Archinect - News2024-05-26T14:48:35-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150274670/saint-laurent-taps-doug-aitken-to-help-present-its-ss22-line-in-venice
Saint Laurent taps Doug Aitken to help present its SS22 line in Venice Josh Niland2021-07-19T14:43:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/effc3e429e8c6a421f2859596e48fe8e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A temporary installation by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/31749042/doug-aitken-workshop" target="_blank">Doug Aitken</a> is gracing the runway in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10264/venice" target="_blank">Venice</a> thanks to a new commission from fashion giant Saint Laurent. </p>
<p>The artist’s latest work titled <em>Green Lens</em> is a glowing, 10-pronged kaleidoscopic <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a> made from mirrored aluminum panels that sits on a defunct 54-acre military installation hosted on an island called La Certosa.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/651de97bf225b901b5c85652c6f04224.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/651de97bf225b901b5c85652c6f04224.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Saint Laurent.</figcaption></figure><p>Aitken uses an admixture of locally-sourced plants, artificially-generated mist, and colorful lighting to create an immersive activated sculpture he says is inspired by the set designs from his favorite Andrei Tarkovsky films. The installation’s focus on ecology and litoral setting elevates a long-held sense of the natural world that the 53-year-old artist has made a focus of throughout his three-decade career. <br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94a04d51e405acc96a75e4873c3a37cd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94a04d51e405acc96a75e4873c3a37cd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Saint Laurent.</figcaption></figure><p>“It’s something that the viewer can be a part of, the landscape around it can be part of,” Aitken <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/doug-aitken-saint-laurent-installation-venice-1234598705/" target="_blank">told <em>ARTnews</em></a>.<br></p>
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It’s essential YSL Nam Henderson2017-09-12T11:58:00-04:00>2017-09-12T11:58:28-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c2/c2pa04vaceyxs2hp.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>No less expressive is the building itself, with both modern and traditional Moroccan influences (locally-sourced terrazzo, red brick latticework, bush hammered concrete) and a curved facade that mimics the folds of fabric...</p></em><br /><br /><p>Jeanine Celeste Pang traveled to Marrakesh, for a preview of a new <a href="http://www.museeyslmarrakech.com./" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">museum</a> honoring Yves Saint Laurent. The new, 43,000-square-foot building, is designed by the Paris-based firm <a href="http://www.studioko.fr/#en-project-35" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio KO</a>. The project will open in October.</p>