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SINGAPORE, 12 JUNE 2019 – IN ACOLLABORATION WITH WORLDFAMOUS COUTURIÈRE GUO PEI, THE

ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM INSINGAPORE PRESENTED, FOR THEFIRST TIME FROM 15 JUNE TO 15SEPTEMBER 2019, ART THROUGHCOUTURE IN A JUXTAPOSITION OFMASTERPIECES CREATEDCENTURIES APART. THE EXQUISITESHOWCASE EXAMINED THERELEVANCE AND IMPACT OFCHINESE ART, AND HOW CHINESEAESTHETICS AND TRADITIONS AREBEING REIMAGINED FOR THEWORLD TODAY.

2019 年 6 月 12 日，新加坡——2019

年 6 月 15 日至 9 月 15 日，新加坡

亚洲文明博物馆与世界知名高级定制设

计师郭培合作，首次通过高级定制时装

以及几个世纪以前创造的杰作来展示艺

术。这场精彩的展览审视了中国艺术的

相关性与影响，以及中国美学与传统是

如何经过重新构思、重现于世的。

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郭培：中华艺术与高级定制服装

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CHINESE ARTAND COUTURE

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Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture opened themuseum’s Season of Chinese Art, which explored thebest of the genre and presented it for a contemporary,international audience. With 20 Chinese artmasterpieces from the Museum’s collection and 29dresses by Guo Pei, this blockbuster exhibition spannedtwo galleries and is part of the Museum’s commitmentto examining the Asia’s diverse cultural heritage,interconnections within Asia, and connections betweenAsia and the rest of the world. Mr Kennie Ting, Directorof the Asian Civilisations Museum and PeranakanMuseum, explained “Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Coutureis significant to our visitors for two reasons. Firstly, it isour first special exhibition dedicated to fashion andthus is representative of our shift to the contemporarydomain. Our aim is to make a point as to how heritageand tradition are still very much relevant to thecontemporary; that heritage and tradition can beremarkably sexy and alluring. Every masterpiece in theexhibition is a unique blend of contemporary andtraditional design, material and craft. Secondly, theexhibition has been designed to give visitors a simpleand visually arresting overview of Chinese art history:imperial art, export art, and folk art. We wanted a showthat would introduce visitors to aspects of Chinese art –materials like silk and porcelain, the craft ofembroidery, motifs such as peonies and phoenixes – ina completely unexpected and, hopefully, verymemorable fashion.”

郭培：中华艺术与高级定制服装展览开启了亚洲

文明博物馆的中华艺术季，探索了最美的样式，

并将其展示给当代国际观众。此次轰动全球的展

览展示了 20 件博物馆收藏的中国艺术杰作和 29件郭培大师设计的礼服，使用了两个展馆，是博

物馆致力于探索亚洲多元文化遗产、与亚洲互连

以及在亚洲与世界其他地区之间建立联系的举措

之一。亚洲文明博物馆和土生文化馆主任 KennieTing 先生解释道，“郭培：中华艺术与高级定制服

装展览对于参观者意义重大，是由于以下两个原

因：首先，这是我们第一次专门举办时装展，因

此是我们向当代领域转移的标志。我们的目标是

阐明一种观点，即遗产和传统如今依然与当代社

会非常密不可分，遗产和传统也可能十分性感而

迷人。展览中的每一件杰作都实现了当代与传统

设计、材质和工艺的独特融合。其次，此次展览

旨在通过一种简单但引人注目的方式，向参观者

综合展示中国艺术史：皇家艺术、出口艺术和民

间艺术。我们希望借由一次展览，通过完全出乎

意料且令人难忘的时装向参观者介绍中国艺术史

的方方面面，比如丝绸和陶瓷灯材料、刺绣工艺、

牡丹和凤凰之类的图案。”郭培的作品穿在 Bonaveri 模特身上进行展示。展

览中首先展示的是美丽的黄皇后 (Yellow Queen)，蕾哈娜曾穿着这件标志性的披肩出席 2015 年纽约

大都会艺术博物馆慈善舞会。这件礼服是郭培走

向国际市场的标志，也代表全世界通过无数反应、

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Guo Pei’s works are displayed on Bonaverimannequins. The exhibition began with a dramaticdisplay of 黄皇后 (Yellow Queen), the iconic cape wornby Rihanna to the 2015 Met Gala. A symbol of Guo Pei’sbreakthrough to an international market, the dress alsorepresents a moment in time when the worldencountered and engaged – through countlessreactions, conversations, and memes –with amasterwork inspired by the imperial China. The mainexhibition space featured three sections. In ‘Gold is theColour of my Soul’, Guo Pei’s signature yellow and goldworks reflected the historical significance of colour,techniques, and materials strongly associated withimperial China. In ‘Treasured Heirlooms: Chinese BridalDress’, Guo Pei’s works were shown to continue andmodernise traditional Chinese bridal style, with strongPeranakan connections; and they have found relevancewith celebrity brides today, including Angelababy, LiuShi Shi, and Tang Yan.Every sightline in the exhibition space emphasised a

visual dialogue between the historical and the

对话和表情，与一件灵感源自帝制中国的杰作相

遇及互动的时刻。 主要展览空间分为三个部分：

在“金铸吾魂”部分，郭培的黄色和金色代表作品反

映出这些与帝制中国密切相关的颜色、工艺和材

料所具有的重要历史意义。

“珍贵的传家宝：中国新娘礼服“部分展示的郭培

作品沿袭了传统中国新娘礼服的风格，并进行了

现代化设计，与土生华人具有密切联系；当今也

有名人新娘穿过它们，比如 Angelababy、刘诗诗

和唐嫣。

在展览中，目光所及之处皆能看到中

国艺术杰作与郭培的作品并列展示，

充分体现出历史与当代的视觉对话。

每一次对比都通过创意传达和故

事讲述，展示了最高超的中国传

统工艺与现代高级时装定制技

术。正如过去中国的出口艺

术赢得全世界的青睐一样，

通过二次创新和现代化诠

contemporary through deliberate juxtapositions ofChinese art masterpieces and Guo Pei’s masterworks.Each pairing showed off the best of Chinese traditionalcraftsmanship as well as modern couture techniques inthe expression of creativity and storytelling. Just ashow in the past Chinese export art garnered demandaround the world, its reinvention and moderninterpretations continue to fascinate the world todayand provoke visitors to consider how the past continuesto inspire the future. One dialogue could be found inthe ‘Gold is the Colour of My Soul’ section of theexhibition, through a pairing that explores prevalentBuddhist symbols in Chinese art, which Guo Pei hasdelicately incorporated into her 大金 (MagnificentGold). The dress has been hailed by the China NationalSilk Museum as “the birth of haute couture in China” forits technical mastery and incorporates elaborateembroideries, similar to the kind used to producethangkas (paintings or embroideries on scrolls)

depicting Buddhist deities and scenes. Guo Pei’s teamof artisans study the embroidery on historical thangkaslike this to refine their techniques.

释，这种艺术如今依然令全世界着迷，并引发参

观者思考，过去是如何向未来提供灵感的。

在展览的“金铸吾魂“部分中，通过探索中国艺术中

常见的佛教标志的对比展览，可以看到一段对话，

郭培将这段对话巧妙地融入她的作品《大金》

(Magnificent Gold) 中。由于高超的工艺，中国国家

丝绸博物馆将这件礼服称为“中国高级女式时装的

诞生”，这件礼服还采用了精美的刺绣，这种刺绣

与制作唐卡时所使用的刺绣类似（唐卡是一种描

绘佛教神明和场景的艺术，主要表现为在卷轴上

绘画或刺绣）。郭培的工匠团队对这种古老的唐

卡上所使用的刺绣进行了研究，以便改进他们的

技术。

在“中国与世界”部分的另一段对话中，我们看到了

经典的中国图案：花朵、王冠和云，有的绘制在

珍贵的青花瓷上，有的使用相同的蓝色颜料毛笔

画绘制在郭培的雕刻作品上。

此次展览中的许多跨文化杰作充分证明，流落海

外的中国人依旧秉承中国的艺术传统与文化。郭

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睐。这些作品的设计灵感源自在中国制作但进口

到东南亚并穿在土生华人新娘身上的古代新娘服

装。在“珍贵的传家宝”部分中，有一件郭培的作品

是亚洲文明博物馆和郭培进行此次合作的根源所

在。2010 年，这位高级定制设计师在土生文化馆

举办的土生华人艺术巡回展巴黎站看到了一件新

娘服装。 她用自己的作品诠释了自己对于土生华

人新娘服装的理解，这件作品成为 Angelababy 的结婚礼服，并被策展人 Jackie Yoong 发掘。她与土

生文化馆的古代新娘服装建立了联系，之后开始

构思这场展览。 “在这场展览中，时装和历史重新

回到原点。我们看到了过去是如何为现在提供灵

感的，看到了传统得以复兴和更新，也看到出口

的物品和外国想法是如何影响当地的。我鼓励参

观者近距离观察郭培的杰作中那些不可思议的细

节之处，以便充分感受在花费了几千个小时缝制

这些作品的背后，他们付出了怎样的努力和心血。

”Jackie Yoong 说道。

In another dialogue, in the section ‘China and theWorld’, we saw classic Chinese patterns of flowers,crests, and clouds, not just on precious blue-and-whiteporcelain, but also incorporated, using the samemethod of brush painting blue pigment, onto Guo Pei’ssculptural masterpiece 青花瓷 (Blue-and-WhitePorcelain).The continuation of Chinese artistic traditions and

culture by the Chinese diaspora was evident in themany cross-cultural masterpieces in this exhibition.Guo Pei’s bridal collection, which has been embraced byChinese celebrities and other wealthy clients, wasinspired by historical bridal ensembles made in Chinabut imported to Southeast Asia to be worn byPeranakan Chinese brides. One of her creations, shownin the ‘Treasured Heirlooms’ section, was the genesisfor this collaboration between ACM and Guo Pei.The couturière saw a bridal ensemble in the

Peranakan Museum’s travelling exhibition on PeranakanChinese art in Paris back in 2010. Her interpretation ofthat Peranakan bridal ensemble, worn by Angelababyfor her wedding, was seen by exhibition curator JackieYoong. She made the connection to the PeranakanMuseum’s historical bridal ensemble and then began toconceptualise this exhibition.“In this exhibition, fashion and history come full

circle. We see how the past inspires the present, we seehow traditions are revived and rejuvenated, and we seehow export objects and foreign ideas influence thelocal. I encourage visitors to take a close look at theincredible detail in Guo Pei’s fantastical works – to fullyexperience the devotion and dedication behind thethousands of hours of stitches required to make them”,said Ms Jackie Yoong.

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