Jurk en schoenen uit BA-collectie

Jurk en schoenen uit BA-collectie

Eyes, a nose and a mouth are hidden inside this large, soft, body-engulfing ball of wool. The rather sinister appearance was inspired by the self-portrait in the trilogies of the British artist Francis Bacon. The starting point for fashion designer Helen Price was the answer to the question: "what would have happened if Francis Bacon and the American film director Tim Burton met?" The heavy, deep-pile, knitted mass was created with a three dimensional machine technique, which is not normally suited to making fashion. Working with knitwear appeals to Price because its versatility enables her to work freely and creatively with colour, texture and shape. It is therefore no surprise that she applies this three dimensional technique in order to achieve an expressionistic and surrealistic style: not by using blobs of paint but by manipulating scissors and knives. The design is an illustration of how the 'wearability' of fashion may recede into the background and of how it fuses with other disciplines.

Eyes, a nose and a mouth are hidden inside this large, soft, body-engulfing ball of wool. The rather sinister appearance was inspired by the self-portrait in the trilogies of the British artist Francis Bacon. The starting point for fashion designer Helen Price was the answer to the question: "what would have happened if Francis Bacon and the American film director Tim Burton met?" The heavy, deep-pile, knitted mass was created with a three dimensional machine technique, which is not normally suited to making fashion. Working with knitwear appeals to Price because its versatility enables her to work freely and creatively with colour, texture and shape. It is therefore no surprise that she applies this three dimensional technique in order to achieve an expressionistic and surrealistic style: not by using blobs of paint but by manipulating scissors and knives. The design is an illustration of how the 'wearability' of fashion may recede into the background and of how it fuses with other disciplines.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Jurk en schoenen uit BA-collectie

Artist

Dating

2010

Material and technique

wol, katoen; geknoopt, leer

Object number

32432/001-002

Object type

dameskleding, damesjurk, damesschoen

Acquisition

aankoop met steun van BankGiroLoterij 2013 (aankoop met steun van de BankGiroLoterij)

Dimensions

Inscriptions and markings

    Documentation

    • Uit de Mode : collectie van het Centraal Museum, Voorw. Bart Rutten, tekst Ninke Bloemberg, Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren, Rosalie Sloof … [et al.], (Utrecht, 2017), p. 124, afb. in kleur p. 125

    Exhibitions

    • Jessica Stockholder, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019

    • Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2017

    • De wereld van Utrecht. Topstukken uit vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2016 - 2022

    Persistent url

    To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL:

    https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.57BDCCA3-44BE-4C48-815E-9DC69FAC4DF4

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