Name: Leon Lindgren
Year of birth: 1999
Nationality: Swedish
Profession/title: Fashion Designer
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Practicing in order to become somewhat good at sewing, that didn’t come naturally to me
As a designer it is important for Leon Lindgren to “tell” a collection, almost like the plot of a movie. He want to create an entire universe, but it is also important for him that the collection can be seen as just a group of beautiful garments. You should not be required to know the full story in order to know that you like what you see.
Embroidery, and other textile techniques play a huge part in Leon Lindgren creative process. He use thread and fabric to build pictures onto the garments he create, mostly to be able to describe the world and setting of the story he try to tell. He’s work does not only portrait a character but also an entire, fictional reality. Embroidery is the one thing he never seem to be able to let go of. For him it is the most fruitful way of describing aesthetics, it gives him a second chance to explain what he mean.
Photo credit: Tonje Gulbæk
CO: What is the most important drive for you to create and why?
LL: Aesthetic
CO: Who or what do you value as a great inspiration for you creatively?
LL: Fellini films, especially Juliet of the Spirits
CO: What’s your first artistic memory?
LL: My mother showing me fashion shows on youtube
CO: Can you elaborate on a moment in your life where you experienced a change which altered your way of thinking or your approach to creativity ?
LL: I was in Berlin and attended an exhibition about German expressionism, there I saw landscape paintings by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, that was the first time I wasn't afraid of art.
CO: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
LL: Practicing in order to become somewhat good at sewing, that didn’t come naturally to me
CO: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
LL: Watching the seven second performance of one of the models in the Spring-Summer 2018 Haute Couture Chanel Show, it’s at 12:19 to 12:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FCp3DU_x1U
CO: What is your most treasured possession?
LL: My brain…
CO: What harsh truths do you prefer to ignore?
LL: That I need to find a studio to store all my stuff
CO: What do you aspire to? In the near future? In life in general?
LL: Right now I aspire to make clothes, and in the future to be able to make incredible and expensive fashion shows
CO: Which young artists have impressed you?
LL: The people I have got to know while studying in Oslo
UNWRAPPED creates synergies between different art fields with artists
COLINE CHERRY
DANIEL STEIEN
GJERMUND ESKEDAL
HENRIK MORTENSEN
JOHANNA WARBERG
KRISTOFFER MATTSON
LEON LINDGREN
UNWRAPPED is curated by FLESH//Malin Molden
The exhibition is sponsored by Adam&Eva and Oslo Kommune.
