Louis Vuitton to exhibit purses designed by Korean artist Park Search engine optimisation-bo

Louis Vuitton will exhibit ArtyCapucines purses, together with these impressed by Korean artist Park Search engine optimisation-bo on the correct, on the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul in Cheongdam-dong, in southern Seoul’s Gangnam District, from Nov. 8 to Nov. 24. [LOUIS VUITTON]

 
Louis Vuitton will exhibit ArtyCapucines purses designed by Korean artist Park Search engine optimisation-bo on the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul in Cheongdam-dong, in southern Seoul’s Gangnam District, from Tuesday to Nov. 24, the posh vogue home stated Monday.
  
Ninety-year-old Park is dubbed the maestro of dansaekhwa, or Korean monochrome portray.  
 
Louis Vuitton has been collaborating with fashionable artists world wide to created limited-edition ArtyCapucines since 2019. Park is the primary Korean artist to participated within the challenge. 
 
Park’s ArtyCapucines are impressed by considered one of his most notable works, the myobeop (the Korean phrase for a wonderful methodology) collection. For the reason that mid-’90s, the start of the late-ecriture interval, Park eliminated any traces of the human hand from his works. As a substitute, he has been utilizing sticks, rulers and different instruments to create furrow-like areas at common intervals whereas making use of deeper, richer colours.
 

Louis Vuitton’s ArtyCapucines purses on show at southern Seoul’s Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul [LOUIS VUITTON]

 
The brand new purse assortment particularly took inspiration from a 2016 piece from the myobeop collection. To be able to recreate the distinctive texture on purses, the posh vogue home utilized brushwork results on carp leather-based and employed a three-dimensional rubber injection course of.
 
The pocket contained in the bag has Park’s signature printed on it, recreating the again of an paintings by Park.  
 
The deal with consists of a metallic body and walnut wooden. Beneath the bag are studs impressed by screws that Park has used for his artworks for a very long time.  
 

Louis Vuitton’s ArtyCapucines purses on show at southern Seoul’s Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul [LOUIS VUITTON]

 
“The second I noticed ArtyCapucines that had been carrying [my] paintings, I might really feel the artisan spirit of Louis Vuitton straight away,” stated Park. “ArtyCapucines is a perfect instance of how artwork can coexist with most of the people in on a regular basis life.”  
 
The exhibition in Cheongdam-dong consists of three works by Park from his myobeop collection. It should additionally show this yr’s ArtyCapucines designs by famend artist equivalent to Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone, Peter Marino, Kennedy Yanko and Amélie Bertrand.

BY HALEY YANG [[email protected]]