JAMES TURRELL: Magnetic
Like Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, and the other pioneers of the Land Art adventure started at the end of the 70s, James Turrell moves immense masses of earth, models them to transform desert sites into sculptures, or rather, into cosmic theaters intended to make man hear the heartbeat of the earth, from its […]
WANG KEPING: Metamorphoses
Evoking some archaic goddesses from the depths of time, Wang Keping ‘s monumental wooden sculptures fascinate by their density and sensuality. Maternity, Origin of the World, Cyclops Woman… half-figure, half-totem, they appear frozen in their metamorphoses, suspended between form and formlessness, incarnation and abstraction… Carved in hundred-year-old trees, these hieratic figures seem to come from […]
Xinyi Cheng: new darling in Paris
Much in demand in Europe, she just keeps accumulating exhibitions. After hanging her works on the walls of the François Pinault Trade Exchange, it is at Lafayette Anticipation that they will now be visible. Thus revealing her genius to the curious who come to intoxicate themselves with the talent of the famous Xinyi Cheng. Five […]
ALBERTO BIASI : Hypnotic
In 1965, Alberto Biasi (a founding member of Gruppo N, the Italian branch of lumino-kinetic art) took part in the historic exhibition The Responsive Eye at MoMA in New York. Since then, he has continued to deepen his “optico-dynamic” experiments and their retinal reception by the viewer. The concept of “motor eye” gives the viewer […]
SOPHIE CALLE : The Ghosts of Orsay
Interweaving past and present, reality and fiction, memories and fantasies, Sophie Calle weaves troubling tales with little nothings, vestiges of ordinary life doomed to decay or oblivion. A virtuoso affabulator, the queen of micro-fiction who, from true-false reports to pseudo-true stories, has been luring us for forty years, returns to the origins of this process […]
YMANE CHABI-GARA, A CONTEMPORARY MATERIALISM
The Hikkikomori are young Japanese men in a situation of chosen isolation. It is also the title of the large-scale paintings of Ymane Chabi-Gara. From cultural discovery to language learning, Japan is at the heart of the artist’s imagination, “so far from Western references, it makes different things emerge,” she says. It is therefore her […]
VINCENT LEROY : Anamorphoses
Trained in industrial design at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle in Paris, Vincent Leroy has given design a spectacular, monumental dimension that has made him so successful. His latest work, displayed in the windows of Yves Saint Laurent boutiques around the world, speaks volumes about his work at the crossroads of art, architecture, […]
Perfume trends: in the wake of the 70s & 80s
The rise of the middle class and the liberation of morals redrew the olfactory landscape of the 1970s. By the end of the sixties, a wind of freshness was blowing through perfumery, embracing the desire for women’s emancipation. The launch of Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium at the end of the decade marked a turning point […]
DOWN WITH THE MASKS!
In the context of an unprecedented health crisis, masks have invaded our daily lives and also revolutionized fashion and beauty trends. But it is difficult to know what is really hidden behind those masks. We can guess at a luscious mouth highlighted with lipstick, or a fine nose studded with freckles, but who would think […]
Diego Faivre : objects per minute
After working in a factory as a “blue collar worker,” Diego Faivre, who attended the Design Academy in Eindhoven, became aware of the value of time, which was evaluated, calculated, and recorded. A real indicator to evaluate human performance. A concept he wanted to explore through his “Minute Factory,” which underlines our obsession with time […]
EGONLAB: VISUAL ARTISTS
Emerging French brand EGONLab dresses all morphologies, all genders, and all ages with timeless pieces revisited in the light of their contemporaneity. True to their iconoclastic DNA, these self-described visual artists offer an urban punk wardrobe. Superimposing masculine and feminine, modernity and historical know-how, durability and creativity, they create clothes as a hymn to the […]
Digital, 3D creations, and NFT at the crossroads of a new art
NFTs have been in troubled waters for the past few months, encountering turbulence from Wikipedia, which refuses toaffiliate these digital tokens to the field of art, and the brands that fear more counterfeiting, not to mention the Picasso family, which is torn about the digitalization of certain works of the painter (in particular around a […]
Loewe and Miyazaki: Animated capsule
The collection was released on the Loewe website on January 7 in honor of the late director Hayao Miyazaki. Their collaboration is inspired by his film Spirited Away (Chihiro’s Journey). Jonathan Anderson, Loewe’s creative director, describes the collection as “an ode to loyalty as well as friendship.” The designer features the main characters of the […]
Forte volley, between onirism and poetry…
The Italian label has been established in the heart of the 6th arrondissement of Paris for several years. The project, led by Robert Vattilana and Giada Forte, has blossomed like a flower, between femininity and softness. In terms of materials, brass and rose quartz predominate in the middle of a space tinted with white and […]
Pierre Corthay: A boutique-workshop with creative contrasts
The Pierre Corthay boutique-workshop located near the Place de la Madeleine was designed by NeM (Niney et Marca architectes agency). The designer aspires to “make shoes that are more desirable…” and needed a place that could reflect his handcrafted and custom-made creations. He wanted to combine traditional and contemporary. The store’s woodwork has remained intact […]
Dolce & Gabbana invests the casa!
If we fell in love with Smeg appliances designed by Dolce & Gabbana, the romance continues with their very first line of interior design called Dolce & Gabbana Casa. Unveiled last August on the sidelines of their Venice show, this new label from the designer duo brightens up interiors with flair. It was after the […]
Six Paris museums celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent
Sixty years ago, Yves Saint Laurent unveiled his first haute-couture collection under his own name. Only 26 years old at the time, he quickly established himself as one of the most creative couturiers of his time. To celebrate this French fashion house, the Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation has created the event “Yves […]
The geometric colors of Daria Zinovatnaya
“Since my work is based on the use of color, I wanted to make this rug collection bright and unusual, connecting different planes of color in one composition. I think this rug collection turned out to be interesting and supremacist,” said Daria Zinovatnaya on the occasion of her collaboration with the Spanish carpet publishing house […]
Who is Gab Bois, behind the brioche Camaleonda that has gone viral?
Last January, the irreverent Estonian rapper Tommy Cash sent the web into a frenzy with a picture of himself sitting on a baked sofa. The connoisseurs’ eyes easily recognized the legendary sofa designed by B&B Italia in 1970 by Mario Bellini. But who was behind this unexpected (and happy) crossover between this design icon and […]
The New Raw: design with a zero-waste objective
Turning plastic waste into a responsible raw material is the mission of The New Raw, a Rotterdam-based design studio launched by architects Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki in 2015. Their secret weapon? Design, robots, and craftsmanship. The duo conceived their own digital production technique that is akin to 3D printing. The result evokes organic forms, […]
Brodie Neill reenchants furniture
Although the studio of Brodie Neill is now in London, he has never forgotten that he was born in Tasmania. His latest creation, the aptly named ReCoil table, evokes a return to his roots, as well as the coils of wood of which it is composed. The material carries the very identity of the Australian […]
Lionel Potin: the man of the sands
His Instagram account soothes far more than a detox. Beige, sand, softness. A cocoon that he transposes with perfection in his art. Lionel Potin, after spending twelve years working in the fashion industry, has turned into a true artist in the space of a few months. His trademark? The textured sand that he integrates into […]
Contact Boards, an air of Normandy
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