The runway comes to life in artwork featured at the third Fine Art & Fashion exhibition at Vanessa Rothe Fine Art in Laguna Beach, California. The show, held October 24 to November 30 online and in-person, will include depictions of a wide variety of fashions including ballet tutus, French scarves, vintage fashion and colorful kimonos.
Pavel Sokov, Conquer, oil on linen, 24 x 18"
C.W. Mundy, Red Hat, oil on linen, 12 x 9"
“This is such a fun and freeing theme for our artists to paint for,” says gallery owner and curator Vanessa Rothe. “It was interesting to see the works being created and how the theme led them to feel they could be a little looser. In many works, it’s about the movement of the clothing and therefore the brushwork could follow that movement and be looser in some places. Other areas could be rendered tightly as clothing fabric patterns are so fun to try to re-create. In art school there is often an entire class on drapery and painting clothing on the figure…why not have an exhibition that then focuses on that, I thought.”
Suchitra Bhosle, Kozak Hat, oil onlinen, 16 x 12"
This year’s edition of the show, which was previously held in 2004 and 2018, will include 30 new oil paintings by artists such as Pavel Sokov, Cornelia Hernes, C.W. Mundy, Derek Penix, Vincent Xeus, Casey Childs, Adrian Gottlieb, Suchitra Bhosle, Aaron Westerberg, Nicolas Martin, Michelle Dunaway, Ray Roberts and Peggi Kroll-Roberts, among others.
Rothe adds that along with the oil paintings, the show will exhibit, “clothing made from fine hand-painted fabrics, hand-woven artisan textiles and blocked prints in the form of clothing, a more sculptural medium.”
Among the works in the show is Sokov’s Conquer, which was the second self-portrait he painted for the gallery. “I took many artistic risks with this new piece for Vanessa’s fashion show,” explains the artist, who is based in Montreal, Canada. “I focused on delivering a general sense of ‘energy and movement’ and made rendering decisions around that. It changed my style a little for this work.”
Ingrid Christensen, Cherry Robe Kimono, oil on linen, 16 x 12"
Nicolas Martin, Woman in the 1920s Flower Hat, oil on linen, 8 x 8"
The exhibition is dedicated to Rothe’s father, Detlev Rothe, a clothing designer to the stars who passed away recently and was a major influence on the gallery and in her creative life. The show will also include one-of-a-kind and limited edition fashion by the local Rothe family. —
Vanessa Rothe Fine Art
418 Ocean Avenue • Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 280-1555 • www.vanessarothefineart.com
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