIFE ENTERED A TRIUMPHANT DECADE, PROVIDING WOMEN WITH REGAL BEARING
AND A SUBLIME LOOK. SKIRTS WERE LONGER, SHOULDERS WERE SOFTENED AND
WAISTS WERE CINCHED. A DIOR FLOWER-WOMAN BLOSSOMED IN THE POST-WAR ERA,
AND OUTRAGEOUSLY SPLENDID, WAS SOON TO CONQUER THE WORLD WITH INFINITE
GRACE.
NEW AND HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, THE EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATES HOW INSPIRATION
HAS NOURISHED THE HEART OF DIOR FOR DECADES. THIS AMAZING JOURNEY GUIDES
THE VISITOR THROUGH THE DIOR ARTISTIC CREATIVE SOURCES OF FASHION AND ITS
LINKS TO HISTORY, NATURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND
FILM. IT REVEALS HOW AN IDEA, A FEELING, AN ERA, A GARDEN, A PERCEPTION OR
EVEN A SMELL CAN INSTIL AN IDEA IN THE HEART AND MIND, GIVING RISE TO A UNIQUE
CREATION.
IN THIS MAJOR EXHIBITION, THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM SHOWCASES DIOR MAGIC AND
LUXURY WHILST EMPHASISING THE OUTSTANDING HOUSE’S LINKS WITH ART.
THE KEY THEMES OF THE DIOR LEGEND - PAST AND PRESENT - ARE PRESENTED ON A
GRAND SCALE IN ORIGINAL FASHION, SET AGAINST UNIQUE WORKS OF ART. IT IS A
JOURNEY OF CORRESPONDING ELEMENTS AND MAGICAL SYNERGIES, WHERE THE NEW
LOOK IS ECHOED IN WORKS BY PICASSO, MODIGLIANI, RENOIR, CEZANNE OR EVEN
GAUGUIN. NUDES BY VANESSA BEECROFT, MAURIZIO CATTELAN AND ORLAN EMPHASISE
THE GLORIOUSLY MODERN LINES OF THE FEMALE BODY, ACCENTUATED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR.
THIS WALTZ THROUGH TIME ENCHANTS THE VISITOR WITH LUSH GARDENS AND RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND THE BELLE ÉPOQUE. MARIE-ANTOINETTE MEETS
JEFF KOONS, BONNARD’S LANDSCAPES CELEBRATE DIOR’S FLOWER-WOMEN AND
AND THE EGYPTIAN GODDESSES FROM SPRING SUMMER 2004 ESTABLISH A RADIANT,
GOLDEN DESTINY.
THE DIOR GRAND BALLS ARE ALSO CELEBRATED IN ALL THEIR GLORY IN AN
ENCHANTED SETTING WHERE INGRES’ ARISTOCRATS ADMIRE BREATHTAKING CRINOLINES
AND HAUTE COUTURE GOWNS. THE VISITOR IS THEN TRANSPORTED AROUND THE
WORLD WITH DIOR VIA GOYA’S SPAIN, MATISSE’S HEADY ORIENT AND OF COURSE,
RUSSIA AND ASIA.
THE WORLD OF DIOR BEAUTY ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW RENÉ
GRUAU’S STRIKINGLY MODERN ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALLOWS THE RUSSIAN
PLASTIC ARTIST, OLGA KISSELEVA TO CREATE AN INSTALLATION EXPLORING THE SENSUAL
AND SENSORY UNIVERSE OF DIOR PERFUMES.
A MIRROR EFFECT OF DELIBERATE SIMILARITIES LAYS DOWN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS
EXCEPTIONAL EXHIBITION, IN WHICH THE QUEST FOR IDEAL BEAUTY CREATES THE LINK
BETWEEN CHRISTIAN DIOR, GENIUS COUTURIER, AND THE IMPRESSIVE AND UNEXPECTED
GALLERY OF GREAT MASTERS.
AS MONSIEUR DIOR SAID: “FINALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE -
WHETHER I WANTED IT TO OR NOT - HAS EXPRESSED ITSELF IN MY DRESSES Read more »