Surrealism and Rococo Collide In New Fashion Illustration Exhibition

SHOWstudio artist and illustrator Kukula is making waves in the fashion illustration community - and they're by far her biggest yet thanks to the artist's latest exhibition at Dorothy Circus London Nocturne In Blue Minor, which pays homage to her signature pop rococo-inspired illustrative style.

Presenting a truly unmissable selection of artworks (three of which are, quite literally, her biggest yet), the exhibition shares in Kukula's own romantic view of the world, as communicated in her sublime fashion illustrations for SHOWstudio and majestically nostalgic style which she has fine-tuned to perfection over her twenty-year career. Instead of looking at fashion through a contemporary lens, Kukula's distinctly fairytale-esque point of view is framed front and centre here, seen most clearly through her use of enchanting imagery synonymous with escapism: fairies, woodlands, nature are ever present, as is romanticism and beauty. However, when it comes to Kukula, don't expect anything less, creating fantasy worlds is what she does best.

As far as the exhibition's title is concerned, dreamlike narratives are made literal by the artist's use of blue, used as a metaphor for nourishing our melancholic nocturnal dreams. Not only showcasing Kukula's technical virtuosity, the exhibition also hones in on the artist's penchant for playing with costume in her illustrations as each painting includes the ornate as it does the scenic. Enriched with imagination and a clear illustrative flair for technical precision, Nocturne In Blue Minor, presents the opportunity for any artist lover to immersive themselves in a fairytale like no other. All you have to do is jump.