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Vivienne Westwood APAC

Corset Exhibition

EXPLORATION
探索

Curiosity characterises Vivienne Westwood’s work – she had a thirst for knowledge, always questioning and exploring different approaches. Studying other cultures, from other times and from around the world, investigating other belief systems, aesthetics and traditions to develop new ways of seeing. For over a decade, Vivienne Westwood have collaborated with the Ethical Fashion Initiative of the International Trade Centre, United Nations, creating accessories collections with artisans in Kenya and Burkina Faso to celebrate indigenous craft.

This space explores the theme of exploration – and how Westwood’s work interacts with different cultures, philosophies, and methodologies – reflecting Westwood’s own belief in the validity of different ways of thinking and her consistent rejection of orthodoxy. Connected with her love of Do it Yourself, Westwood often used materials in unexpected contexts or settings, reflecting the ingenuity of human creation around the world, and the different cultural capital given to, for instance, objects of mass western consumption in other societies. 

“The only place to find ideas is by looking at what people did in the past. It’s the way you can be original. You can’t be original by just wanting to do something. Nothing comes from a vacuum. It is impossible to be creative unless you have a link with the past and tradition. You cannot merely have a desire to create something and attempt to do it without learning from the techniques of the past”  Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood作品的特點之一是充滿好奇心—她對知識保持赤子般的渴求,不斷質疑、探索多元的方法。她研究不同時代和世界各地的其他文化,探究各種信仰體系、美學傳統和文化基因,最終鎔鑄成獨樹一幟的審美範式。過去十餘年間,Vivienne Westwood與聯合國國際貿易中心倫理時尚項目深度合作,攜手肯雅和布基納法索的匠人一起開發配飾系列,以當地設計語言激活傳統土著手工藝的永恆價值並發揚光大。

這個空間以探索精神為主題—展現Vivienne Westwood的作品如何與多元文化、哲學思想和創作方法論對話,反映Vivienne Westwood「思維無界」的核心理念與對固有範式的持續突破。Vivienne Westwood熱愛自己動手,常常在意想不到的背景或環境中運用各種日常材料進行創作,彰顯世界各地人們創造的智慧,也揭示不同文化語境賦予物品的獨特價值維度。

「尋找靈感的唯一途徑是回顧人們在過去所做的事情,這是你能夠做到原創的方式。僅僅想做點什麼是無法做到原創的。沒有什麼是憑空而來的,除非你追溯過去、探索傳統,否則不可能有創造力。你不能僅僅有創造的慾望,而不去從過去的技藝中學習就嘗試去做。」— Vivienne Westwood

AUDREY NECKLACE
AUDREY頸鏈

Vivienne Westwood Spring-Summer 2001 Collection
2001 春夏

Brass
黃銅

PERSEPHONE WIG
頭飾

Andreas Kronthaler For Vivienne Westwood Spring-Summer 2020 Collection
AK-VW時裝——2020春夏

Brass / Crystals / Cord Found / Broken Jewellery Pieces
回收珠寶、玻璃、樹脂、木材、黃銅、布料

RENATTA EARRINGS
RENATTA耳環

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Spring-Summer 2016 Collection
Gold Label 金標2016春夏

Brass / Plated Resin / Nylon Cord
樹脂、布料、氧化黃銅、鍍金黃銅

MARIOLA NECKLACE
MARIOLA頸鏈

Andreas Kronthaler For Vivienne Westwood Spring-Summer 2020 Collection
AK-VW時裝——2020春夏

Brass / Crab Pincers / Gemstones / Coins
各種寶石、蟹鉗、貝殼、玻璃、氧化黃銅、金、釕及氧化鍍銀黃銅