In the first edition of #GucciGram, artists were tasked to reimagine the Bloom and Caleido motifs from the Italian house. This time around, they’ve invited artists from Asia – China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore – to interpret its Gucci Tian print, characterised by images of hummingbirds and butterflies against a landscape of tree branches and flowers. The result: images that are evocative, ethereal, and beautiful in their own ways. Scroll through the gallery below for some of our favourites, including contributions from homegrown artists like Teresa Lim (@teeteeheehee) and Charles Loh (@mossingarden). By Isabel Ong.
“The image in mind that I had was to portray not just beauty, but an air of nonchalance and power,” Lim said. Cue the youthful, feminine portrait in her embroidered work.
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Loh’s #1 medium of choice: A glass terrarium. Here, he’s used the Gucci Tian print as the backdrop and also as his centrepiece.
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Chan’s specialty lies in painting animal-human hybrids with a dreamy touch.
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The Vietnamese fashion designer has artfully turned the Gucci Tian print into barely-there silhouettes.
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The artist placed slippers bearing the Tian print in a decrepit urban landscape, juxtaposing the vibrancy of Gucci’s pattern against a contemporary image of current-day China.
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Whimsical yet alive, the illustrator added two Gucci bags to a twisting, snaking vine filled with Alessandro Michele’s favourite motifs (the butterfly, the hummingbird and the monkey).
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This quirky collage features objects that have all been suspended in mid-motion, making for an irresistibly engaging image on the whole.
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The Japanese photographer gave architects a run for their money by applying the Gucci Tian print to one of Shibuya’s iconic shopping centres.
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The artist’s works frequently investigate the way we interact with light. Here, he gave the Gucci Tian print a mysterious, seductive treatment: A woman’s body is revealed in tantalising glimpses, with the print projected onto the parts of her body that are visible.
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The Thai painter/illustrator imbued his work with a Precious Moments-esque innocence through the depiction of an open storybook where two young children (clad in Gucci diapers no less) are happily plucking flowers for their hair wreaths.
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