DIOR Commission 2024

McMurdo, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-9641 (2024) DIOR Commission 2024. In: DIOR Magazine. published by Baron & Baron. Publication date: Autumn 2024, Paris, France. ISBN TBC (Submitted)

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Abstract / Summary

In 2024, I was commissioned by Dior to produce a portfolio of new work responding to their 2025 Cruise Collection. This collection was designed by Dior’s Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri and inspired by Mary Queen of Scots, female empowerment and Scottish culture. Chiuri is a consistent advocate for women in the arts and is a commissioner of artists globally as Creative Director at Dior.
My commission (seven works), was inspired by the Scottish topiary gardens of Drummond Castle Estate. It was in these formal gardens that the collection was first showcased in June 2024 and I used the formal landscapes there to produce a series of montages which touched on the historical and botanical influences for Dior’s Scottish-inspired collection. This commissioned work will be published in Autumn 2024 alongside the work of six female photographers also commissioned. This publication will be distributed online and in DIOR stores worldwide in 500 000 copies and translated into 10 languages. The photographers commissioned by Dior to mark their Scottish-inspired collection were; Wendy McMurdo, Margaret Mitchell, Rachel Lamb, Gemma Dagger, Camille Lemoine and Izzy Leach.
A series of artists films were produced to mark the commissions and will be available online in Autumn 2024
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