Art scene
Reporting/text: Oyama Hitomi
In 2007, approaching the 60th anniversary of the launch of the maison, Christian Dior invited 21 artists to join the fashion brand in staging Christian Dior and Chinese Artists. Mingling with Dior dresses and accessories, the commissioned artworks bedecked 3000 square meters of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in the heart of Beijing's trendsetting 798 Art District.
Zhang Huan Giant n.3
At the center of the gallery, a towering, ten-meter mendicant mother-to-be draped in cow skins appeared to loiter humbly in a world of luxury.
At the center of the gallery, a towering, ten-meter mendicant mother-to-be draped in cow skins appeared to loiter humbly in a world of luxury.
Xu Zhongmin U-walk
Emerging from darkness, miniature mannequins staged a fashion show, metamorphosing from skeletons to muscular men and then women clad in Dior couture.
Emerging from darkness, miniature mannequins staged a fashion show, metamorphosing from skeletons to muscular men and then women clad in Dior couture.
Wang Gongxin Synchronization
Video screens flanking the gallery presented scenes from a Dior haute couture fashion show on the left, and echoing those, scenes from an amateur fashion show staged by Chinese women on the right.
Video screens flanking the gallery presented scenes from a Dior haute couture fashion show on the left, and echoing those, scenes from an amateur fashion show staged by Chinese women on the right.
Shi Xiaofan The stranger in the glass box
A model in a glass box draws strange looks from the Chinese public in a photographic work that sets members of entirely different worlds against a rural backdrop.
A model in a glass box draws strange looks from the Chinese public in a photographic work that sets members of entirely different worlds against a rural backdrop.
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Participating artists
2009.2.25