An exhibition dedicated to the unexpected side of talent Rei Kawakubo, founder of the Comme des Garçons brand, opened in Paris.
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The famous fashion designer Ray Kawakubo has no design education. Nevertheless, she showed her talent even in product design. Rey developed more than 40 items for the Comme des Garçons stores from 1983 to 1993.
The exhibition in Paris Galerie A1043 consisted of 15 of them: these are tables, chairs and a screen made of wood and metal. “We prefer the quality of design, choosing primarily objects with conceptual and / or sculptural qualities. A1043 sounds like the name of a highway, a ship, an airplane, or just a secret code. We like it. "
Dealers Jean Jean Anicet Courbot and Stephanie Courbot opened their own space on the sixth alley of the Paul Bert market in St. Ouenne in May 2015. He is a certified artist, she is a landscape designer. A year later, Galerie A1043 received a second address, near the Center Pompidou on the rue de Montmorency. Among Kourbo's favorites are the things Angelo Lelli, Gino Sarfatti, Tito Agnoli, Martin Seceli, Ettore Sottsassa. Favorite period: 1960-80s.
October 11, 2017 - Designer Ray Kawakubo is 75 years old. The opening day of the Paris exhibition was timed to the anniversary.
Ray was born in Tokyo. She graduated from a prestigious university, received education as an art critic. In 1969 she created her own brand Comme des Garçons (“as boys” in the French translation). The first show in Europe in 1981 produced an incredible effect: the “post-nuclear fashion” of the Japanese avant-garde artist showed that Kawakubo works exclusively with a silhouette, like a deconstructivist architect.
"Creativity is the sword, with it I fight in battles in which I want." In 1997, Kawakubo received the title of Doctor of the London Royal Art College, was engaged in graphic design, designed the interiors, and exhibited at leading museums around the world.
In 2017, the work of Comme des Garçons designer Ray Kawakubo was the subject of retrospectives at the New York Metropolitan Museum. For the first time the exhibition in Met honored the author during his lifetime, and not posthumously. Previously, only Yves Saint Laurent was honored with a similar show.
The exhibition at the Galerie A1043 is open until December 22, 2017.
