Bergdorf Goodman’s teamed up with the American Visionary Art Museum for their 5th Avenue windows.
The museum’s in Baltimore, Maryland, but its artists created a collection of fantastical backdrops here in New York for clothes from Jason Wu and Oscar De La Renta, brightly colored homes for Louboutin shoes, erratic sketches frame a bejeweled Valentino bag and a man carved from wood watches over a Rodarte look complete with slashed gloves and Nicholas Kirkwood boots.
The museum’s mission statement defines visionary art as “art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself,” which, when combined with the best of pre-fall fashion makes for a must-visit outdoor museum on the street.
Thank god it’s finally stopped raining.
posted by guest
Jun 29, 2009 10:57PM
How fabulous that the American Visionary Art Museum gets some love from NY!
I was in the graphic design program at Towson University near Baltimore and had to do a bit of research on this museum for a project. Little did I know, I discovered that this museum houses the work of artists who are not only self-taught, but also may have had psychological handicaps and have used their art as a way of their creative therapy and release. Many of the works are elaborate, colorful and eccentric; all beautiful nonetheless. Learning this helped me gain a better respect for this little gem located all the way out in Baltimore, Maryland!