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NG Collective Studio's Laura Naples tells us how the work of French couturier Madame Grès inspired her recent series Lift and the intersections between performing arts and design that inform her painting.

At a vintage book sale, I once picked up a small volume about the work of the mid-century French couturier Madame Grès, and it is one of my favorite possessions. I feel a connection to her method of folding and draping layers of fabric into forms that recall elements of architecture and sculpture. In fact, the designer first desired to become a sculptor, then a ballerina – an early aspiration I also shared.

Laura Naples

Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery
Journal: Laura on "Lift": Gallery