ASPENX PRADA AND ARTIST
PAULA CROWN’S MOST RECENT COLLABORATION
BY RACHEL MADISON HILL
AspenX Prada’s most recent collaboration with artist Paula Crown is raising the fashion bar for this winter season.
“I AM COMPLETELY IN AWE OF PAULA’S
WORK AND RELISH ANY OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE ART WITH HER”
John Russo, Celebrity Photographer
Paula Crown is a multimedia artist whose work encompasses 3D technology, drawing, painting, video, and sculpture and intersects with architecture, fashion, and design. She is a member of the Museum of Modern Art board and was chosen by Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Her latest project is a limited-edition Skiwear collection. Artist Paula Crown collaborates with Prada to launch a stunning limited-edition ski collection inspired by Paula’s Aspen Map series.
“The work relates to landscape and multiple views of the Aspen mountains. The trail maps provide navigation and bearings. At the same time, the trails reflect the marks made individually and collectively
on the landscape. “The indexes of human energy—and their power to affect change—with each other and the environment continue as a line of investigation for the artist,” says Paula Crown.
The 7-piece collection includes ski jackets, puffer jackets, and knitwear reflecting Aspen’s spirit. This is Paula’s latest ASPENX Prada collection. She has had several prior collaborations with the brands.
“We’re honored to continue our collaboration with the esteemed house of Prada and to expand the
presence of art “writ large” in the natural and built environment. It is an extension of Aspen’s Art in Unexpected Places. “The trail map paintings are translated into new forms with the Prada design
team,” says Paula Crown.
Crown teamed up with celebrity photographer John Russo to create the high-altitude campaign. “I have worked with Paula on two other AspenX/Prada campaigns. We continue to push the conceptual envelope
by raising the creative bar each time. “I am completely in awe of Paula’s work and relish any opportunity to create art with her,” says Russo.
As 2023 hits, we will see more of Paula’s collaborations with various luxury brands. There is simply no stopping Paula Crown.
Prada collection at http://Aspenx.com
To find out more about Paula, follow her @paulacrownart
Photographs by John Russo // Words by Rachel Madison Hill // Makeup Yasuko Shapiro // Hair Michaela Limur // Styling by Jennnifer Austin // Location Milk Studios, Los Angeles // Produced by Ken Waller for Photohouse Productions
