'Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave'

sabelle de Borchgrave (born 1946 in Brussels, Belgium) is a prominent Belgian artist and sculptor, best known for her colorful paintings and intricately painted paper sculptures.

Show dates:
February 5, 2011 – June 12, 2011

Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave is a painter by training, but textile and costume are her muses. Working in collaboration with leading costume historians and young fashion designers, de Borchgrave crafts a world of splendor from the simplest rag paper. Painting and manipulating the paper, she forms trompe l’oeil masterpieces of elaborate dresses inspired by rich depictions in early European painting or by iconic costumes in museum collections around the world. The Legion of Honor is the first American museum to dedicate an entire exhibition to the work of Isabelle de Borchgrave, although her creations have been widely displayed in Europe.