Dear Shaded Viewers,
From June 14th 2025 to January 4th 2026, the Calais Museum of Lace and Fashion presents Yiqing Yin. D’air et de songes. This exhibition highlights the hybridization of Yiqing Yin’s artistic disciplines, where dreams intertwine with sensory exploration. By showcasing the work of this internationally acclaimed young designer, the museum offers a unique immersion into a body of work marked by remarkable depth and delicacy.
Photo © Nicolas Guerin, 2009
Yiqing Yin, the first designer of Chinese origin to receive the French Haute Couture label, is a multi-disciplinary artist. At the crossroads of different art forms, her sculptural and ethereal creations weave a dialogue between human fragility and the transformative forces of nature.
The exhibition invites visitors to step into the soul of creation, where the spark of an idea takes shape long before it blossoms into a gown. Chance, the unexpected and the undefined are the keys to this sensory journey where the work gradually reveals itself.
Photo © Laurence Laborie-2024
Drawing inspiration from the mineral, vegetal, and animal worlds, the artist crafts a living poetry that forms the narrative thread of the exhibition. Each creation unfolds as a dreamscape, where reverie and the awakening of the senses intertwine in an aesthetic of metamorphosis.
Haute couture gowns, visual artworks—photographs, films, drawings—sonic textures of whispered words and rustling air, and delicate olfactory trails punctuate this immersive journey, inviting visitors to embark on an intimate exploration of their own imagination.
More information about the exhibition: www.cite-dentelle.fr
In an intimate conversation with Yiqing during our ride to the Calais train station on our way back to Paris, she told me how Diane Pernet was the first person to interview her during the Hyères Festival in 2010… She also accepted the invitation to create a short film for the ASVOFF Film Festival this year.
Yours digitally,
Pedro Guez
