MARTIN MARGIELA in MWOODS
M WOODS Hutong, Beijing, China
08/2022 - 12/2022
Curated by: Victor Wang, M WOODS Artistic Director and Chief Curator, and Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, Director Lafayette Anticipations
Curatorial assistance provided by Chen Lu, Assistant Curator, and Lin Yuyang, Assistant to Artistic Director and Chief Curator.
Exhibition Design by Ania Martchenko, with assistance by Li Xindi, Yang Yang, and Yang Zhi, M WOODS Technical Team.
For his first solo exhibition in Asia, M WOODS presents internationally renowned artist and former fashion designer Martin Margiela, showcasing new and commissioned installations, sculptures, performances, collages, paintings, and films.
Organized in collaboration with Lafayette Anticipations, Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris—where Margiela held his first solo exhibition in 2021—the exhibition is curated by Victor Wang, M WOODS Artistic Director, and Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, Lafayette Anticipations Director. Featuring over 50 new works, it includes interactive performances and site-specific installations.
Developed over a year in close dialogue with Margiela, the exhibition explores themes of art, material, the body, time, gender, and audience participation—concepts central to his practice since the 1980s. Margiela’s transition from fashion to art continues his tradition of challenging conventions and creating spaces for alternative thinking and artistic intervention.
Scenography, Fashion,
Art