There’s a wonderful section of the exhibit where all of these swatches are pinned.” He put colors together so a tension built up that added energy. Also, like a painter, he was looking for the friction between two colors. Even if he was pushing the envelope, it had a wonderful harmonic balance. “He had the color sensitivity and the elegance. “He was the Matisse of the couturiers,” Heinrich said. The designer’s color sense set him apart. He was a contemporary of Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann and clearly loved modern as well as traditional art. Saint Laurent, an avid collector, paid homage to such artists as Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian and Georges Braque.
“Like an artist, he has his language and a certain way to express himself, but then he’s open to all the influences from everywhere,” Heinrich said. His collections were inspired by African tribal culture and Chinese embroideries, Russian peasants and Spanish toreadors. He opened his own fashion house in 1961 and went on to create looks with long-lasting appeal for women, including pantsuits, safari looks, “Le Smoking” styles referencing men’s tuxedoes, and rich evening wear evoking art and exotic cultures. He was widely hailed for his first collection and its “trapeze” shapes in 1958. The designer started working at the house of Christian Dior in Paris when he was just 18. What they’ll come to see is a thematic presentation of more than 1,100 objects Yves Saint Laurent created as part of a long and prolific career. It’s going to be a huge draw for anyone involved in art or fashion.” She said Visit Denver has advertised the show far and wide because “We’re anticipating that it will help us establish our brand as a global destination. where you can see it, so I do think there will be lines,” said Jayne Buck, vice president of tourism for Visit Denver, the convention and visitors bureau. “It’s up there with the blockbusters in the sense it’s the only place in the U.S. Denver is the exhibition’s only venue in the United States, something promoters are hoping will give it drawing power. “H e was very curious about other cultures, about art, about going back in time everything that defines the global world.” The show, which opens March 25, covers four decades of the late French couturier’s life and includes 200 haute couture outfits, films and photos, presented in three galleries in the museum’s Hamilton wing.įirst presented in Paris in 2009, the retrospective was created by the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent and then traveled to Madrid. “Saint Laurent worked like an artist,” said Christoph Heinrich, museum director.
So what elevates a designer’s work to the point where it deserves the treatment the Denver Art Museum is lavishing on “Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective”? Still, few clothing designers are artists worthy of major gallery space and able to draw more than a half-million visitors, as McQueen’s exhibit did. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuįashion once was the stepchild of categories considered for museum exhibitions, but such blockbusters as the 2011 Alexander McQueen show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are making that notion as outdated as last year’s bubble hemlines.
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