(New York, June 8, 2017)—Today, The Met Store announces a new publication that gives readers a deeper look into the architecture and design of The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. A limited-edition concertina-fold portfolio, the exhibition album includes 21 color photographs by Nicholas Alan Cope of the gallery space—half the images show the completed installation, and half show the space before the clothing was placed—to highlight the exhibition’s singular environment, which was a collaboration between curator Andrew Bolton and Rei Kawakubo.
Kawakubo says, “My clothes and the spaces they inhabit are inseparable—they are one and the same. They convey the same vision, the same message, and the same sense of values.”
An essay by architectural theorist and critic Mark Wigley examines parallels between fashion and architecture as essential forms of shelter and expression, giving readers a new lens through which to appreciate the exhibition.
A complement to the exhibition catalogue authored by Bolton, the exhibition album will be available exclusively at The MET x CDG Pocket Shop and for preorder online at store.metmuseum.org beginning June 9, and at Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market locations around the world beginning mid-June.
Andrew Bolton is Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mark Wigley is Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University.
Nicholas Alan Cope is a photographer based in New York City.
The new publication accompanies the exhibition at The Met Fifth Avenue, on view through September 4, 2017.
About The Met Store
The Met Store offers a selection of gifts inspired by current exhibitions and The Met’s unparalleled collection of more than 5,000 years of art from around the world. The store has a presence in all three of the Museum’s iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters—and online at store.metmuseum.org.
All purchases support The Met collection and the study, conservation, and presentation of 5,000 years of art.
The exhibition is made possible in part by Condé Nast.
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June 8, 2017
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