Collection "S.S.B.N.D." for the brand FEDOROV, based on the aesthetics of the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe

Since the 60s of the XX century, the world has been embraced by colossal changes, "revolutions", including the cultural one. The emergence of punk rock, the development of photography, cinema, performance ... Couples, whose characters and relationships have become iconic, have made a great contribution to the development of world art. Their names are used by brands to name branded, almost inaccessible things for purchase, contemporary artists turn to their work, young artists try to repeat their experience in their own work. The interest in the study of these couples lies in their contradictions and chemistry, their vision of that possibly their own reality, which provoked progress in the art world. The "fifth element" that was present in their relationship, which can be described as "categorically different, but overly similar", is their duality and unity in all spheres of life. - The purpose of this work is to study the nature of the relationship of some couples of the 60s and 70s, whose relationships and merits are rightfully considered cult: Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsburg, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, and Marina Abramovich and Uwe Lysiepen (Ulay). - The subject of the research was the historical documentation of the relations of four cult couples: their joint photographs reflecting their union, video materials of their works, both joint and personal.