Art meets swimwear in Vilebrequin’s latest collaboration with art publisher JRP Editions – a summertime collection designed by Deux Femmes Noires’ Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont
Vilebrequin ‘The Artists’ Edition’, in collaboration with JRP Editions and designed by Deux Femme Noires, a creative platform founded by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont.‘A different kind of art collection’ is how French swimwear label Vilebrequin describes its ongoing collaboration with art publisher JRP Editions, seeing various international artists put their own distinct stamp on the brand’s signature swimwear – from Sylvie Fleury to John M Armleder.
Arriving in time for summer, the latest iteration of ‘The Artists’ Edition’ project is with Deux Femme Noires, a creative platform founded by artist Mickalene Thomas and art consultant and collector Racquel Chevremont. Together, they have curated group shows including ‘The Aesthetics of Matter’ at Volta Art Fair, New York, and ‘Set It Off’ at Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, their practice centring on elevating the work of artists of colour, particularly women artists of colour.
‘We meshed our perspectives to combine design and fashion with striking visual elements found within my artistic practice to exude joy,’ says Thomas of the collection, which spans men’s and womenswear – from swim- and beachwear, to bags and towels. ‘My hope is that the pieces make people feel good.
The collection arrives as part of Volume II of Vilebrequin’s collaboration with Switzerland-based JRP Editions, one of the most prominent publishers of contemporary art . Curated by Lionel Bovier, director of MAMCO Geneva and Arnaud Hubert, CEO of JRP Editions, the collaboration was built on a desire to ‘bring together artists with radically different approaches, but who share an interest in how their work can migrate from the canvas or walls to textile’, says Bovier.
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