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Giant Soft Fan (1966 – 67) by Claes Oldenburg is an iconic piece of Pop Art that reflects the artist’s fascination with transforming everyday objects into playful, large-scale sculptures. This piece is part of his broader exploration of soft sculptures, a form he pioneered in the 1960s.
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In Valentine (1966), artist Evelyne Axell (1935 – 1972) combines an idealized feminine silhouette with a spacesuit helmet. This artwork was made during the 1960s Space Race, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for dominance in space exploration. The title refers to a Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who was the first woman in space.
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In Orange Mood (1966), Helen Frankenthaler (1928 – 2011) thinned acrylic paint to the consistency of watercolor in order to create larger, curving expanses of color through which the weave of the canvas remains visible. Like Jackson Pollack, she placed her canvas directly on the floor and poured paint from above, largely without the aid of a brush. Frankenthaler used color as her painterly language, but she never entirely abandoned representation. Although the references can be subtle, her paintings consistently evoke nature. Paco Rabanne presented his first fashion collection in 1966. It was entitled 12 Dresses in Unwearable Materials and included garments made from links of plastic fastened with metal hoops. Rabanne had proven that fabric, needle and thread were not altogether necessary to clothing design, and he quickly gained fame for his defiance of tradition. Ready-to-wear Dress Circa 1966: Silver and Black Plastic Discs, Metal Hoops. Photographed in the Museum at FIT in Manhattan. Paco Rabanne was first known as an accessories designer and his work was regularly featured in the pages of magazines such as Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. This bag was likely made after the designer had started his clothing line. It shows how his idea of “futuristic armor” was translated into an eye-catching accessory Photographed in the Museum at FIT
Eye On Design: Paco Rabanne Disc Dress Circa 1966
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Eye On Design Presents: Paco Rabanne Gold Metal Handbag Circa 1966
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