Art, fashion & architecture are traveling around the world in one neat little package… and it’s about to land in NYC. From October 20th to November 9th, a mobile display showcasing the work of twenty leading international artists inspired by a single common theme: Chanel’s iconic quilted 2.55 bag will be at Rumsey Playfield at Central Park. The glistening, white, pod-like display case was a design collaboration between fahion designer, Karl Lagerfeld and architect, Zaha Hadid.
Wallpaper* magazine states, “The look is trademark Hadid – whimsical, fluid and graceful – an aesthetic that would have strongly resonated with Chanel’s bold creative director who in the past has likened the value of her designs to ‘great poetry’. The curved, undulating walls of the interior serve as a dramatic backdrop to work by the likes of Yoko Ono, Sylvie Fleury, photographers Nobuyoshi Araki and Stephen Shore and the Russian collective Blue Noses.”
Mobile Art will will travel fromNew York to London (June ‘09), Moscow (September ‘09), and finally Paris (February ‘10).
