SAINT LAURENT RETURNS TO ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH WITH AN EXHIBITION PLANNED AND CURATED BY MADONNA AND ANTHONY VACCARELLO, TO CELEBRATE THE RE-EDITION OF MADONNA’S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK SEX BY RIVE DROITE.
UPON ITS RELEASE IN 1992, MADONNA’S BOOK BECAME A CONTROVERSIAL SENSATION AROUND THE GLOBE DUE TO ITS EROTIC CONTENT AND LIBERATED VIEWS OF SEXUAL SELF-EXPRESSION. ENVISIONED BY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME, SEX CONTAINED IMAGERY BY STEVEN MEISEL, AS WELL AS WRITTEN TEXT BY MADONNA.
TO MARK THE BOOK’S LASTING IMPACT AND SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, MADONNA AND ANTHONY VACCARELLO DECIDED TO REVIVE ITS CONTENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EPHEMERAL EXHIBITION. THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEVEN MEISEL WILL BE ON VIEW IN A TEMPORARY BEACHFRONT BOX BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THE OCCASION.
SAINT LAURENT’S BESPOKE RE-ISSUE OF THE BOOK IS LIMITED TO 800 COPIES PUBLISHED BY CALLAWAY, NEW YORK, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING NOV 29TH.
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