When fashion meets art: TOM WESSELMANN

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La moda guarda da sempre al mondo dell’arte, a cui silenziosamente ambisce. Le influenze e le citazioni, più o meno velate, abbondano ad ogni stagione, da sempre. 
Iniziamo il viaggio con uno sguardo sull’irriverente Tom Wesselmann e la moda che lo segue da vicino

Fashion always look to the art world, which silently craves. The influences and citations, more or less veiled, abound in every season, has always been.

We begin the journey with a look on irreverent Tom Wesselmann and fashion that closely follows him




L’artista della Pop Art era famoso, negli anni Sessanta, per i suoi “Great American Nudes”, rappresentazioni sintetiche di figure e oggetti della vita quotidiana che rimandano ai grandi nudi della più classica arte moderna. Negli anni ’80 la serie “Smokers”, enormi labbra femminili perennemente accompagnate da sigarette accese, entra nell’immaginario collettivo.

The artist of Pop Art was famous in the sixties, for his Great American Nudes, synthetic representations of figures and everyday objects that recall to the great nudes of classic modern art. In the 80’s the “Smokers series, huge female lips perpetually accompanied by lighted cigarettes, enters in the collective imagination.

Tom Wesselmann “Nude Banner”
Yves Saint Laurent 1966 in the cover of Life magazine
Nicholas Saint Gregoire “Wesselmann 2” cold cathode tube lighting

Tom Wesselmann “Sunset Nude”
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Tom Wesselmann “Cut out nude” 1965
The Rodnik Band
Manish Arora fw 2012/13
Tom Wesselmann “Smoker Banner” 1971
Prada bag 2012
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