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| Peter Jensen holds UK debut for new collection at Hepworth Wakefield | Peter Jensen holds UK debut for new collection at Hepworth Wakefield |
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| The mightily successful Hepworth Wakefield has so far eschewed too much levity about the sculptor's signature holes, but this is going to change next month. | The mightily successful Hepworth Wakefield has so far eschewed too much levity about the sculptor's signature holes, but this is going to change next month. |
| The award-winning building by David Chipperfield, which had half a million visitors in its first year, will play host to a catwalk of new clothes by the fashion designer Peter Jensen. | The award-winning building by David Chipperfield, which had half a million visitors in its first year, will play host to a catwalk of new clothes by the fashion designer Peter Jensen. |
| Prompting comparisons with Swiss cheese, his SS/13 womenswear collection is inspired by prolonged study of the work of Hepworth who is the latest in a series of women 'muses' to influence his work. Others include the actress Sissy Spacek and cosmetics empress Helena Rubinstein and you can watch Jensen talking about the process on a Guardian film here. | Prompting comparisons with Swiss cheese, his SS/13 womenswear collection is inspired by prolonged study of the work of Hepworth who is the latest in a series of women 'muses' to influence his work. Others include the actress Sissy Spacek and cosmetics empress Helena Rubinstein and you can watch Jensen talking about the process on a Guardian film here. |
| He explains the process thus: | He explains the process thus: |
| I've always worked with a muse. I like to look at these women and to try to live within their world for six months. Sometimes I wish it could be a longer process, but it can't be because there are set lines and limitations within this world of ours called fashion. | I've always worked with a muse. I like to look at these women and to try to live within their world for six months. Sometimes I wish it could be a longer process, but it can't be because there are set lines and limitations within this world of ours called fashion. |
| He will get a little extra time and space at Wakefield, the birthplace of Barbara Hepworth whose father was chief surveyor to the West Riding, the best local authority the world has ever known. Her down-to-earth background, discovery of the wider world of art and combination of physical and maternal strength – carving is very hard work and so is having triplets – played some part in her appeal for Jensen. But it was her art which really mattered. He says: | He will get a little extra time and space at Wakefield, the birthplace of Barbara Hepworth whose father was chief surveyor to the West Riding, the best local authority the world has ever known. Her down-to-earth background, discovery of the wider world of art and combination of physical and maternal strength – carving is very hard work and so is having triplets – played some part in her appeal for Jensen. But it was her art which really mattered. He says: |
| That was the interesting part of her, more so than looking at her as a person. We look very much at the organic, feminine shapes of her work. It was very much to do with the holes, of course, in her sculptures. I felt like that was what I wanted to translate into the collection. Being able to present the collection that pays tribute to Barbara Hepworth among her works in the galleries of the Hepworth Wakefield, is a really special opportunity. | That was the interesting part of her, more so than looking at her as a person. We look very much at the organic, feminine shapes of her work. It was very much to do with the holes, of course, in her sculptures. I felt like that was what I wanted to translate into the collection. Being able to present the collection that pays tribute to Barbara Hepworth among her works in the galleries of the Hepworth Wakefield, is a really special opportunity. |
| The collection draws on Hepworth's working clothes to create, for example, an artist's smock in white georgette and a button-down dress in pink silk from an overall. The headscarves familiar from photographs re-emerge as influences of jackets and cardigans and prints include a view of Hepworth's sculpture garden at St Ives in Cornwall, her main shrine before the Wakfield gallery opened last year. | The collection draws on Hepworth's working clothes to create, for example, an artist's smock in white georgette and a button-down dress in pink silk from an overall. The headscarves familiar from photographs re-emerge as influences of jackets and cardigans and prints include a view of Hepworth's sculpture garden at St Ives in Cornwall, her main shrine before the Wakfield gallery opened last year. |
| Hats designed in collaboration with Bernstock Speirs are where the holes get full play, with somewhat Ascot-like merriment, and they appear in shoes too. Simon Wallis, director of Hepworth Wakefield which houses the city's excellent art collection as well as a very fine store of Hepworth material, says: | Hats designed in collaboration with Bernstock Speirs are where the holes get full play, with somewhat Ascot-like merriment, and they appear in shoes too. Simon Wallis, director of Hepworth Wakefield which houses the city's excellent art collection as well as a very fine store of Hepworth material, says: |
| This is a unique opportunity to see Peter Jensen's work within the context of the art that has inspired it. I look forward to seeing how his ambitious new collection brings a different creative discipline into the context of the gallery among Hepworth's work. Art and fashion have long inspired one another and it's exciting to see Hepworth's continuing influence with a major designer. | This is a unique opportunity to see Peter Jensen's work within the context of the art that has inspired it. I look forward to seeing how his ambitious new collection brings a different creative discipline into the context of the gallery among Hepworth's work. Art and fashion have long inspired one another and it's exciting to see Hepworth's continuing influence with a major designer. |
| The fashion show will be held on Wednesday 27 March as part of the Wakefield Art Walk between 5-9pm and Jensen will give a talk which needs to be pre-booked. Contact the gallery, which is online here, or by phone 01924 247360 or email hello@hepworthwakefield.org | The fashion show will be held on Wednesday 27 March as part of the Wakefield Art Walk between 5-9pm and Jensen will give a talk which needs to be pre-booked. Contact the gallery, which is online here, or by phone 01924 247360 or email hello@hepworthwakefield.org |
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