Book Launch | Diller, Scofidio + Renfro: The Look | Swiss Institute | February 3, 6:30-8:30pm
ARTBOOK + Swiss Institute
invite you to join
Elizabeth Diller + Dennis Freedman + Matthew Monteith
in a conversation moderated by Henry Urbach
celebrating the publication of
THE LOOK
by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Matthew Monteith
Commissioned by the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art
Tuesday, February 3
6:30 - 8:30pm
Space is limited / Please RSVP to rsvp@swissinstitute.net
Each
year, the DESTE Foundation commissions an artist to curate a capsule
collection comprising five to ten designs from that year’s international
fashions. The artist may interpret the selected works and integrate
them into an independent project. Diller Scofidio + Renfro was selected
to curate the capsule collection for 2013.
Swiss Institute / CONTEMPORARY ART
18 Wooster Street
New York City
About the panelists:
Elizabeth Diller is
a founding principal at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, an interdisciplinary
design studio that integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the
performing arts.
Dennis Freedman is the Creative Director of Barneys New York and was formerly the Creative Director of W Magazine for 10 years.
Matthew Monteith is
a photographer whose editorial work has appeared in many magazines,
including GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Interview, W, and Dwell.
Henry Urbach is
the Director of The Glass House, New Canaan, CT and previously served
as Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art (SFMOMA).
Diller Scofidio + Renfro: The Look
Published by Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art
Photographs by Matthew Monteith
Boxed, Paperback, 12 X 18 IN. / 40 PGS / 18 Color
ISBN 9786185039097
$120.00
The
Look is a narrative in eighteen scenes about youth, aging,
timelessness, and identity. It is set in an ambiguous time. Dispersed
throughout are ten accessories that comprise the 2013 capsule
collection. These selections from runway couture and ready-to-wear
collections are “assisted” classics, so highly mannered that they live
in a state of the past-present. The Glass House is a key protagonist.
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