MoMu Highlights: Spring-Summer

A MoMu guide will take you through the temporary exhibition WILLY VANDERPERRE prints, films, a rave and more… and provide an insight into the collection presentation, which includes masterpieces by Martin Margiela, A.F. Vandevorst, Ann Demeulemeester, Raf Simons, ... Afterwards, you will pay a short visit to the Baloji Augurism. exhibition. The MoMu Library is also included in the programme.

MoMu highlights the oeuvre of the Belgian fashion photographer Willy Vanderperre. His rebellious vision of youth and beauty earned him commissions for such renowned fashion houses as Prada and Dior, and influential magazines, including AnOther Magazine, Dust, i-D, Perfect, Vogue and W Magazine.

In the exhibition, pure portraiture is alternated with cinematic images and highlights how Vanderperre's fascination with youth has been a motivational force for almost three decades. In dialogue with his photographs, Vanderperre has also selected several works of art that inspire him in the ongoing development of his universe. The overview of his photographic work explores the evolution of his visual language, as well as the collaboration with his life partner, consultant and stylist Olivier Rizzo and with Raf Simons.

For nearly thirty years, Vanderperre’s oeuvre has been distinguished by his sharp eye, full of emotion and rebellion. The exhibition guides you through his universe, from dark to light. In the accompanying texts and monologue, you read and hear his own voice. Consistent with his identification with youth and subcultures, he has developed an associated programme with film, music and the launch of his limited Collectible Items in the form of Drops, which are for sale at the exhibition entrance.

The exhibition WILLY VANDERPERRE features (explicit) images of naked people.

MoMu’s collection presentation looks back at four decades of Belgian fashion, complemented by a selection from the museum’s historical collection. The exhibition gives an overview of the most important protagonists of Belgian fashion, based on the themes that characterise the distinctive nature of the MoMu Collection.

For this exhibition, Brandon Wen, artistic director of the Antwerp Fashion Department, selected a number of exceptional silhouettes and drawings from the various undergraduate and graduate years. Celebrating and highlighting the students' experimentation and research creates an interesting dialogue with the MoMu collection presentation, where silhouettes of many alumni are presented.

This exhibition brings together an assemblage of silhouettes, drawings and books – the three pillars of their study in Antwerp. Through these different media, each student develops their personal design universe. The works on display reflect who they were this year and who they want to become.