"Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination" at M+ | Exhibition photos
Guo Pei (b. 1967), China’s leading couture artist, combines Chinese cultural heritage with international elements and artistic expression. Guo’s astonishing runway collections have impressed fashion and art audiences alike for almost 30 years. Presenting the first major exhibition of Guo’s work produced in China, M+ showcases Guo’s key collections and early designs, highlighting her unique career connecting China and the rest of the world and the cultural symbols created through her sophisticated and visually dazzling practice. Working with the couturier and her studio, the exhibition presents a selection of garments shown to audiences in the region for the first time, creating a layered dialogue with the M+ Collections around visual imagination and workmanship. The exhibition foregrounds Guo Pei’s unique artistic style that resonates with imperial Chinese dress etiquette, European royal fashion, architecture, and the botanical world.
Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination is curated by Ikko Yokoyama (Lead Curator, Design and Architecture, M+) and supported by Wen Bi (Assistant Curator, Design and Architecture, M+) and Mankit Lai (Curatorial Assistant, M+). This exhibition is generously supported by Lead Sponsor HSBC and Travel Partner Cathay.
Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination
M+, Main Hall Gallery
21 September 2024–6 April 2025
