Richard Malone’s “Rinse, Repeat” at NOW Gallery, London
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“Rinse, Repeat” by Richard Malone is on view at NOW Gallery, London through February 3, 2019.NOW Gallery recently announced acclaimed fashion designer, Richard Malone, as its winter collaborator. Inspired by the constant fluidity of the changing landscapRichard Malone’s “Rinse, Repeat” at NOW Gallery, London
“Rinse, Repeat” by Richard Malone is on view at NOW Gallery, London through February 3, 2019.NOW Gallery recently announced acclaimed fashion designer, Richard Malone, as its winter collaborator. Inspired by the constant fluidity of the changing landscape of Greenwich Peninsula — the newly evolving cultural hub of London — and the nearby cyclical motion of the River Thames, “Rinse, Repeat” is an interactive multi-disciplinary installation made up of three elements, creating a conversation around fashion, movement, and art, as per the NOW Gallery website.Available for visitors to view for free, the exhibition offers an insight into Malone’s processes and passions: resourcefulness, hyper-construction, and atypical elegance. Celebrated for his detailed, sensitive study of the woman’s form and creation of a rare sustainable fashion practice, focal points include large soft hanging interactive sculptures and intimate vitrines that will display Richard Malone’s creative process of clothing design through toiles, samples, sketches, textures and video, according to the website.As part of the installation, a series of large moving images display performers repeating hypnotic movements designed to invite the public to examine the reality of making and building around the human form, creating a conversation that circles between the creator, performer and viewer and back again — the “rinse and repeat,” as per the website.According to the website, Malone’s unique style takes great inspiration from sculpture. Nearly all of his research is conducted primarily by engaging in his surroundings, a similar technique that he has applied to the creation of the exhibition. On the installation, Malone comments: “The future of London is uncertain, and slowly being built in front of us. The aim of this installation is to literally light up the Peninsula with a body of work that is human, joyful, bold, creative and inclusive, as well as forward looking. The exhibition will involve and confront viewers from outside in hypnotic and repetitive movements, as well as improvised, bold moments of motion that stem from the dialogue between maker and performer. A big aim of mine is to highlight Greenwich Peninsula’s ever-changing functionality and potential.”Visitors are invited to interact with all the elements within; discovering insider tips and techniques from Malone’s own sketchbooks; listening to transcripts of his private appointments to understand his applauded understanding of the female shape and the technical and architectural structure his clothing entails; as well as trying the clothes themselves. Hanging fabric structures offer the chance to literally ‘step into’ Malone’s designs to fully understand what constitutes each of his iconic pieces, as per the website.Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more