Drawing Inspiration: Balenciaga and Contemporary Art

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Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large of American Vogue, discusses the influence of abstract contemporary Spanish artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, on the work of legendary fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga.

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The de Young Museum presents: Balenciaga and Spain Symposium. This program was recorded on March 26, 2011.

This symposium will examine the thesis of the exhibition: the power of the Spanish imagination, and of its cultural and artistic history, on the work of one of the 20th century's greatest designers.

Hamish Bowles is a fashion journalist and contributing author to Yves Saint Laurent: Style. He also is the European editor-at-large for American Vogue; author and co-author of several books, including Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People and Carolina Herrera: Portrait of a Fashion Icon; and curator of the landmark exhibition Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.

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[WikeddTung]

even in twice removed reproductions & in spite of bowles' total lack of charisma, balenciaga's dresses are totally compelling. i had to pause to get a good look at each.