BIO - Stoppani & Yves Legavre

Juan Stoppani (1935-2022) was born in Argentina. Graduate as an architect, he was part of the most important nucleus of the Di Tella Institute, where he won the Braque Prize in 1965. His production was characterized by an energetic iconography, with vibrant and festive colors, breaking with the solemnity of the preceding aesthetic currents.

Jean Yves (1945) was born in France. He is a theater director, set designer and costume designer, which added to Juan's work gave fabulous results. They collaborated with important emblematic personalities of fashion, from Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel to Emanuel Ungaro.

They met in Paris at Copi's Eva Perón in 1970, and never parted again. Since 2012, they lived and worked together in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Their artistic complicity will continue to resonate in each of their works.

Stoppani & Yves Legavre