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Alexander McQueen evening gown of printed silk from the 'Horn of Plenty' Collection

Photograph
2009 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

British artist Nick Waplington was born in 1970 in the city of Aden in South Yemen. His father was a nuclear scientist and the family traveled extensively during Nick’s childhood. He studied art at Trent Polytechic and the RCA. Waplington gained recognition early in his career for the project The Living Room, which documents the daily lives of two close-knit working class families in Nottingham, in the late eighties and early nineties. He is well known for photographs of his family and friends, of places and events that he has witnessed first hand. Taken as a whole they suggest a personal diary, yet also build up to provide a picture of our times, chronicling life on the streets of East London, or at festivals, street parties and demonstrations.

In 2008, the British fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) commissioned Waplington to photograph the creation of his Horn of Plenty collection for publication as a book. The photographs of the dress in different states of completion were to be interspersed with images by Waplington of recycling plants, rubbish dumps and landfill sites. The images were arranged in sequence by McQueen himself before he died. Waplington’s photographs ensure the historical importance of this dress; it is the last fully documented work and arguably the most poignant of McQueen’s life.


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TitleAlexander McQueen evening gown of printed silk from the 'Horn of Plenty' Collection (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Photograph by Nick Waplington, Alexander McQueen evening gown of printed silk from the 'Horn of Plenty Collection', 2009
Physical description
A colour photograph of Alexander McQueen adjusting a red dress worn by a model
Credit line
Purchase funded by the Photographs Acquisition Group
Subjects depicted
Association
Summary
British artist Nick Waplington was born in 1970 in the city of Aden in South Yemen. His father was a nuclear scientist and the family traveled extensively during Nick’s childhood. He studied art at Trent Polytechic and the RCA. Waplington gained recognition early in his career for the project The Living Room, which documents the daily lives of two close-knit working class families in Nottingham, in the late eighties and early nineties. He is well known for photographs of his family and friends, of places and events that he has witnessed first hand. Taken as a whole they suggest a personal diary, yet also build up to provide a picture of our times, chronicling life on the streets of East London, or at festivals, street parties and demonstrations.

In 2008, the British fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) commissioned Waplington to photograph the creation of his Horn of Plenty collection for publication as a book. The photographs of the dress in different states of completion were to be interspersed with images by Waplington of recycling plants, rubbish dumps and landfill sites. The images were arranged in sequence by McQueen himself before he died. Waplington’s photographs ensure the historical importance of this dress; it is the last fully documented work and arguably the most poignant of McQueen’s life.
Collection
Accession number
E.259-2013

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Record createdJune 4, 2013
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