Helmut Lang’s Archive Revealed

While former fashion designer Helmut Lang left his namesake house, and the fashion world entirely, to pursue a career in fine art -- namely with the cheekily titled project, "hl-art" -- nearly three years ago, Lang’s innovative, pared-down fashions have certainly not been forgotten. In fact, Lang’s iconic deconstructivist designs are seeing new light thanks to an exhibit housed in German arts magazine 032C's Konstantin Grcic-designed Museum Store in Berlin.

On view through November 3, the show, entitled ”ARCHIVE: HELMUT LANG, 1986-2005,” is entirely digital. “Of the 10,000 items of Lang’s design that have been photographed and archived over the past four years, 3,000 were selected to be included in a video documenting his work in fashion, spanning a period of nearly two decades—and, simultaneously, embodying his creative role at the crossroads of fashion and art.” The exhibition coincides with Lang’s debut institutional solo exhibition, “Alles gleich schwer,” which is on view at Hannover’s kestner gesellschaft until November 2. For those not fortunate enough to make it to Hanover, Absolut is hosting images of the exhibition here through December 31.