Culture: a museum dedicated to the Oran youth of Yves Saint-Laurent in Algeria
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Yves Saint-Laurent at the start of his glory in January 1962 in Paris.
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A museum dedicated to the famous fashion designer Yves-Saint-Laurent, who died in 2008, will be inaugurated this Friday, June 24 in Oran.
It is the large Saint-Laurent family home that has been restored thanks to a patron, an Oran businessman involved in culture.
The visitor will find family photos but also drawings and sketches made by the famous designer.
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The museum is interested in the childhood and youth of Oran of Yves Saint Laurent, it relates the first steps of the creator in the field of art.
YSL lived in this house until he was 18 years old.
From an early age, his production was abundant.
“
He produced between 200 and 300 thousand sketches, informs
Mohamed Affane, patron of the museum.
We managed to have almost 400 of them, there are also all the photos of his childhood.
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“
Our world at the time was Oran and not Paris
, wrote YSL.
Oran,
a cosmopolis of traders from all over, and especially from elsewhere, a city sparkling in a patchwork of a thousand colors under the calm sun of North Africa
”.
"Celebrating YSL in your hometown"
It was first of all Yves Saint-Laurent's love for this city that gave rise to this project. “I am from Oran, YSL is from Oran
,” says Mohamed Affane.
Moreover, all the best memories of his life, he had them here in Oran, he loved his city very much, he was very happy in his hometown.
I've had the idea in mind for more than 25 years, it's to celebrate YSL in his hometown
.
The YSL museum space is part of a larger project led by the Sport, Culture and Solidarity Foundation which combines investment in the field of tourism with that of culture.
We relied a lot on family photos for the interior decoration
Youcef Farnane, project manager of the YSL Museum in Oran
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