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Full Name
  
Helmut Lang

Known for
  
Art

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Helmut Lang

Nationality
  
Austrian


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Born
  
10 March 1956 (age 68) (
1956-03-10
)
Vienna, Austria

Awards
  
Osterreichischen Ehrenzeichens fur Wissenschaft und Kunst, 2009

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Helmut Lang (born March 10, 1956 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist and former fashion designer who lives and works in New York and on Long Island.

Contents

Helmut Lang (artist) An Artist Defined Cultured Magazine

Early life

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When he was five months old Lang's parents divorced and sent him to live with his maternal grandparents in Ramsau am Dachstein in the Austrian Alps. When he was ten his father remarried and brought Lang back to Vienna to live with him and his wife. Lang moved out of his father's house at the age of eighteen, and began to teach himself clothing design. A few years later he opened a made-to-measure shop in Vienna. In 1984 he closed the shop and two years later showed his first runway collection in Paris at Centre Georges Pompidou. In 1997 he moved to New York.

Career

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Lang used unconventional materials such as rubber, feathers and metallic fabrics and redefined the silhouette of the 1990s and early 2000s. He broke away from the runway show-as-spectacle in the height of the 1980s opulence and was the first to ever stream his collection online. As one of the most important designers of our times, his work left an undeniable imprint on contemporary culture and his influence continues to reverberate among the fashion community today.

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Lang’s seamless relationship with art has included collaborations with artists Jenny Holzer and Louise Bourgeois. His recent works explore abstract sculptural forms and physical arrangements and space beyond the limitations of the human body. Lang had his first solo art exhibition ALLES GLEICH SCHWER at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover in 2008.

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Lang has published excerpts from his ongoing art projects Long Island Diaries [15] and The Selective Memory Series [16] in a number of publications, such as BUTT Magazine [17], Fannzine 137 [18], Visionaire and most recently The Travel Almanac [19].

In 1999, Lang sold a 51% stake in his company to the Prada Group, with Prada running distribution and manufacturing and Lang controlling design and advertising. Afterwards, Prada developed a line of Helmut Lang accessories such as shoes, belts and bags, and opened Helmut Lang stores in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2005 he retired from fashion.

Work

This timeline outlines Helmut Lang's work in fashion and art.

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Helmut Lang fashion 1977-2005

This timeline outlines the developments in Lang's fashion as well significant attributes of key collections.

Collections

Helmut Lang's works are part of the following collections:

  • Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
  • Fashion Museum, Bath, United Kingdom
  • Groninger Museum, Groninger, The Netherlands
  • LACMA, Los Angeles
  • MAK, Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria [51]
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • MOMU, Antwerp, Belgium [52]
  • Musée de la Mode et du Textile, Paris
  • Musée Galliera, Paris
  • Museo de la Moda, Santiago, Brazil [53]
  • Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA
  • SONS, Kruishoutem, Belgium [54]
  • The Arts Center, Melbourne, Australia [55]
  • The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
  • The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway

    • Architecture Projects

    Original Helmut Lang stores (until 2005)

    This section outlines the development of Helmut Lang stores and Lang's achievements in the area of architecture.

    All of the original Helmut Lang stores (select list follows) have been closed. The last one to close was the Paris location in late 2005. Most of the art-inspired stores had been designed by Lang in collaboration with Gluckman Mayner Architects of New York.

    1995

  • Helmut Lang Munich, Kardinal Faulhaber Strasse, 3, 80333, Munich, Germany.
  • Helmut Lang Milan, Via St. Andrea, 14, 20212, Milan, Italy.

    • 1997

  • Helmut Lang Vienna, Seilergasse, 6, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
  • Helmut Lang New York, Worldwide Flagship Store, 80 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012.
  • Helmut Lang Headquarters, 80 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012, USA.

    • 2000

  • Helmut Lang Paris, Store-within-a-store, Printemps, 64 Bld. Haussman, 75451, Paris, France.
  • Helmut Lang Hong Kong, Store-within-a-store, 228-230 Landmark Central, Hong Kong.
  • Helmut Lang Singapore, Store-within-a-store, 9 Scott Road #02-10/11/12/13, Pacific Plaza, 228210, Singapore.
  • Helmut Lang Aichi, Store-within-a-store, Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae 2F, 3-5-1 Sakae, Naka-ku Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
  • Helmut Lang Tokyo, Store-within-a-store, Isetan Shinjuku Men, Isetan Shinjuku Men’s-Kan 3F, 3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.
  • Helmut Lang Tokyo, Store-within-a-store, Isetan Shinjuku Women, Isetan Shinjuku Annex Building 4F, 3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.
  • Helmut Lang Tokyo, Store-within-a-store, Shibuya Seibu Men, Seibu Shibuya Annex B 1F/4F, 21-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo.
  • Helmut Lang Tokyo, Store-within-a-store, Shibuya Seibu Women, Seibu Shibuya Annex B 1F/4F, 21-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya.
  • Helmut Lang Seoul, Store-within-a-store, 2F, Shinsegae Department Store Kangnam Branch, 19-3 Banpo-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul.
  • Helmut Lang Kobe, Dainichi-Akashicho Building 18, Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan.
  • Helmut Lang Parfums New York, 81 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012.

    • 2002

  • Helmut Lang Studio, 142 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012.
  • Helmut Lang Made-to-Measure New York, 142 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012.

    • 2003

  • Helmut Lang Paris, 219 Rue Saint-Honore, 75001, Paris.
  • Helmut Lang Milan (new location), Via della Spiga, 11, Milan, 20121.

    • Fragrance Projects

    Four different scents were created by Lang in cooperation with Procter & Gamble, all of which were discontinued with the 2005 closing of the brand.

  • Helmut Lang (Women's) - 2000
  • Helmut Lang Pour Homme (Men's) - 2001
  • Helmut Lang Velviona (women's and men's) - limited release available exclusively at New York store - 2001
  • Helmut Lang Cuiron (men's) - 2002

    • Awards

  • CFDA, Best International Designer of the Year, 1996.
  • VH-1/Vogue Award, Best Menswear Designer of the Year, 1997.
  • Fine Arts of Vienna, 1997.
  • Pitti Immagine Award, Best Designer of the Nineties, 1998.
  • New York Magazine Best Designer of the Year Award, 1998.
  • I.D. Magazine, Design Distinction Award for Environments, 1998.
  • NYC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects: Award for Interiors, 1998.
  • Business Week/Architectural Record Award, 1999.
  • The American Institute of Architects, Award for Interior Architecture, 1999.
  • CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year, 2000.
  • GQ Designer of the Year, 2004.
  • Fashion Group International,“The Imagineers of Our Time" Award, 2004.
  • LEAD Award, 2005.
  • Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, 2009

    • References

    Helmut Lang (artist) Wikipedia
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