daniel arsham

dior summer 2020 

interview and photography by OLIVIER ZAHM
style by MASHA ORLOV
story shot in DANIEL ARSHAM’S studio in Brooklyn
all artworks courtesy of the artist and EMMANUEL PERROTIN GALLERY

a time-warp sculptor recasting objects as postapocalyptic relics: daniel arsham, in his collaboration with dior, projects kim jones’s collection into a fictional archaeology

OLIVIER ZAHM — Let’s start with Dior because this collaboration is exceptional — it’s a deep, interesting connection between the brand and your work. And you seem to have been left free to propose crazy ideas.
DANIEL ARSHAM — This is all Kim [Jones, artistic director of Dior menswear] pushing through all of these ideas. He’s always had this ability to synthesize and bring together different types of groups. So when he called me about the collaboration, he said, “Come up with exactly what you’d want to do.” I was very interested to…