Tyranny of objects

COVER GIRL the art show features ten pieces each of which offers a quirky, offbeat view of the “beautiful woman” aesthetics that is normally conveyed by the world of fashion.

To celebrate 20 years of creations by the House of Christian Lacroix, twenty items of clothing from the collections of the Paris based couturier were exhibited by D. Dubois and C. Rizzo.

A fifteen years period of creation by the French designer Christophe Pillet. Text by Olivier Reneau in English.

For “La Parisienne” the Galerie des Galeries has invited Sofia Achaval and Thibault de Montaigu to conjure up for us the apartment of a fictional Parisian woman.

Vera Szekely - Traces by Daniel Léger

When a French designer, David Dubois, is given a wild card for the complete furnishing of ” room n° 3”, in the Villa Noailles at Hyeres ( South of France).

Xavier Veilhan, a major figure in the art world, has presented a polymorphous work that questions modes of historic and contemporary representation.

This book presents the essence of Pierre Hardy's work, a classic of his, the emblematic open toe stiletto, invented in original drawings, sketches and pictures.

This book presents the new original creations of the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass at the French Manufacture de Sèvres.

For The Tyranny of Objects some artists are invited to show indomitable objects that cast a critical light on our rational, constraining or downright authoritarian production patterns.

Each destination is a source of inspiration and creation for Nestor Perkal, designer and traveller. The jewellery he creates comes from every one of his experiences as well as his quest for pictures, objects and colours. 

The BULB vase imagined by David Dubois results from the unusual association of two objects whose initial functions differ: a vase and a simple water glass, transformed into a portable lamp.

A fashion designer recognized from Paris to Tokyo, Vanessa Bruno presents, within the framework of an exhibition in the Galerie des Galeries, from June 25 to August 14, 2010.

Dutch artist, Aldo Bakker, belongs to that new generation of ‘designers’ who truly seeks to ‘give a sense or meaning to forms’.

Hymne à la Joie, refers to Beethoven’s ninth symphony, and is an in-situ installation for the Galeries Lafayette, Paris, in July 2011.

Designer Vincent Dupont-Rougier created for the French Mobilier National the desk, shelving, and storage units destined for the French Ambassador in Romania.

An exhaustive appraisal of designer Christian Ghion's work. This book examines his numerous fields of intervention (design of objets, furniture, architecture and interior design...).

We invite you to discover the poetic, artistic and highly technical universe of the Pleyel Manufacture which has opened its doors to the designer Michele De Lucchi.

This books present a set of unpublished creations of Matisse.

Vera Szekely - Traces by Daniel Léger

In the Donahue bar-set, a creation by designer Claude Bouchard, the Puiforcat silversmiths have renewed their lines.

Five pieces of furniture designed by Andrée Putman for Litton Furniture (very exclusive cabinet makers).

Martine Bedin and Jeannette Montgomery Barron met at Sèvres. In Small Steps (À petit pas) their discussions led to them working together, combining their artistic skills.

Inspired by modernism, endowed with a great sense of colour, the artist has developed, for the past fifteen years, a graphic painting style that continuously interrogates origins and uses of shapes.

Lace in Sèvres by designer Christian Biecher is an architectural creation in ceramic made by the Manufacture de Sèvres.

Ettore Sottsass was always fascinated by glass, and worked with it at Cirva (the International Centre of Research on Glass and Visual Arts) from 1998 up until his death in 2007.