photography by OLIVIER ZAHM
style by YASMINE ESLAMI
an exhibition at the musée d’orsay in paris, devoted to the dreamy aesthetic of the late-19th
century french art critic and writer
joris-karl huysmans, with scenography
by italian artist francesco vezzoli
the first anti-establishment appropriation
of dreams and emotions as a source of extreme beauty,
ushering in a radical new world of decadence
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI, SELF-PORTRAIT (FROM PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR), 2019, DETAIL, COTTON AND METALLIC SPACE EMBROIDERY ON CANVAS, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND THE MUSÉE D'ORSAY, PARIS
BLACK BALLROOM DRESS IN BONDED VELVET BALENCIAGA, PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER JEWELRY CARTIER WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU, THE BIRTH OF VENUS, 1879, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 118 X 84 3/5 INCHES, MUSÉE D'ORSAY, PARIS EXHIBITON VIEW
GIOVANNI BOLDINI, COUNT ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU, 1897, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 45 1/2 X 32 2/5 INCHES MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS, EXHIBITION VIEW
OVERSIZED LILAC SATIN TOP AND DECONSTRUCTED FLORAL TROUSERS COMME DES GARÇONS TOP: ODILON REDON, CHRIST ON THE CROSS, CIRCA 1910, DETAIL, OIL ON CARDBOARD, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS LEFT: ODILON REDON, HEAD OF THE CHRIST, 1877, DETAIL, PASTEL AND CHARCOAL ON WOVEN PAPER, PETIT PALAIS, PARIS RIGHT: ODILON REDON, THE SACRED HEART, 1906, DETAIL, PASTEL AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS EXHIBITION VIEW
CORAL-SAND SILK, SATIN, AND MUSLIN DRESS WITH PLEATED SKIRT CHLOÉ PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, YOUNG GIRLS ON THE EDGE OF THE SEA, 1879, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 81 X 61 2/5 INCHES, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS, EXHIBITION VIEW
ÉDOUARD MANET, PORTRAIT OF MALLARMÉ, 1876, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 11 X 14 INCHES, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS EXHIBITION VIEW
GUSTAVE MOREAU, THE APPARITION, BEFORE 1876, WATERCOLOR, 41 4/5 X 28 2/5 INCHES, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS EXHIBITION VIEW
BLACK OVERALLS GIORGIO ARMANI HENRI GERVEX, ROLLA, 1878, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 69 2/5 X 87 INCHES, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BORDEAUX EXHIBITION VIEW
SHEER YELLOW BLOUSE MSGM WORN WITH NAVY PINSTRIPE TROUSERS ACNE STUDIOS AND PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER JEWELRY CARTIER ODILON REDON, PARSIFAL, CIRCA 1912, DETAIL, PASTEL ON PAPER, 25 X 19 INCHES, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS EXHIBITION VIEW
GLITTERY NAVY DRESS AND NECKLACE CHANEL, PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER NECKLACE CARTIER ANTONIO DE LA GANDARA, PORTRAIT OF JEAN LORRAIN, 1898, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, 61 X 38 INCHES, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS, EXHIBITION VIEW
BLACK RUFFLE DRESS DSQUARED2, CHALK-WHITE SEQUIN-EMBROIDERED “LS TEC” JACKET RICK OWENS, PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER JEWELRY CARTIER EDGAR DEGAS, THE ABSINTHE DRINKER, CIRCA 1875-76, DETAIL, OIL ON CANVAS, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS, EXHIBITION VIEW
EUGÈNE CARRIÈRE, PORTRAIT OF PAUL VERLAINE, 1890, OIL ON CANVAS, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS, EXHIBITION VIEW
Throughout the story, views of the exhibition “Joris-Karl Huysmans art critic: from Degas to Grünewald, in the eye of Francesco Vezzoli” at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, through March 1, 2020
Laurent Philippon at CALLISTE AGENCY, hair — Kathy Le Sant at CALL MY AGENT, make-up — Joris Rossi, photographer’s assistant — Cindy Fontaine, stylist’s assistant — Micky Francis Hes, stylist’s assistant — Eliza Douglas, model
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post-brain
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psychonauts
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the second brain
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