Simon Porte Jacquemus presents his first-ever curatorial exhibition, titled “Mythes,” in collaboration with Galerie Chenel and Galerie Dina Vierny. The exhibition weaves an intimate dialogue between antique art, sculpture, and everyday life, revealing the timeless connection between line, proportion, and human presence.

“Mythes” acts as a bridge between past and present — drawing inspiration from the terracotta and marble of Olympia that shaped the work of Aristide Maillol, one of the great sculptors of the 20th century, and continuing through to Jacquemus, whose minimalist designs reinterpret the beauty of the human form through geometric precision.

At the heart of the exhibition lies antique sculpture — the inexhaustible origin of artistic language and proportion. For Jacquemus, these sculptures embody the essence of geometry, balance, and movement that inform his fashion silhouettes. They represent both structure and poetry — the discipline through which nature becomes myth.

Aristide Maillol devoted his life to seeking harmony. He transformed nature into timeless beauty, sculpting the serenity and strength of the human body with graceful simplicity. His works reflect both calm and vitality — a purity of form that Jacquemus similarly captures by blending the classical with the primitive and instinctive.

Both Maillol and Jacquemus look to antiquity not as nostalgia, but as a foundation for reinvention. Maillol used ancient sculpture as a discipline to restore the eternal proportions of the human figure, while Jacquemus translates the same philosophy into his garments — where every fold and measurement reflects deliberate harmony.

Jacquemus’ creations are sculptural by nature — architectural forms that drape and fold with refined balance, echoing the spirit of marble carvings from ancient Greece.

The exhibition also reveals shared inspiration in the figure of “Le paysan” — the peasant or countryside model. For Jacquemus, this appears in his deceptively simple yet poetic garments; for Maillol, in the natural physical forms he immortalized. Within Mythes, visitors encounter a series of evocative, almost cinematic scenes of everyday life, where these affinities unfold in quiet rhythm — a living conversation between human form and artistic gesture.