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Always dressed in a uniform of black, he ignored the collection calendar while tirelessly upholding the traditions of haute couture. From his first show in the late 1970s to his final one just before his death in 2017, Alaïa’s work has generated excitement and respect.  \nSensuous, body-hugging forms, described as ‘second-skin dressing’, are Alaïa’s enduring influence. Experimenting with the latest stretch materials and precisely tailored leathers, he worked in the tradition of the great couturiers he admired and studied, Madeleine Vionnet, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Charles James.  \nAlaïa thought with his hands. He gave his ideas form by draping, cutting and pinning fabric directly on to the statuesque models with whom he loved to work. He combined his rigorous technical skills with an understanding of how women want to feel. He once remarked, ‘I make clothes, women make fashion’. And many women have made fashion in his elegant and sensual creations, from Greta Garbo, Grace Jones, Lady Gaga, and Tina Turner to Scarlett Johansson, Naomi Campbell and Rihanna.  \nReflecting a consistency of approach and the timelessness of his creations, Alaïa’s most significant works are grouped here to reveal ideas he perfected and remastered over many years. This includes Alaïa’s use of black, his favourite and most widely used colour. Restricting the colour palette left Alaïa nowhere to hide and enabled him to develop the purist expression of his ideals of form. As Alaïa’s explorations in shape and volume deepened, he remained focused solely on the demands of perfecting his vision, not on market demands.  \nThis exhibition and installation, conceived with Alaïa, includes architectural elements by artists who Alaïa admired and befriended, as well as photographs of Maison Alaïa by the artist Richard Wentworth, who documented the fashion house over the past few years. It has been a turbulent decade. The financial crash of 2008, global protest movements and divisive leaders have made people more politically engaged than they have been for a generation. Graphic design, from election campaign posters to protest badges, has had a prominent role to play in much of this. It is often through graphics that our political hopesand fears are expressed.  \nThis was also a decade that saw the rise of social media. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have made it easier than ever to spread political graphics. Entirely new forms of  \nvisual communication have emerged, such as the internet meme, which can be viewed by millions of people if they go viral. Today, anyone can make political graphics and reach a global audience. This makes grassroots activists more of a challenge to the political establishment.  \nOrganised in three sections – ‘Power’, ‘Protest’and ‘Personality’ – Hope to Nope explores the different roles of graphic design in political discourse. It begins with the Hope poster designed by Shepard Fairey for Barrack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, which inspired countless imitations, including the Donald Trump Nope meme. The exhibition includes significant graphic stories from across the political spectrum, but endorses no particular political point of view. Rather, it examines how graphics give both the powerful and the marginalised a voice.  \nWhat to expect?  \nThe works in the exhibition are broken into different styles, some of which span decades of of work. A booklet with all exhibition text will be provided when you enter the exhibition. This allows the exhibition space to be uncluttered but this may create an obstacle when it comes to contextualising the works.  \nOn entering the gallery the opening text (featured on page one of these notes) can be read. Turning left into the exhibition will reveal the timeline of Alaïa’s career. 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