Portraits of British cultural icons gather at Chanel Nexus Hall: "Icons and Image Makers" exhibition opens, featuring creative dialogues with photographers
An exhibition of portraits of British cultural icons opens at Chanel Nexus Hall, showcasing about 60 works that capture dialogues with photographers and reflect their eras.Summary
The "Icons and Image Makers National Portrait Gallery Exhibition" has opened at Chanel Nexus Hall in Ginza and runs until November 29. The exhibition presents about 60 portraits of icons who symbolize British fashion, music, and cinema—including Harry Styles, David Bowie, Tilda Swinton, Jimi Hendrix, and Kate Moss—from the photographic collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. Spanning from the 1950s to the present, the portraits are born from dialogues between photographers and subjects, reflecting each era, and offer a range of approaches from meticulously staged studio shoots to moments revealing the stars' true faces. The exhibition is backed by a partnership between the Chanel Culture Fund and the National Portrait Gallery. The fund supports research, commissions, and new acquisitions for the reconstitution of the gallery's collection through the "Reframing Narratives: Women in Portraiture" project, and the exhibition includes works acquired through the fund. Curator Ruby Rees-Sheridan, Assistant Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, said, "Through the portraits in this exhibition, you can engage with the people who symbolize British film, music, and fashion, as captured by internationally acclaimed photographers." She also stated, "Portrait photographs depicting the worlds of film, music, and fashion have the power to connect people across eras, borders, and languages."
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)