“Carte-Blanche - Series” Exhibitions
Aurore de la Morinerie lives and works in Paris and has
worked as an illustrator since 1986. She has produced illustrations of
such diverse subjects as animals, landscapes and clothing in motion. With
a diploma in fashion design at the Duperre School of Applied Arts - Paris,
she has integrated into her drawings of fashion the techniques of wash
drawing (ink, water, and brush) handed down from the Chinese tradition.
In addition to her collaborations with the press (Le Monde, Elle) and
her participation in publicity campaigns (among others for Sofitel and
the Galeries Lafayette stores), Aurore de la Morinerie has worked for
many years for major Parisian fashion houses such as Hermès and
Agnès B., producing drawings for the launch of new perfumes, catalogs
or for the preparation of invitations and press packets.
Crstof Beaufays, a young, eclectic Belgian designer
began by learning cutting at the Nebeling Academy in Brussels, and then
took courses in fashion design at Château Massart before joining
the prestigious La Cambre School. His successful participation to many
famous contests as Mittelmoda in Italy or the Hyeres International Fashion
Festival in France came to award his work on men’s and women’s
cloths, flat pieces which are becoming volumes when they are worn. Crstof
Beaufays has become definitively his landmark and main references are
virtual reality and metamorphosis from 2D to 3D and both creating a
protecting world against the real life. Applying this unique experimental
approach, after spending a year at the Institut Francais de la Mode
in Paris, Crstof Beaufays created for L’Oreal a perfume inspired
by cyberspace for the 2000 Beauty Creators Club contest. The flask is
shaped like a computer mouse and called Pixel. Then, a year at Claude
Montana Studio lead him to a partnership with a French leather manufacturer,
under the signature of Auguste. A wonderful collection is unveiled:
Cut out leather pieces, bomber jackets with detachable parts to be used
as scarf, decorative collars on overcoats concealing mittens and removable
hoods.
Since 2000, in collaboration with Electronic Shadow, Crstof also develops
research around the garment and the multimedia technology. The result
is several impressive exhibitions. In 2000, “I-Skin” for
“La Beautee” at Avignon, then “ The Communicative
Scarf’ for “WorkSpheres” exhibited at the Moma at
New York and only some months ago at Lille, European capital of culture
for year 2004, “The Bride”. Today, Crstof Beaufays is the
assistant of Jean Paul Gaultier.
Luciana Val & Franco Musso, graduated from the Fine
Art School - Manuel Belgrano, in Buenos Aires, the dynamic young duo lives
and works today in Paris. Their so unique, meticulous, precious and elegant
esthetic visual approach, full of miniature still lifes carries dreams,
with a reference to Surrealism.
Grand Prix Photo 2004 from the Fashion International Festival of Hyeres
2004 (FIAMH).
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