Exhibition Opening: Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein

Inspiration Comes from Everyday Life: Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein

The Austrian Cultural Forum New York (ACFNY) is delighted to present “Inspiration Comes from Everyday Life: Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein,”, an exhibition, curated by Dr. Gerald Matt, that delves into the captivating convergence of fashion, photography, art, and architecture. Featuring a comprehensive array of photographs by Elfie Semotan alongside distinctive garments designed by Nina Hollein, the exhibition will be on display from May 14 to September 25, 2024.

​​The Austrian artist (born 1941) is widely considered one of the leading fashion photographers. In the course of several decades, she has worked for many of the most prestigious fashion magazines and designers worldwide. Originally a successful fashion model in Paris, she already transitioned behind the camera in the late 1960s.

(born 1971), is a fashion designer from Austria, who for the past fifteen years has created unique, complex designs for women with a focus on adaptability and sustainability. She initially pursued studies in architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and worked in the New York architectural firms of Peter Eisenman and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects in the early 2000s, before turning to fashion.

While Semotan lived and worked in New York for many years, Hollein has called New York her home since 2016.

The exhibition “Inspiration Comes from Everyday Life: Elfie Semotan and Nina Hollein” presents two artists who, despite their diverse approaches and mediums, share a profound appreciation for fashion as an art form, the individuals and individuality it celebrates, notions of timeless beauty, as well as forms that transcend the ordinary.

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