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| Handcrafted wire dress by artist SUSAN FREDA graces the runway at New York Fashion Week |
The interconnecting relationship between art and fashion has always been fascinating. We are focusing on the DRESS in particular, which can be found in our closets, on the runway or captured in a piece of art. The appeal of the dress is attributable to many factors - the fluidity, texture and movement of the fabric, the silhouette and structure, or the layers and details of the gown, both simple and complex. We all enjoy observing the beauty of dresses from ball gowns to sundresses and quite simply, they make women feel beautiful and feminine the world over. Artists and fashion designers alike use innovative materials to sculpt, explore and interpret the dress form.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York, with its extraordinary collections of historical and contemporary artwork, is reopening the Anna Wintour Costume Center, which will house an unrivaled timeline of Western fashion history. Imagine this - fine art and fabulous fashion co-mingling!
SUSAN FREDA
Wildly creative sculptor Susan Freda, featured at Trudy Labell Fine Art, is well-known for her beautiful organic, ephemeral and intricate style. She designs and handcrafts delicate, airy and luminescent pieces, by weaving feminine objects of beauty. Her work focuses on light, form and line, with the processes of knotting, lace making and crocheting being the main component of the pieces. The reflection of light through the surface and texture is paramount, the surfaces acting as windows through which patterns and transitions of light and line can be observed.
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| SUSAN FREDA Gold Dress, detail Each dress is woven freehand from one continuous strand of wire, then embellished with glass, resin or tree sap, which clings in translucent droplets |
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| SUSAN FREDA Gold Dress, Copper Wire, Glass & Resin, 35" x 27" x 10" |
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| SUSAN FREDA Blue Dress, 25" x 28" x 17" |
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| SUSAN FREDA Red Bud Dress, Copper Wire, Glass & Resin, 29" x 24" x 13" |
BOX2
The latest exciting addition to our gallery is a collection of elegant cast bronze dress sculptures by BOX2 - Kevin Box in collaboration with Jennifer Box. Kevin Box is one of the most successful young sculptors in the USA. The initial medium is paper folding, crumpling and shaping into one-of-a-kind origami sculptures. Then a unique hand casting process called, 'Organic Burnout' (which Kevin developed) casts the paper sculptures in museum quality bronze, allowing the grace and fluidity of the paper to be captured forever.
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| BOX2 Next Step, Bronze on Granite, 20" x 8" x 6" |
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| BOX2 Next Step, back view |
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| BOX2 Silver Couture, Bronze on Granite, 18" x 6.5" x 6" |
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| BOX2 Silver Couture, back view |
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| BOX2 Lazuli's Dress, Bronze on Granite, 20" x 8" x 9" |
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| BOX2 Lazuli's Dress, back view |
WEARABLE ART
In the world of fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano and British designer, Alexander McQueen are famous for creating fine art to wear, one-of-a-kind pieces exploring fibers and using innovative materials, from razor clam shell dress creations to feather plume dresses.
Be Inspired,
Trudy and Lynn
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