Don’t expect paper figures in Fashioning Art from Paper at SCAD.
, the self-taught Belgian artist noted for her painted paper dresses—they are truly objects to marvel at—always seems to have an exhibition up somewhere in the world. Most recently, her work has landed at Savannah College of Art and Design .is a 500-year survey of historical fashion through the artist’s interpretations of pieces in costume institutes around the world; its timing coincides with a big turn of the wheel, a new decade.
In De Borchgrave’s hand, paper takes on the suppleness and malleability of fabric. “I was, and still am, surprised every day by what paper can give you,” she states. “Paper gives you freedom: You can paint on it, shrink it, iron it, and mimic fabrics such as linen, velvet, brocade, taffeta, and satin by playing with trompe l’oeil and illusion. It’s much more resistant than fabric. It endures better against light and time, with the only issue being humidity.
Organized chronologically, the exhibition takes the viewer from the renaissance to the early 1900s. The artist has a particular fondness for turn-of-the-century designers like Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Jeanne Lanvin, and Mariano Fortuny.
Historical fashions inspire De Borchgrave’s art, but the artist isn’t stuck in the past; rather the artist is engaged in the fast-moving present. She’s thinking about the future too. Asked what she expects of the 2020s, De Borchgrave responds: “I think this new decade will be one of intelligent consumption. We are consciously trying to not use plastic and are going back to the simplicity of paper again. I’m lucky to have chosen using paper long ago.
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