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Dries Van Noten Presents Misha Kahn’s Exhibition (Photo: Joshua White)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Dries Van Noten<\/a> opened the doors to its very first American brick-and-mortar store<\/a> in Los Angeles last October, it did so with aims to<\/span> extend beyond the typical retail shopping experience. Located on La Cienega Boulevard, the Los Angeles store boasts an open layout with 8500 square feet comprising two houses separated by a vast parking lot, The Big and Little Houses. According to the brand, The Big House will house Dries Van Noten current collections<\/a> and a curated selection of garments from his archives for purchase. Each house will exhibit works by artists, designers and craftspeople whose work has impressed Dries Van Noten. The Little House will feature the work of others exclusively. Beginning April 1, nonconformist artist Misha Kahn\u2019s \u201cWatermelon Party\u201d exhibition will be on view through May 6.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition explores a social experiment of sorts. Per the release, \u201cA few months into quarantine, from his parents\u2019 house in Duluth, Minnesota, their neighbors invited his family over for a watermelon party. For weeks leading up to the event, starved for socialization, they speculated what might happen at the watermelon party.” \u201cWatermelon Party\u201d includes a domestic setting featuring Kahn\u2019s VR-created Claymation furniture. Table lamps in a diverse range of materials, from auto-painted resin to ceramic, will also be on view. Dries Van Noten and Kahn have collaborated on a limited-edition printed silk bomber jacket and T-shirt.\u00a0 Kahn has lent his imagination with an original motif for these garments, designed by Van Noten.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my scatterbrained, depressed stupor of a year, this watermelon party suggested purpose,\u201d Kahn explained in a press release. \u201cIt gave a bunch of random people, grouped together by proximity, an antidote to isolation. In a way, that\u2019s what I\u2019m always striving for in my work: an irreverent, all-ages serving of mystery with a big spoonful of why. In my practice, I\u2019m constantly throwing around new materials and processes, forever looking for a binding force, something to explain the why of it all to the outside world. And maybe it\u2019s simpler than I thought. 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