Louis Vuitton’s new project focuses on Louis Vuitton’s iconic Monogram canvas, particularly the repeating floral motif that adorns the signature “LV”.
Envisioned in a series of vivid illustrations, the flower has been reinterpreted by five artists and is the centerpiece of the colorful Carre scarf series. This is part of an ongoing project that began in the 1980s (at the time) to use Cirque Square as an artistic canvas. , the collection was given the title “Silk Road”). Here, each scarf is made and printed in a historic factory in Como, Italy, in a meticulous process that uses multiple layers of color to recreate intricate designs.
Louis Vuitton’s colorful “LV Art Silk Square”
Full collection of LV Art Silk Square
(Image credit: courtesy of Louis Vuitton)
This year’s roster includes a vibrant lineup of artists, including pixel art collective eBoy, artist/publisher duo Icinori, graphic novelist Nicolas de Crecy, cartoonist Thomas Ott, and illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti. Contains.
The latter, originally from Italy, brings his vivid, dreamlike vision to Carré, from the designs he discovered in the Art Nouveau stained-glass windows in his historic atelier in Asnières, northwest of Paris. Features a drawn iris. With this, he interweaves the boundaries between past and present. This is a core tenet of Louis Vuitton, which has long enjoyed a rich history spanning nearly two centuries.
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