Curated by Brandon GrahamSeptember 6 – December 1Centra l L ibrar y

Featured Illustrators

Carlos Aponte

Marcos Chin

Samantha Hahn

Richard Haines

Anja Kroencke

Jennifer Lilya

Don Oehl

Sara Singh

Autumn Whitehurst

Izak Zenou

and Antonio Lopez (1943 – 1987)

Brooklyn Public Library Presents

A CONTEMPOR ARY LOOKA CONTEMPOR ARY LOOK

An exciting new exhibition celebrating the history,

art and beauty of fashion illustration featuring one

of the largest American showcases of established

and widely published fashion illustrators.

Brooklyn Public Library Presents

Fashion Illustration: A Contemporary Look events are made possible by Utrecht Art Supplies, A.I. Friedman and Prismacolor. Antonio Lopez’s illustrations and photos appear courtesy of the estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos; and Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY, Gladys Marcus Library Department of Special Collections and FIT Archives. The Fashion Career Day Fair is sponsored in part by the Brooklyn Book Festival.

A C O N T E M P O R A R Y LO O KA C O N T E M P O R A R Y LO O K

Izak Zenou has been an illustrator for the last two decades, 15 of those years in collaboration with New York City department store Henri Bendel. Other clients include French Vogue, Cosmo Girl and Travel & Leisure, as well as Chanel, Revlon and Vera Wang, among others.Foyer Cases

Brooklyn Public Library Presents

Curated by Brandon GrahamSeptember 6 – December 1Central Library

A C O N T E M P O R A RY LO O K

Carlos Aponte attended Parsons School of Design and Fashion Institute of Technology, and has worked as a freelance illustrator, with clients that include British GQ, Food & Wine and ELLE, among others. Previous exhibitions include “Fashion Illustration: A Visual Poetry” at the Gallery Hanahou in 2011 and “The Line of Fashion” at the Society of Illustrators in 2009.Grand Lobby

Marcos Chin has had work appear as surface and wall designs, on book and CD covers, advertisements, fashion catalogues and magazines. Some of his clients include Neiman Marcus, Fiat, The New Yorker and Time, among others. Perhaps the most recognizable work amidst his portfolio are the illustrations for Lavalife’s international advertising. Chin currently teaches illustration at the School of Visual Arts.Lobby Gallery

Samantha Hahn is a New York-based fashion illustrator. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and her Master’s degree from Columbia University. She is the illustrator behind the new DailyCandy.com girl. Other clients include Random House, Chronicle Books, Marie Claire and McCann Erickson.Grand Lobby & Lobby Gallery

Richard Haines earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has worked as a designer for Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein and Bill Blass, and is the author of the wildly successful blog, What I Saw Today. He’s had previous showings in New York at Envoy Enterprises, Norte Maar Gallery and Splatterpool Gallery.Grand Lobby

Anja Kroencke was born in Vienna, Austria where she studied fashion design and illustration. After working as an art director for a few years she decided to dedicate herself full time to illustration. Since then she has won numerous awards and her work has appeared in many publications worldwide. Her clients include Estée Lauder, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Ti� any’s, Vogue and W Magazine, to name a few.Grand Lobby

Jennifer Lilya graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration. Her client list includes ELLE magazine, Women’s Wear Daily, Stila Cosmetics and American Airlines. She also did the concept illustration for a dress worn by singer Katy Perry. Foyer Cases

Don Oehl grew up in Chicago and studied drawing and painting at the École du Louvre in Paris. After studying fashion illustration at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology, Oehl worked with design companies on point-of-sale and window displays for clients like Aveda and Bergdorf Goodman. Oehl debuted his fi rst solo show at Clic Gallery in SoHo in 2011 and his client list includes Bulgari, Chanel, Bloomingdales and Target.Grand Lobby

Sara Singh was born in London and currently resides in New York City. She has a degree in fashion design from Beckman’s College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Japan and European editions of ELLE. She has had solo exhibitions in New York, Paris and Tokyo. She recently illustrated book covers for Splinter’s Classic Lines, a reprint series of classic novels written by Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë.Grand Lobby

Autumn Whitehurst grew up in New Orleans and now resides in Brooklyn, New York as a full-time illustrator. Her list of clients include Vogue, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, Nylon magazine, Aveda, Diet Coke and Sapporo.Grand Lobby

Carlos Aponte Don Oehl Samantha Hahn

Anja Kroencke Jennifer Lilya Marcos Chin

Autumn Whitehurst Sara Singh Richard Haines

Antonio Lopez was infl uenced by everyday life. Always one to draw from a live model, he captured the energy, movement, personality, sex appeal and gestural nuances of his subject. Everyday people from all walks of life, some of whom later went on to become celebrities in their own right, posed for and inspired his art. Pat Cleveland, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Jessica Lange and Tina Chow were some of the many models and muses who posed for Antonio and were later a� ectionately referred to as “Antonio’s Girls.”

Lopez’s infl uences included not only masters like Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Giovanni Boldini, but inspiration from movies, music, dance and politics. He surrounded himself with creative people and references, and from his home base in New York, constantly traveled to style capitals Paris, London and Tokyo. Antonio created an authentic and intimate experience with the viewer because of his careful observation, interaction and immersion into di� erent worlds. This was ultimately refl ected and expressed in his artwork, which connects and invites the viewer in.

The section of the exhibition devoted to Antonio Lopez will cover three decades of his extraordinary and immense body of work from the 60s, 70s and 80s.Balcony Cases

“A Look Back” features the history of fashion illustration and highlights the works of Antonio Lopez (1943–1987) who ushered in a New Look for fashion art. (Courtesy of the estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.)

Brooklyn Public Library Presents

A C O N T E M P O R A RY LO O K

Antonio Lopez’s illustration and photo appear courtesy of the estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.

Fashion Illustration: A Contemporary Look events are made possible by Utrecht Art Supplies, A.I. Friedman and Prismacolor. Antonio Lopez’s illustrations and photos appear courtesy of the estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos; and Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY, Gladys Marcus Library Department of Special Collections and FIT Archives. The Fashion Career Day Fair is sponsored in part by the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Visit us online at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/fashion/fashion-illustration for more information on fashion-related programs and additional exhibitions, including Elaine Pedlar’s collection of couture paper dolls and unique paper crafts.

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