i used to be a flamingo: exhibition

Fundación Mapfre, in collaboration with the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, presented last October an exhibition that lasted until January called "Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective". This major exhibition, which was shown at the Petit Palais in Paris in 2010 offered a fascinating insight into a career that spanned forty years of creativity.

The exhibition was organised thematically into eleven sections and featured approximately 150 examples of haute couture and prêt-à-porter, as well as more than 80 drawings, photographs and films.

The exhibition reviewed the life and work of this designer, starting with the famous "Trapeze Line" collection created for Dior and concluding with his magnificent evening gowns and the explosion of colour that situates his work in the present day.

Years Dior

The Gender Revolution

Studio Real/Mental

YSL and Women

Worn by (from left to right): Nan Kempner, Lauren Bacall, Paloma Picasso, Loulou de Falaise, Betty Catroux

Worn by Grace Kelly

Worn by (from right to left): Patricia López-Willshaw, Diana Vreeland, Marie-Hélène de Tothschild, Windsor Duchess

Catherine Deneuve: An Encounter

Collection 40: The Scandal

The Shock of Transparency

Imaginary Journeys

"I use my imagination on countries I don't know," Saint Laurent once said. "I hate travelling. If I read a book about India, with photos, or Egypt, where I've never been, my imagination runs away with me. That's how I make my most marvelous voyages."

India

Morocco

China-Japan

Spain

Africa

Rusia

Animal World: Fur and Feathers

Tribute to the Artists

Tribute to Matisse

Tribute to Van Gogh

The Last Ball/The Smoking

YSL by Jeanloup Sieff (1971)

La villaine Lulu

The Creating Process

This post is dedicated to Lucy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Last weekend, I went to the Antonio de Felipe's exhibition in El Retiro.

Antonio is a Valencian artist whose works revolve around Pop Art. He has participated in many solo exhibitions both in Spain and abroad and in many other collective exhibitions. He works on painting, sculpture and serigraphy, mixing elements of the pop culture. Many of his works fuse foreign culture (such as cinema or music) with Madrid 80's scene.

This exhibition called "LPop" was composed of 60 paintings and 5 sculptures. The paintings depicted some "altered" music album covers (mainly 70's, 80's and some 90's albums). All of them looked like real covers! Let me show you some examples: