INTERNATIONAL WOOLMARK PRIZE 2023
Celebrating the 2023 International Woolmark Prize finalists, this year’s collection reveal creates an intergenerational dialogue between iconic performance artist Joan Jonas and the next generation of leading design talent, presenting looks from A. ROEGE HOVE, Bluemarble, Lagos Space Programme, MARCO RAMBALDI, MAXXIJ, Paolina Russo, RHUDE and Robyn Lynch. Creativity is shaped through dialogue. It is how we collectively envision a more sustainable future. The 2023 International Woolmark Prize celebrates the theme of ‘dialogue’ as a key that unlocks the creative process, reflecting The Woolmark Company’s mission to establish dialogue between leading design talent and industry players.
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Image courtesy of International Woolmark Prize“Years ago I would not have participated in a project like this,” says Joan Jonas. “But I’ve since become very interested in how people interpret my work, how they might be influenced by it and how it might change the way they view their own work.”
“Delay, Delay was performed outdoors in the Lower West Side of Manhattan in empty lots. Those places don’t exist anymore in New York, in that way. The fact that Woolmark found a site near Marseille in France to restage parts of it, and that the work would be transformed by younger people—I find very interesting.”
“For me, fashion has always been an extension of storytelling, alchemy, the magic of ideas. It’s the celebration, fury, and beauty of the chaos and order people are capable of, when they reach to make something,” says Taylour Paige. “I found it amazing to partner with the International Woolmark Prize to help reveal this year's finalists' collections. Working with performance artist Joan Jonas to reimagine Delay Delay with these avant-garde clothes was a colourful and unique expansive collaboration. My cup of tea, if you ask me.”
“Movement in art is always such a beautiful thing,” says Loyle Carner. “It was special to be a part of the Woolmark Prize collections coming to life. So much can be offered across generations – from Joan through to myself–allowing for mutual dialogue, connections and learnings to be shared.”
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