The house of Victor & Rolf Exhibition

The House of Victor & Rolf exhibition is the first in the UK show to honour this highly influential dutch duo.
The dramatic exhibition mirrors the equally dramatic avant garde conceptual fashion, presented here in typical stylized and theatrical surrealist dream (that overtakes almost the whole Barbican gallery).

Anyone who has been fortunate enough to see a Victor & Rolf show marbles in the showstopping and surreal sence of irony each piece represent.

It's so much more than fashion, it's a subtle remark on a social phenomenon, its a cheeky comment in a dreamlandscape, it's the point where art co-exists with fashion, perfect, natural and abstract.

Highlights of the exhibition include pieces from Atomic Bomb, 1998–99, featuring a mushroom cloud-like cushioned necklines and Russian Doll, 1999–2000, in which a single model was painstakingly dressed by Viktor & Rolf until she was gasping under 70 kilogrammes of exquisite haute couture. Bells, from 2000-2001, models emerged from a smoke-filled space in clothes embroidered with hundreds of brass bells, so they were heard before they could be seen.

Mixing performance, contemporary and conceptual art, the surrealism of the Dadaists and the beautiful fashion of high couture design, the House of Viktor and Rolf exhibition is a slice of fashion heaven, presenting the unique point of view of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. The show runs from 18th of June o until the 21st September 2008.

The Victor & Rolf Exhibition shop is full of goodies including limited edition perfumes, specially commissioned silk scarves and an amazing book on the exhibition,.
Make sure you check it out.

The Barbican Centre,
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
0845207550
http://www.barbican.org.uk

Times:
Mon, Thur, Fri 11am - 8pm
Tue & Wed 11am-6pm
Tube: Barbican
Tickets £8/£6 (concession)


If you're still not convinced check out the AMAZING Victor & Rolf website.
http://www.victor-rolf.com