Rotko on the runways...
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With the arrival of the color-block trend in the fashion world, designers everywhere seek inspiration in the master who made art by painting the most unusual combinations of blocks of color.
For more than twenty years, Mark Rothko (born in Letonia but then a US-citizen, 1903-1970) experimented through a simple composition made of basic color rectangles, with little space in between, placed over a single color background.
Untitled No. 17, by Mark Rotko (1961)
As you can see, in the previous painting, he used three colors from the same family (warm colors) but not complementing colors. However the disposition produces an harmonious result. This painting was auctioned on May 2011, by Christie's in New York, for 38 millons dollars. Designer Narciso Rodríguez took it straight to the runway...
Narciso Rodriguez (Fall/Winter 2013)
Let's see some other examples of the Rotko-Fashion synergy...
Earth and Green, by Mark Rothko (1955)
Technique: oil on canvas
Valentino (Fall/Winter 2013)
Magenta, black, green over orange, by Mark Rothko (1949)
Technique: oil on canvas / Measures: 216.5 x 164.8 cm - MoMA, NY
Male collections could not resist either...
Acne (Spring/Summer 2012)
And how about here, in Argentina?
Intihuasi II, by Alejandro Puente (1973)
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La Plata-born artist Alejandro Puente (1933-2013), who left us a little time ago, found inspiration in the pre-hispanic fabrics to create his Intihuasi II. Thus, he mixed the modern with the ancestral, the geometric abstraction with pre-Columbian textiles.
Tramando, de Martín Churba
The spirit of fashion designer Martín Churba is quite in touch with Argentine artists. We do not know which was his inspiration for this season's collection, but we are sure of his belief in the strong bond between fashion and art. As a proof, Tramando's collaboration with Pablo Siquier.
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