"Picasso's Cubist followers,” according to the artist’s biographer, John Richardson, “were horrified that their hero should desert them for the chic, elitist Ballets Russes." While he was rubbing shoulders with playwrights and dancers, his co-founder of Cubism, George Braque, was having his skull trepanned to alleviate the pain of the serious head injury he had suffered fighting for the French Army in the war. For those who believed that Cubism represented the breaking down of conventional and socially enforced ways of perceiving the world, Picasso’s attraction to the privileged circles of theatre-going Rome was dispiriting. Their resemblance to the angular forms that crowd Picasso’s Cubist paintings was lost on no one. The bold and boxy costumes that Picasso contributed to the production are a jumble of urban structures, like skylines sprouting legs. Picasso and Khokhlova were both involved in the 1917 ballet Parade, conceived by the French writer Jean Cocteau. Though Saint Laurent insisted he was a great admirer of the “purity” he detected in Mondrian’s distinctively austere style, which is characterised by a simplicity of line and elegance of colour, his eagerness to commodify that aesthetic as a luxury garment is at odds with what the Dutch painter believed. Take Yves Saint Laurent’s famous adaptation, for a series of six day dresses that the French designer unveiled in 1965, of the Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian’s soulful grids. Sometimes that collision of sensibility is comical. Any attempt to wed art with fashion is arguably destined to trigger tensions between the craving for permanence and the need for transience. By definition, their work is seasonal, if not disposable, and depends upon the constant flux of what is considered fashionable. Designers, on the other hand, rely for their very livelihood on the mutability of taste. What motivates artists is the desire to create an object or image that is timeless – a work that transcends trend.
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Manuel Carmona Yebra, Counsellor for Environment and Oceans at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Statesįrom 7:30-9 PM, Celia will give a live demonstration of her technique creating sustainable fashion using recycled materials - from soda can pop-tops and electrical wiring to plastic tubing and trash bags.The friction between Dalí and Schiaparelli reveals an inevitable conflict between the aspirations of the artist and those of the designer.Alicia Adams, Kennedy Center Vice President for International Programming.
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This event is free but requires pre-registration at the link on the right. The evening will include conversation, videos, and a live demonstration of her technique. The European Union recently launched a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable, and recyclable, in order to tackle fast fashion, textile waste, and the destruction of unsold textiles, ensuring their production takes place in full respect of social rights.
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Ahead of Earth Day, Cuban costume designer Celia Ledón will discuss her work creating sustainable fashion using recycled materials with Manuel Carmona Yebra, Counsellor for Environment and Oceans at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States.