Eye of the Collector Exhibition by Vilebrequin and JRP|Editions

This yr’s arts and design season in London begins with a collaboration between Vilebrequin and JRP|Editions. Curated by Lionel Bovier, Director of MAMCO Geneva and Arnaud Hubert, CEO of JRP|Editions, and orchestrated by the Vilebrequin staff, this partnership expands the dialogue between artwork and trend. Of their very first model collaboration, the revered publishing home introduces Vilebrequin to an formidable number of artists.

• Kenny Scharf 
• Sylvie Fleury 
• John M Armleder

As Lionel Bovier explains: “We needed to curate a group that may enable us to discover as many voices and designs as potential. This meant bringing collectively artists with radically completely different approaches, however who share an curiosity in how their work can migrate from the canvas or partitions to textile. They’re united by a standard thread:  the facility of their work, the readability of their inventive language, and the integrity with which Vilebrequin dealt with  their initiatives.” 

This assortment options quite a lot of views from European and American artists in addition to female and male, black and queer views. This wide-ranging assortment touches on summary and figurative, conceptual and road artwork, reinforcing Vilebrequin’s promise to maintain on taking the swimsuit into unexplored territory.

The Vilebrequin JRP|Editions assortment can be out there from Might third at 23 King’s Highway, London SW3 4RP, on-line at vilebrequin.com and chosen shops worldwide.