
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
by Teemunny Published on Monday, June 6, 2011
I like to think of myself as a plastic surgeon with a knife.
I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting so that when I’m dead and gone, people will know that the 21st century was started by Alexander McQueen.
-Alexander McQueen
During a recent, whirlwind jaunt in New York, I had the chance to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art and soak in Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The show opened on May 4, and is now extended to August 7, 2011 (was originally supposed to conclude on July 31, 2011, but was stretched out, due to the overwhelming traffic and responsive success).
Needless to say, it was a brilliant and stunning collection of mind-obliterating work that was coupled with an appropriately expert level of curation by Andrew Bolton. Just awesome and amazing. There is not enough hyperbole. This was one of the best shows I have seen this part of the decade. What a shame and utter waste that Alexander McQueen, this prolific showman, is not practicing his craft on this earth anymore. It was almost overwhelming taking in this dense tableau; I would have shed a tear if I was in the exhibit for another minute. Alexander McQueen is a fashion deity.
If you are in the New York area, I am urging you to attend this show. You need not be a connoisseur, student of fashion or fashionista to appreciate this collection. It is well worth your wait and time of travel. God save McQueen.
- About the Exhibition
- While it is still up, check out this collection of videos with transcripts (Andrew Bolton’s video narrations)
- Art Review by Holland Cotter from The New York Times: Designer as Dramatist, and the Tales He Left Behind
- Buy the book
- See the full runway shows in the archive at alexandermcqueen.com
-Teemunny
(all images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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