Art also seeks to push the limits. Frank Gehry proves it with his new and unexpected work who has presented from the hand of Louis Vuitton: A surprising collection of 11 bags-culture that dilute the line between architecture and fashion. The collection has landed directly in Art Basel from Miamiepicenter of the most recent proposals for contemporary art.
The winner of the Pritzker has reinvented the Capucine, one of The most emblematic bags of the house of French luxury leather goods. The experimentation in materials, form and techniques such as 3D modeling in particular are the conductive thread of the sample-collaboration that at times works as a mirror of the architect's works.
For example, Capucine mm concrete pockets Presents the mythical bag with a printing technique developed for the occasion that, with tones from white to gray, concrete simulates and that includes three -dimensional folds is a clear reinterpretation of the Walt Disney Concert Hall that Gehry developed in the hearts of Los Angeles or the curves of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museumwhich are part of the most impressive buildings created by the architect.
The collection of limited editing bags includes references to some of the buildings that Frank Gehry has created for the French house as the Fondation Louis Vuitton.Mario Kroes / Courtesy Louis Vuitton
Frank Gehry X Louis Vuitton: Architecture, Materials and Nature
The sample has been presented in blocks, summarize the Frank Gehry creative process: architecture and shape, exploration of materials and animals. In each of them, the architect summarizes its experimentation trip that equally includes materials such as plexiglass, that the fine skin than the Maison He uses recurrently in his creations and has been applied sculpturally.
In the block corresponding to nature it stands out Floating Fisha white bag that seems to emanate a three -dimensional reddish tone fish with everything and scales. Inspiration has come from the pools that Gehry developed for the Fondation Louis Vuitton building. That same block includes the BB Croca granulated leather bag dotted with neon yellow with the magician turned into a crocodile inspired by the sculpture of the same animal that the creative created for the sexy sexy fish restaurant.