Alaïa/Kuramata: Lightness in creation

catalogue presentation

azzedine alaïa foundation

exhibition view ph. Sylvie Delpech

The Azzedine Alaïa Foundation is pleased to present the catalogue "Alaïa/Kuramata: Lightness in creation" on the occasion of the exhibition's finissage.

The catalogue is richly illustrated with images of 23 works by Shiro Kuramata and 20 haute couture creations by Azzedine Alaïa, accompanied by texts by Tadao Ando, Andrea Branzi, Anne-Marie Fèvre, Mieko Kuramata, Barbara Radice, Olivier Saillard, Ettore Sottsass and Carla Sozzani.

Shiro Kuramata, in 1970, with Dinah, a shelf designed the same year. PH. TAKAYUKI OGAWA
Shiro Kuramata, Drawing, ‘North attitude’ 1985. Shiro Kuramata « Twilight Time » - Console, 1985. PH. SYLVIE DELPECH
"Broken Glass Table", 1986 Metal and broken glass. Azzedine Alaïa, couture 2017. PH.Stéphane Aït Ouarab - Shiro Kuramata, drawing, « Crackeled glass table » 1986.
Shiro Kuramata " Ghost Lamp " or " Oba-Q " Lamp, K- series S-473, 1972. White moulded plastic. PH. SYLVIE DELPECH