Gram Parsons in his famous white suit by Nudie Cohn during The Flying Burrito Brothers period (1968-74), Photography: Jim McCrary
Gram Parsons (1946-1973) was a pioneer within the history of American music. With his groups The International Submarine Band, The Byrds and, in particular, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram fused his love of country music with rocj, soul and blues to articulate a new musical genre, country-rock (an epithet he allegdly disliked preffering to use the term ‘Cosmic American Music’). Read More »
Exhibition Unravel. Knitwear in Fashion, 2011, Photography: Frederik Vercruysse. Dirk Van Saene A/W 2008-09 & Ann Demeulemeester A/W2009-10, 2009, Photography: Hugo Maertens.
MoMu+Friends is the new organization of friends of the MoMu. Friends of the MoMu have a heart for fashion, cultural heritage, innovation and creativity, and they help the MoMu in developing a rich and varied museum program. Read More »
Wednesday November 23rd will be marked in the MoMu agenda as very special day where we had the honour to welcome two special guests at the Walter Van Beirendonck: Dream the World Awake exhibition!
In the morning we received British designer Paul Smith who arrived in Antwerp the day before to present his new book ‘Notes’ and ‘Gentleman Designer’, a new Arte documentary providing insight into the playful and creative world of Paul Smith.
In the afternoon Walter gave a private tour to the French artist Orlan, who was also in town for her upcoming expo in 2012 at the M HKA!
Still from the film Made in Hollywood: A Tribute to Nudie. Photography: Craig McDean.
In July 2003, the film Made in Hollywood: A Tribute to Nudie by photographer Craig McDean and art director Bill Doig, premiered on SHOWstudio. The film features the model Amber Valetta styled in an androgynous manner, with slicked back hair, bleached-out eyebrows, wearing various Nudie outfits, and is soundtracked by The Flying Burrito Brothers song Wheels. The other star of the film is a Nudie car which the model gets into and drives. The camera lingers over the details of the vehicle and the bleached out footage adds a dreamlike quality to what is an already incredible project.
Created to accompany the MoMu Gallery’s exhibition Dreamsuits, photographer and filmmaker Alice Hawkins lends her unique eye to Cohn’s equally unique couture creations, capturing their glittering surfaces on a fashion film for SHOWstudio.comRead More »
The poster of the past exhibition Stephen Jones & The Accent of Fashion is nominated for the Cobra Power of Print Award 2011! The Stephen Jones poster was designed by Paul Boudens and features a portrait of Jones by Nick Knight.
With this annual award, Prospekta highlights the most interesting posters and flyers from the past cultural season and wants to promote and support graphic design.
The award is divided in an award by a professional judge and a public award. From October 29th until November 20th you can vote for your favourite poster and flyer from the past cultural season (2010-2011).
The Letterenhuis in Antwerp will setup an exhibition with the selected artwork from December 9th 2011 until January 6th, free entrance.
Dreamsuits from the Bobbejaan Schoepen Collection. Photography: Alex Salinas.
On the occasion of the exhibition ‘Dreamsuits’ in the MoMu Gallery, photographer Alex Salinas produced a shooting with Nudie Cohn outfits from the Bobbejaan Schoepen collection featuring Belgian musicians and published in Weekend Knack magazine.
Photography: Alex Salinas
Styling: R. Cerimagic
Make-up: Inge Grognard
Stylist assistant: Aline Walther
Photo assistants: Jef Jacobs & Koen Verminnen
Production: Anita Boels at King Kong VZW
Thanks to Lee Jeans
MoMu presents Dreamsuits. Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor – featuring the collection of Bobbejaan Schoepen’ in the MoMu Gallery, an exhibition of fascinating outfits, accessories and ephemera by the legendary Nudie Cohn.
Drawn from the personal collection of iconic Belgian entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen and his wife Josée, this show (curated by fashion historian Mari MacKenzie and designer R. Cerimagic) will be the first European exhibition to examine the work of the Ukrainian born tailor who revolutionized the clothing of Country & Western music.
Dreamsuits. Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor
- feat. the collection of Bobbejaan Schoepen from October 28, 2011 until February 2nd, 2012 MoMu Gallery, free entrance
On the occasion of the exhibition Dream the world awake, MoMu Library has digitalized all the available videos from the collection of Walter Van Beirendonck over the past three decades. As the exhibition advances, each week two new videos will be posted on the video page of the exhibition’s website and on the MoMu Blog! Read More »
To celebrate the exhibition, Antwerp icon and biscuit maker Philip’s Biscuits has created a special Walter’s Biscuit, a cookie in the shape of Walter’s head in two versions: a white beard (with sugar) and a brown beard (with chocolate marzipan). Available at the MoMu entrance desk for €5 (two Walter’s Biscuits).
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