RICK OWENS 'SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN' EXHIBITION INSTALLATION AT LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO

RICK OWENS SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN TRIENNALE DI MILANO 15 DECEMBER 2017–25 MARCH 2018 FROM DECEMBER 15, 2017 TO MARCH 25, 2018, THE TRIENNALE DI MILANO PRESENTS RICK OWENS. SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN, THE FIRST RETROSPECTIVE ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO THE VISIONARY FASHION AND FURNITURE DESIGNER RICK OWENS, AS SUGGESTED AND PRESENTED BY THE CURATOR OF THE FASHION DEPARTMENT AT TRIENNALE DI MILANO, ELEONORA FIORANI. FOR THIS EXHIBITION OWENS IS THE AUTHOR OF HIS OWN NARRATIVE, CURATING GARMENTS, ACCESSORIES, FURNITURE, GRAPHICS AND PUBLICATIONS THAT HE HAS SELECTED FROM OVER TWENTY YEARS OF HIS CAREER. INSPIRED BY THE EXAMPLE OF ARTISTS AND LITERATURE, OWENS HAS ALWAYS WORKED TO PROMOTE AND HIGHLIGHT MOMENTS OF BEAUTY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE OVERLOOKED. KEY TO THIS RETROSPECTIVE IS A SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION, A PIECE WHICH RUNS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. TAKING THE FORM OF A GIANT EARTHWORK COMPOSED OF CONCRETE, LILIES, ADRIATIC SAND AND HIS OWN HAIR, THE SCULPTURE SERVES AS A METAPHOR OF THE ETERNAL, PRIMAL CREATIVE DRIVE THAT PUSHES HUMANITY FORWARD FOR BETTER OR WORSE. “I WANTED TO TAKE WHAT A DISMISSIVE WORLD MIGHT MOCK AND CREATE SOMETHING FINE, EMPATHETIC, KIND AND INCLUSIVE.” “IF I COULD EVER SO SLIGHTLY BLUR THE RIGID PARAMETERS OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED BEAUTIFUL OR ACCEPTABLE IN OUR GENERATION, I WILL HAVE FULFILLED ANY POTENTIAL I HAD TO MAKE ANY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS WORLD.” RICK OWENS. SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN ALSO PRESENTS A LIMITED-EDITION BOX PRODUCED BY