![]() Given free reign of the Louvre, you’d hope the Carters would have had more adventurous taste. ![]() How much more compelling and challenging would it have been to see shots of Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the Pavillon des Sessions, where the Louvre lumps together artifacts from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania? Or amid the Assyrian reliefs in its Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at a time when the Assyrian artistic heritage continues to be threatened in Iraq and Syria? It’s indisputably striking (and amazing) to see Beyoncé at the center of a line of dancers moving in perfect synchronicity beneath David’s “Coronation of Napoleon,” but it also seems like a pretty obvious pick. Rather than familiar examples of European painting and Greco-Roman statuary, why not pose more difficult questions about what’s in the coffers of European museums? The shots of Benoist’s “Portrait of a Black Woman” and those in which the couple flanks the Great Sphinx of Tanis begin to hint at such issues, but more could have done in this vein. ![]() Beyoncé wears a Burberry bralette and pants while her dancers wear nude crop tops and leggings, but the most significant part of this scene is Beyoncé and her eight female performers dancing in front of a symbol of white monarchy and overpowering it with the synchrony of their Black bodies.Beyoncé and Jay-Z in front of the Great Sphinx of Tanisīut the video also represents something of a missed opportunity. Jay-Z wears a tailored three-piece suit with a long coat over his shoulders as well.īeyoncé first appears with her female dancers in tow in front of The Consecration of Emperor Napoleon, which depicts the coronation where Empress Joséphine was crowned. The bodysuit is also part of the MCM x Misa Hylton collaboration. Apest, Beyonce and Jay-Zs new music video, looks to the Louvre for cachet, and there are unexpected layers in how they do it. (All hail King Jay and Queen Bey!) Beyoncé is wearing an MCM hat, bodysuit and trench coat over her shoulders with Y/PROJECT’s spiral patent leather boots. Thank you everyone who was involved!! It was such a pleasure to be a part of this project □Ī post shared by Michaela Stark on at 4:38am PDTīeyoncé and Jay-Z then appear standing in front of the Great Sphinx of Tanis, an Egyptian statue that has the body of a lion and head of a king. I created the robe by revisiting garments from the home range. As though that wasn’t enough, the Carters then released the music video for one of their latest songs, ‘APESHIT’ and it’s layered with meaning. ![]() Beyoncé’s lavender-pink pantsuit is designed by Peter Pilotto, and symbolizes femininity and wearing a custom made robe by Michaela Stark for her most recent video ‘Apeshit’ with Jay Z. This weekend music power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé shook the internet to its very core by dropping a surprise collaboration album called Everything Is Love. In an interview with The New York Times following 4:44’s release, JAY confirmed he was working on an album with Beyoncé: We were using our art almost like a therapy session. In the opening scene in front of the Mona Lisa, Beyoncé is spotted wearing a power suit while standing next to Jay-Z in a similar mint green suit, proving that they both wear the pants in their relationship. They even reduce several of the world’s most famous pieces of art, particularly the album cover where they show a Black woman picking a Black man’s afro in front of the Mona Lisa, to simply background imagery. Although the famous museum mainly showcases white art, Beyoncé and Jay-Z highlight images of Black subjects and even upstage the Western art by singing, rapping, dancing and showing off their wealth in front of art that ironically depicts European conquerors and our oppressed African ancestors. Thank You & #APESHIT So wonderful to work alongside constantly slaying Jay’s looks ✊□ My incredible team #StyledbyZerinaAkers #EverythingIsLoveĪ post shared by Zerina Akers on at 7:39pm PDTĪnd beyond the music, lyrics and fashion, what makes each scene even more powerful is the white European art displayed throughout the Louvre and how Beyoncé and Jay-Z interject images of Blackness throughout the video.
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