Evening Dress
Artist：Nick Veasey
Year：November 2016
Size：1189 x 1189mm
Media：Fabric (print onto wool delaine with wood sub frame)
Edition：AP
In 2017, as part of the Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion exhibition at the V&A museum, Nick Veasey was commissioned to X-ray the museum's garment collection. Within this extraordinary array, the Evening Dress, worn by Hollywood icon Eva Garnett in 1954, took centre stage. Veasey's artistry captured the garment's exquisite beauty and delicate nature, transcending X-ray imaging by delicately transferring the intricate details onto fabric, creating a unique blend of art, technology and fashion history.
Artist
Nick Veasey
（UK, b. 1962）
Internationally renowned X-ray artist Nick Veasey reveals the hidden facets beneath the surface using his unique X-ray penetration technique. His work humorously and mischievously explores the essence of people and objects' inner nature. Nick Veasey uses x-ray to strip back the layers and show what it is like under the surface. The technique reveals what, and often how, things are made, which grants his art to penetrate the surface and take us on a journey into a world otherwise hidden and unseen. Veasey has an extensive exhibition experience worldwide, with his artwork featured on the cover of TIME magazine and invited to give a TED talk. In 2018, he held a large-scale exhibition at the renowned Fotografiska museum in Sweden, visited by The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Princess of Sweden. He also photographed important antique costumes for the Victoria and Albert Museum and collaborated with various brands such as Louis Vuitton, United Airlines, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. Works collected by the Victoria and Albert Museum, National Science and Media Museum in the UK, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum at FIT in the USA, the BMW Museum in Germany and the Museum of Applied Arts and Design (MUDAC) in Switzerland.
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