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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi
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The Dior Designer of Dreams exhibition in Tokyo 2023

LA EXPOSICIÓN DIOR DESIGNER OF DREAMS EN TOKIO 2023

 

La exposición Dior Designer of Dreams en Tokio presenta una exhibición sin precedentes de prendas que trazan la sucesión de Monsieur Dior

En  #Dior , la pasión está en el corazón de nuestras creaciones.

La exposición #DiorDesignerofDreams en Tokio presenta una muestra sin precedentes de prendas que trazan la sucesión de Monsieur Dior desde creaciones de archivo de anteriores directores artísticos de la casa hasta diseños contemporáneos de  #MariaGraziaChiuri . Las piezas exclusivas se pueden descubrir de otra forma, ya que son redefinidas por el talentoso fotógrafo,  #YurikoTakagi .

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 pictures by Japanese photographer Yuriko Takagi  

Through Takagi’s poetic lens, these images capture the intricate beauty of each couture design in movement. Honoring the deep respect for tradition and craftsmanship held dear to both Monsieur Dior and Japanese culture, Takagi is able to breathe life into her photographs using a prolonged shutter speed as seen in this breathtaking display. Delve behind the scenes to see the making-of these moving photos.
A través de la lente poética de Takagi, estas imágenes capturan la intrincada belleza de cada diseño de alta costura en movimiento. Honrando el profundo respeto por la tradición y la artesanía apreciados tanto por Monsieur Dior como por la cultura japonesa, Takagi puede dar vida a sus fotografías utilizando una velocidad de obturación prolongada, como se ve en esta impresionante exhibición. Sumérjase entre bastidores para ver cómo se hicieron estas fotos conmovedoras.

Imágenes de Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 de la fotógrafa japonesa Yuriko Takagi

Imágenes de Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 de la fotógrafa japonesa Yuriko Takagi

Christian Dior: diseñador de sueños

Tras su éxito en el Musée des Arts Décoratifs de París, y tras haber viajado por el mundo de Londres a Nueva York(*1), la exposición Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams se presentará en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tokio a partir del 21 de diciembre. , 2022; un evento excepcional que celebra los lazos sinceros y singulares entre Dior y Japón.

Acompasada por un nuevo relato escenográfico diseñado -como homenaje a la cultura japonesa- por el arquitecto Shohei Shigematsu(*2), socio de OMA, esta retrospectiva, que se reinventa bajo la curaduría de Florence Müller, destaca más de setenta y cinco años de pasión audaz, marcada por maravillosos descubrimientos: desde las influencias artísticas del modisto fundador hasta su amor por los jardines, desde la suntuosa magia de los bailes hasta su fascinación por la riqueza creativa de Japón, que inspiró las colecciones de Dior desde el principio. Esta amistad inquebrantable, consolidada por colaboraciones únicas y admiración mutua, se refleja en valiosos documentos de archivo, la mayoría de los cuales nunca se han mostrado al público.

Desvelados uno a uno, accesorios y modelos de alta costura del pasado al presente, soñados por Christian Dior –incluido el traje Bar por excelencia, emblema eterno del New Look– y por los distintos Directores Artísticos que le han sucedido: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons y Maria Grazia Chiuri. Los visitantes podrán descubrir una selección de cautivadoras y prestigiosas obras de la colección del MOT, así como fotografías de la fotógrafa japonesa Yuriko Takagi(*3) especialmente creadas para esta exposición y para su cartel. Perpetuando el espíritu visionario de Christian Dior, también se exponen iconos innovadores, como el bolso Lady Dior reinterpretado en los proyectos Dior Lady Art y Lady Dior As Seen By, junto con los mundos de los perfumes Miss Dior y J’adore,

*1 Esta exposición se ha llevado a cabo de diferentes formas en el Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres, el Long Museum West Bund de Shanghái, el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chendgu, el Museo de Brooklyn de Nueva York y la M7 de Doha.

*2 OMA es una asociación internacional que practica la arquitectura, el urbanismo y el análisis cultural. Shohei Shigematsu es socio de OMA Nueva York y lidera la diversa cartera de la empresa en las Américas y Japón.

*3 El fotógrafo japonés también ha contribuido al catálogo de esta nueva retrospectiva.

www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/Christian_Dior/

Imágenes de Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2023 de la fotógrafa japonesa Yuriko Takagi

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Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST – Japan: Courts and Culture – The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace

This exhibition explores British royal encounters with Japan over a period of 350 years.

From samurai armour sent to James I in 1613, to a Coronation gift for HM The Queen in 1953, Japanese treasures have reached the British Court through trade, travel and treaties.

Each object on display reflects materials and techniques particular to Japan. Uniquely, many were commissioned or presented by the Japanese Imperial Family. Together, they reveal the ceremonial, diplomatic and artistic exchange linking the two courts of East and West.

… an exquisite, intricate, truly diverting parade of treasures ★★★★

THE TELEGRAPH

The Royal Collection holds some of the most significant examples of Japanese art and design in the western world. For the first time, highlights from this outstanding collection are brought together to tell the story of 300 years of diplomatic, artistic and cultural exchange between the British and Japanese royal and imperial families. The exhibition includes rare pieces of porcelain and lacquer, samurai armour, embroidered screens and diplomatic gifts from the reigns of James I to Her Majesty The Queen. Together, they offer a unique insight into the worlds of ritual, honour and artistry linking the courts and cultures of Britain and Japan.

Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham PalaceJapan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Explore the Exhibition

Description

This splendid and understated armour was sent to James I of England by Tokugawa Hidetada, third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who ruled as the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty from 1605 to 1623. Some sources have suggested that the armour may once have been owned by Takeda Katsuyori (1546 – 82), a daimyō who had fought, and lost, against Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Tenmokuzan in 1582.

The armour is of the body-wrapped (dōmaru) type, which hinges around the body and fastens on the right. The ‘pumpkin-shaped’ helmet (akodanari kabuto) is signed by Iwai Yozaemon, one of the main armourers to the ruling Tokugawa family. Armours by Iwai Yozaemon in other European royal collections indicate that this was a popular diplomatic gift from the Tokugawa family, easily available from a regular and reliable source.

The helmet has a very wide, almost flat neck guard (shikoro), small turn-backs (fukikaeshi) and visor (mabizashi) decorated in gold lacquer with stylised clouds. The akodanari helmet has prominent vertical rivet lines and is lacquered black. A raised area at the back of the helmet bowl may have been designed to accommodate the chonmage, the samurai hairstyle which consisted of a shaved pate with the hair oiled and tied at the back of the head in a queue. This distinctive form of helmet was extremely popular during the Muromachi period (1392–1573) and the traditional style would have appealed to the Tokugawa family who were conservative in their tastes. The face-mask (sōmen) has a fearsome appearance, although the whiskers have possibly been trimmed over the years.

Much of the armour is laced in red and blue silk in a chequerboard pattern. The lamellae (kozane) are individual pieces of iron lacquered and laced together – a technique known as hon-kozane (‘true’ kozane), which creates a more flexible armour.

Continuing the conservative style, the shoulder guards (sode) are very large for an armour of this period. The solid iron upper areas of the cuirass (dō) are decorated with gold lacquer dragons whose red lacquer tongues chase stylised clouds, possibly symbolising the Buddhist pearl of enlightenment, on a black lacquer ground. The rims (fukurin) and other metal fittings are of engraved and pierced shakudō and gilt-copper alloy. Interestingly, the small fittings to secure the cuirass have a discreet motif of a paulownia (kiri) leaf, an imperial symbol later adopted by the Tokugawa family. The sleeves (kote) are decorated in a similar fashion and have fine, though faded, silk with auspicious motifs and areas of iron mail. The greaves (suneate) are decorated with further stylised clouds in gold lacquer on black.

Text adapted from Japan: Courts and Culture (2020).

Provenance

Sent to James I by Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada, 1613

This is one of the ‘two varnished armours’ given to Captain John Saris of the East India Company at Edo on 19 September 1613. Saris returned to Plymouth with the gifts in September 1614, but no account of their delivery to James I survives. The pair were almost certainly the first Japanese armours to arrive in Britain. By the mid-seventeenth century, they appear to have been separated, for only one was recorded at the Tower of London in 1660. The present armour was stored in a lacquer box in the Armoury at St James’s Palace, where it was inventoried in 1649–51 by the Commonwealth government for the posthumous sale of Charles I’s possessions. At that time, it was described as an ‘Indian Armor’ and purchased by Major Bas on 23 October 1651 for £10.

Following the Interregnum, the armour was returned to the Royal Collection, but confusion about both pieces’ provenance abounded. The armour at the Tower was for example described in 1662 as a present to Charles II ‘from the Emperor Mougul’, in India. As late as 1916, the present armour was confused with another in the Royal Armouries which had in fact been given to Philip II of Spain in 1585. At that time, it was in reality mounted on the wall of the Grand Vestibule at Windsor Castle, with other Japanese items from the Royal Collection.

Source & Photos: ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST

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