Tony Viramontes: ‘bold, beautiful and damned’
With Tony Viramontes: bold, beautiful and damned, they assembled a breathtaking overview of his iconic fashion illustrations, mixed media collages, and photographs from the 1980’s, curated by design historian Dean Rhys Morgan. Viramontes, who was lost to AIDS in 1988, was a prolific, and trailblazing creator of fashion art, collaborating with some of the most exalted fashion houses, sketching haute couture collections for Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Chanel, and Christian Dior. His work was featured in virtually every major fashion publication of the day - and even graced the cover of 1985’s So Red the Rose album by Arcadia, whose members included Duran Duran’s Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes.
