In an age when everyone can take a photo and edit it with filters and applications with a more or less professional result, there are still only a few who are gifted with the ability to draw what is in front of them.
That is why it is interesting that you stop by to enjoy
the exhibition that these days can be seen at the ABC Museum in Madrid where a
total of 22 artists present their illustrations on the world of current
fashion. All of them present different styles and techniques, and this is
precisely what makes ' Fina Estampa' really special (that's the name of the
show) because it values this discipline both from an artistic point of view
and from an anthropological point of view. . A wonderful x-ray of the current
fashion industry.
In a time when everyone can take a photograph and edit it
with filters and applications with a more or less professional result, there
are still only a few with the ability to draw what they have in front of them.
That's why it's interesting that you come to enjoy the
exhibition that can be seen at the ABC Museum in Madrid where a total of 22
artists show their illustrations on today's world fashion.
All of them present different styles and techniques, and
this is precisely what makes 'Fina Estampa' really special (that's the name of
the exhibition), as it values this discipline from both an artistic and an
anthropological point of view. A wonderful x-ray of today's fashion industry.
What are they wonderful at? What I like
the furthermost is the friendly and personal vision of fashion from each of the
illustrators. The 22 contemporary masters who coexist in this exhibition do not share a specific technique.
Some use the pencil, others the digital brush, or watercolor; but in all cases
the result is an attractive, elegant, and unique image, that is to say, a
"fine print". And all this without filters or selfies .
Here, up to 100 works are brought
together, the fruit of the work of creators who are shaking up the fashion
industry and social networks such as Amelie Hegardt, Aurore de la Morinerie,
Blair Breitenstein, Cecilia Carlstedt, David Downton, François Berthoud, Gill
Button, Helen Bullock or Hiroshi Tanate. It is a project with a potential for
viral impact and a scope that transcends our borders.
Aren't they wonderful? What I
like the most is the friendly and personal vision of the fashion world from
each one of the illustrators. The 22 contemporary masters who are together in
this show do not share a specific technique. Some use the pencil, others the
digital brush, or the watercolor; but in all cases the result is an attractive,
elegant and unique image, that is to say, a "fine print". And all
this without filters or selfies.
It brings together up to 100
works resulting from the work of creators who are stirring up the fashion
industry and social networks such as Amelie Hegardt, Aurore de la Morinerie,
Blair Breitenstein, Cecilia Carlstedt, David Downton, François Berthoud, Gill
Button, Helen Bullock and Hiroshi Tanate. This is a project with a potential
viral impact and a reach that transcends our borders.
And it is that fashion illustration is
experiencing a "glorious moment", classified by some as a second
Golden Age, in which drawings and artists from all over the world flood the
pages of magazines and newspapers as prestigious as Vogue or Harper's Baazar.
While photography has the efficacy of
portraying reality, illustration does so in a closer and, therefore, more
subjective way.
Nothing like the loose, spontaneous and
hasty drawings of fashion, to indicate where you go or dream about style when
it comes to wearing your clothes.
Go see her. It is totally free.
Fashion illustration is
experiencing a "glorious moment", cataloged by some as a second
Golden Age, in which drawings and artists from all over the world are on the
pages of magazines as prestigious as Vogue or Harper's Baazar.
While photography has the
efficacy of portraying reality, illustration does so in a closer and,
therefore, more subjective way.
There is nothing like the
loose, spontaneous and hasty drawings of fashion, to indicate where style goes
or is dreamed of when it comes to wearing clothes.
Go and see it. It is totally
free.