Skin + Bones - Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture

Skin + Bones
Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
MOCA
Los Angeles, California

Skin + Bones explores the parallels between the “skin” - or exterior surface - and the “bones” - or structural framework - of both clothing and buildings of the past 25 years.

Photo: arcspace
Eisenman Architects
Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin 1992-1993 (unbuilt)

The exhibition is on view through March 5, 2007

A dramatic tensile canopy, beginning at the low wall by the sidewalk, stretches up to attach to the permanent awning covering ARCO Court, then swoops down to highlight the museum’s entrance.

Photo: arcspace

Since the 1980s, a growing number of avant-garde designers have come to approach garments as architectonic constructions, while many in the field of architecture have boldly embraced new forms and materials. These developments are due in part to numerous technological advances that have revolutionized both the design and construction of buildings and made techniques like pleating, seaming, folding, and draping part of the architectural vocabulary.

Photo: arcspace
Foreign Office Architects
Yokohama International Port Terminal (1995-2002)

Photo courtesy Peter Stigter
Viktor & Rolf
Multilayered Blouse, jacket, and pants.
One Woman Show (Fall/Winter 2003)

“I consider clothing not only as a metaphor for shelter and social space, but mainly as a case study for architectural cladding systems.”
Elena Manferdini

Photo courtesy Atelier Manferdini
Petal Dress Detail

“High-fashion brands that commision architects expand the possibliliies for new architecture. Are these not the new roles to be expected from combining business, contemporary art, and architecture?”
Toyo Ito

Photo: arcspace
Toyo Ito
Mikimoto Ginza 2

Forty-five of today’s most creative fashion designers and architects are represented by a wide range of more than 300 objects: from one-of-a-kind haute couture gowns to intricate architectural models and special full-scale installations.

“Creative Process” highlights the parallels in the working methods of architect Frank Gehry and fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez.

Photo: arcspace
Gehry Partners, LLP
Final Founders Ceiling Study
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1987-2003)

“Architecture has been a constant source of inspiration for my work throughout my career. An architect’s thought process, his choice of materials, the combination of these materials to create a structure, and the practicality and function of a structure are all things that I try to incorporate in my own work.”
Narciso Rodriguez

Photo: arcspace
Narciso Rodriguez
Sketchbook (2006)

“Structural Skin” shows buildings and clothing in which the surface and structure become one. “Constructing Volume” highlights garments and building projects that use ingenious methods and construction techniques to create unusual, sculptural volumes.

With the recent A-POC lines, Miyake and Fujiwara explored the application of A-POC to furniture design. Trampoline, a knit, and Gemini, a woven, work both as clothing and as chair covers for Arad Ripple Chair (2005).

Photo: arcspace
A-POC with Ripple Chair.

Like Junya Watanabe’s Soiré (or techno Couture) collection, autumn-winter 2000-2001, designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s ingenious paper Honeypop Chair (2001) makes use of cellular honeycomb construction, that enables it to be shipped flat and expanded into it’s shapely chair form when unfolded.

Photo: arcspace
Soirée dresses and Honeypop Chair.

The enormous “Tectonic Strategies” gallery, which addresses seven cross-disciplinary methodologies: “Wrapping,” “Folding,” “Draping,” Pleating,” “Printing,” “Suspension,” and “Cantilever,” reveals how fashion designers and architects employ one or more of these cross-disciplinary methods.

Photo: arcspace

Photo: arcspace
Herzog & de Meuron
Prada Aoyama, Tokyo (2001-2003)

The exhibition is curated by MOCA Architecture and Design Curator Brooke Hodge. The installation is designed by architects Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown.

A full-color catalog with written entries on each of the individual architects and fashion designers in the exhibition, as well as over 500 illustrations is co-published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Thames & Hudson.
Art catalogues at MOCA

Skin + Bones:
Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture

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January 8, 2007





		EXHIBITION		Features
		Skin + Bones Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture MOCA Los Angeles, California Skin + Bones explores the parallels between the “skin” - or exterior surface - and the “bones” - or structural framework - of both clothing and buildings of the past 25 years. Photo: arcspace Eisenman Architects Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin 1992-1993 (unbuilt) The exhibition is on view through March 5, 2007 A dramatic tensile canopy, beginning at the low wall by the sidewalk, stretches up to attach to the permanent awning covering ARCO Court, then swoops down to highlight the museum’s entrance. Photo: arcspace Since the 1980s, a growing number of avant-garde designers have come to approach garments as architectonic constructions, while many in the field of architecture have boldly embraced new forms and materials. These developments are due in part to numerous technological advances that have revolutionized both the design and construction of buildings and made techniques like pleating, seaming, folding, and draping part of the architectural vocabulary. Photo: arcspace Foreign Office Architects Yokohama International Port Terminal (1995-2002) Photo courtesy Peter Stigter Viktor & Rolf Multilayered Blouse, jacket, and pants. One Woman Show (Fall/Winter 2003) “I consider clothing not only as a metaphor for shelter and social space, but mainly as a case study for architectural cladding systems.” Elena Manferdini Photo courtesy Atelier Manferdini Petal Dress Detail “High-fashion brands that commision architects expand the possibliliies for new architecture. Are these not the new roles to be expected from combining business, contemporary art, and architecture?” Toyo Ito Photo: arcspace Toyo Ito Mikimoto Ginza 2 Forty-five of today’s most creative fashion designers and architects are represented by a wide range of more than 300 objects: from one-of-a-kind haute couture gowns to intricate architectural models and special full-scale installations. “Creative Process” highlights the parallels in the working methods of architect Frank Gehry and fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez. Photo: arcspace Gehry Partners, LLP Final Founders Ceiling Study Walt Disney Concert Hall (1987-2003) “Architecture has been a constant source of inspiration for my work throughout my career. An architect’s thought process, his choice of materials, the combination of these materials to create a structure, and the practicality and function of a structure are all things that I try to incorporate in my own work.” Narciso Rodriguez Photo: arcspace Narciso Rodriguez Sketchbook (2006) “Structural Skin” shows buildings and clothing in which the surface and structure become one. “Constructing Volume” highlights garments and building projects that use ingenious methods and construction techniques to create unusual, sculptural volumes. With the recent A-POC lines, Miyake and Fujiwara explored the application of A-POC to furniture design. Trampoline, a knit, and Gemini, a woven, work both as clothing and as chair covers for Arad Ripple Chair (2005). Photo: arcspace A-POC with Ripple Chair. Like Junya Watanabe’s Soiré (or techno Couture) collection, autumn-winter 2000-2001, designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s ingenious paper Honeypop Chair (2001) makes use of cellular honeycomb construction, that enables it to be shipped flat and expanded into it’s shapely chair form when unfolded. Photo: arcspace Soirée dresses and Honeypop Chair. The enormous “Tectonic Strategies” gallery, which addresses seven cross-disciplinary methodologies: “Wrapping,” “Folding,” “Draping,” Pleating,” “Printing,” “Suspension,” and “Cantilever,” reveals how fashion designers and architects employ one or more of these cross-disciplinary methods. Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Herzog & de Meuron Prada Aoyama, Tokyo (2001-2003) Photo © Guy Marineau Yoshiki Hishinuma Inside Out 2way dress, Spring 2004 Courtesy of Yoshiki Hishinuma The exhibition is curated by MOCA Architecture and Design Curator Brooke Hodge. The installation is designed by architects Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown. A full-color catalog with written entries on each of the individual architects and fashion designers in the exhibition, as well as over 500 illustrations is co-published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Thames & Hudson. Art catalogues at MOCA Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture Check the price at amazon.com European customers click here: Check the price at amazon.co.uk January 8, 2007