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Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm
Rolf Snoeren and Viktor Horsting, Viktor&Rolf, Amsterdam 2008
© Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm
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VIKTOR&ROLF: FASHION ARTISTS
NGV International |
21/10/2016-26/2/2017
The spectacular and avant-garde creations of international luxury fashion house, Viktor&Rolf, will be showcased in a world-first exhibition developed in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria. Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists, opening October 2016 at the NGV, Melbourne, Australia, is set to explore Viktor&Rolf’s notion of wearable art.
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Posted 26 September 2016
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As self-confessed outsiders of the fashion world, since forming their artistic partnership in 1992, fashion artists Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have gained critical acclaim for their rebellious approach to design, technical virtuosity, and deep knowledge of fashion history. Throughout their illustrious twenty-year career, Viktor&Rolf have carved a contradictory identity that pushes the boundaries between art and fashion, often contrasting
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Cutting Edge Couture ready-to-wear collection, spring–summer 2010
photo © Team Peter Stigter
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The exhibition has been developed in close collaboration with Viktor&Rolf and international guest curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot, curator of the NGV’s blockbuster exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier.
Of the upcoming exhibition, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren jointly state, ‘We are extremely excited to be working in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria on this exhibition and highlighting the craftsmanship involved in creating our wearable art. It is an honor for us to bring our designs to the Southern Hemisphere.’
‘Viktor&Rolf stretches the definition of both fashion and art,’ said Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV. ‘Their boundary-pushing designs challenge the way fashion is developed, presented and disseminated with masterful craftsmanship, intellectual rigour and an ironic sense of humour. This exhibition will be a rare opportunity to experience the unconventional creativity and technical brilliance of this innovative Dutch duo.’
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Gregory Derkenne
Viktor&Rolf, Cutting Edge Couture ready-to-wear collection, spring–summer 2010
published in Citizen K Magazine, December 2009
© Gregory Derkenne
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