In 2022, for the second year of the partnership between UNIQLO and the Louvre, a collaboration with UT, the Louvre and the Japanese contemporary artist Yu Nagaba will be launched. Thanks to his one-of-the kind line drawings by Nagaba has reinterpreted and recreated masterpieces from the Louvre collection. How did Nagaba try to capture and express world-renowned artworks? He presents his unique perspective and more.
Joy of wearing world renowned artworks.
The Louvre has been at the core of French history for over eight centuries. A royal palace originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century, it became a universal museum in 1793. Today it is the world's most visited museum. Open to all, it features over 35,000 of the world's finest artworks, spanning 9,000 years and five continents.
The Louvre and UNIQLO have signed a four-year partnership in 2021. In addition to providing educational programs to spread the splendor of art to the people in the world, The Louvre and UT are developing the T-shirts collection, which adds a contemporary sensibility to the masterpieces and sculptures that the Louvre is proud of, every season.
For this UT collection, UNIQLO teamed up with Yu Nagaba, one of Japan’s leading contemporary artists whose popularity stems from simple, tender works, many of which demonstrate his respect for ‘Mona Lisa’, ‘the Winged Victory of Samothrace’, ‘the Venus de Milo’, ‘The Astronomer’ and other masterpieces.
© I.M. Pei / Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah
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The Louvre | The Louvre has been at the core of French history for over eight centuries. A royal palace originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century, it became a universal museum in 1793. Today it is the world’s most visited museum. Open to all, it features over 35,000 of the world’s finest artworks, spanning 9,000 years and five continents.
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Yu Nagaba｜Nagaba was born in Tokyo in 1976. He has held solo exhibitions and produced work for fashion brands, ads, magazines, and books. He has published a collection of his work, I Draw, as well as books on his favorite movies.
Inspired by the collections of the Musée du Louvre ; Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI ; Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo" ; The Winged Victory of Samothrace ; La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES ; La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael ; The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER ; The Great Sphinx of Tanis ; Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei ; ©2022 Yu Nagaba
