Isabelle de Borchgrave began her studies at the age of 14 at the Centre des Arts Décoratifs in Brussels. She went on to establish her own studio designing dresses, jewelry, and accessories, and later specialized in designing fabrics. Following a 1994 visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, she dreamed up the idea of paper costumes, for which she has become world renowned.
Isabelle de Borchgrave: "New Paintings and Sculptures" is a departure from the work shown at the Legion. Instead of the monochromatic palate of the earlier show, the works at Sorokko feature pieces in vibrant colors, tribal patterns, and ethnic textiles
Borchgrave. Petite Chapeau
Works
on paper are meticulously hand painted with bold patterns and then
folded into an origami-like, accordion-style canvas. Elaborately painted
life-size kimonos pose across from de Borchgrave's paper pleated
Grecian dresses modeled after Fortuny's famous pleated silk Delphos
gowns. And across from those fragile forms are dense corsets of worn
patinas. Small scale sculptures of jewelry-like neckpieces are
juxtaposed with larger-scale bronze works. In de Borchgrave's art, the starting point is almost always the same: sheets of paper one meter by one and a half meters (3.3 feet by 4.9 feet), which she sets to work on with her brushes and paints on an enormous linen-covered table in her studio in Brussels. "Her colors, reports The New York Times, "are very much inspired by her travels: reds from the roses of Turkey, earth hues from Egypt, blues from Greece...Borchgrave produces astonishing effects of scintillating color, weight, transparency and texture. Her renderings of diaphanous gauzes are especially astonishing."
The
exhibit is an expertly curated display of the artist's range and unique
ability to transform a common medium into the otherworldly. Givenchy
puts it beautifully, "Isabelle is one of a kind. She plays with paper as
a virtuoso plays an instrument."
Best of all for those with a bit of spare change -you can now buy the dresses at a mere $45,000 per item.
Exhibit on view through Sat. April 20 at Serge Sorokko Gallery, 55 Geary St., sorokko.com
Best of all for those with a bit of spare change -you can now buy the dresses at a mere $45,000 per item.
Exhibit on view through Sat. April 20 at Serge Sorokko Gallery, 55 Geary St., sorokko.com
Suhas
Bhujbal at Dolby Chadwick: The Indian born artist, more known for his
geometric compositions, has new work which fuses his previous
fascination with urban landscape with luminous figurative works.
Bhujbal. Getting Ready for the Day
During
a 2011 trip to Cat Island in the central Bahamas, artist Suhas Bhujbal
found something he craved: peace and quiet. The island's lifestyle --
one in which people gather on the beach and enjoy each other's company
-- reminded him of his childhood in India. "I appreciate the simplicity
in life," he comments. "I paint what I see, experience, and feel. It is
really about falling in love in that moment and bringing that on the
canvas in a visual form."
Bhujbal. Hanging Out.
Suhas Bhujbal: "Dialogues" from April 4 -- 27, 2013 . Dolby Chadwick Gallery. 10 Post Street San Francisco. http://www.dolbychadwickgallery.com
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