Designer Alexander Gerginov explores fashion illustration in a book and exhibition. The premiere of the volume, entitled "Methods and Techniques in Fashion Illustration Education", will be held at 22 Ivan Asen II Street in Sofia on March 1, when the exhibition will also open, the organizers announced.
In his book, the author explores and traces the methods used in drawing programs. The emergence, function and history of fashion illustration are examined. The emergence of various publications and materials related to the upbringing of an attitude towards fashion and educational approaches to creating fashion illustrations are traced. Individual artistic materials are also examined, and examples of their origin and use are given.
Alexander Gerginov describes other problems and processes that fashion students go through. The fashion illustration program, which students at the National Academy of Arts (NAA) have been working on since 2011, is also partially presented. The theoretical part is visualized with examples of current works by authors such as Anelia Antova, Tsvetelina Tsenkova, Victoria Dineva, Pola Popova, Magdalena Dekova, etc.
Alexander Gerginov graduated from the NAA in Sofia with a degree in Fashion, and in 2015 he defended his doctoral dissertation related to contemporary fashion illustration. He works as a designer of women's and men's fashion. Since 2008, he has been teaching drawing, fashion design and costume history at the Vocational High School of Clothing in Sofia, and since 2010 - fashion illustration at the NAA. In recent years, he has been conducting lectures and workshops related to fashion illustration and contemporary drawing methods in Germany and Lithuania.
Opening: March 1, 2023, 6:00 PM
Location: IVAN ASEN 22 showroom, 22 Ivan Assen Str.
Source: BTA
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