Third edition of the contemporary art triennial exhibition which takes place in the open new galleries of the Palais de Tokyo and various venues in Paris from April 20 till August 26 2012.
Curated by Okwui Enwezor, La Triennale will investigate what it means to be active as an artist working today, in the context of a globalized and diverse French art scene. Its title, “Intense Proximity”, points to those frictions, those heterogeneous tensions which set every human activity into motion. It also questions how an individual’s origins, intellectual education or life path have an impact on his/her situation in the larger context of a society in which the fault lines are increasingly uncharted. It also asks how La Triennale can be constituted within the debates that currently animate French society.
Aiming to explore potential areas of dialogue between various artistic disciplines and cultural scenes, Okwui Enwezor will work in close collaboration with a team of four associate curators, all passionately involved in the contemporary art scene on which they have their own personal take: Mélanie Bouteloup, Abdellah Karroum, Émilie Renard and Claire Staebler.
Cadavre Exquis
The limited edition of colorful carpets and dynamic tables by Vincent Darré is inspired to cubism seen through Yves Saint Laurent collection of the 80s. It is now on show at Fondazione Durini in Milan together with the lovely wallpaper designed as a collage of cutouts from vintage magazines and books.
Exclusive objects series by Vincent Darré for an installation at the Fondazione Durini
Baccarat in collaboration with Spanish designer and architect, Patricia Urquiola, introduced the series, Variations, at the 2012 Milan Design Week. Charmed by the history of crystal as an art form and inspired by the memory of her father at the piano, the designer was encouraged to delve into the world of crystal and to create a new technique in the production of these stunningly dreamy pieces.
Pleats and folds dominate in the stackable vases, bowls and stemware, usable individually or as part of a collection, some in feminine pastel shades while other pieces emerge in vibrant colours. She used an innovative method of depositing semi transparent lacquers in the base of the glasses and allowing the crystal cuts to work their magic to create a myriad of colours, a play on light.
A fusion of the 18th and 21st century has produced a series which is comprised of functional objects which are most certainly works of art.
Baccarat also introduced, the new CRYSTAL DREAM furniture collection,that takes a fresh look at the unashamed luxury of black crystal, with two new creations from the unique genius of Philippe Starck, the world of design’s drollest agent provocateur.
Until very recently made only to order, the Crystal Supper Black table and the Small Crystal Supper Black table are now available from the catalogue: from the brilliant light of day to inky shades of darkness, Baccarat and Philippe Starck have created an alchemy of crystal in all its quintessential brilliance.
Palazzo Morando, Via Sant’Andrea 6.
The Secret Garden
Barovier&Toso’s blown glass in an installation by Paola Navone
Inlaid marble CITCO interpreted By Zaha Hadid Architects
The Orto Botanico (Botanical Garden) in Brera is a pleasant spot, largely unknown, in the heart of Milan. A silent green area enclosed by patrician residences and, on one side, by the Brera Accademia Art Museum.
It is here that Barovier&Toso and Citco have decided to present The Secret Garden, a display event in which each can convey their particular specialities, one in the working of blown glass to make lighting installations and chandeliers, the other in the production of inlaid marble for surfaces, walls and floors. Brought together by similar approaches – closer to top artistic craftsmanship than to production-line industry – they have involved two great masters of design and architecture to give shape to a project of senses and emotions: Paola Navone for Barovier&Toso and Zaha Hadid Architects for Citco. Each has been asked to create and produce an installation which shows the demanding international audience at the Salone del Mobile the mastery of the two companies in creating products of extraordinary beauty.
Of Italian descent, Guido Mocafico was born in Switzerland in 1962. A specialist in still life, he works regularly for international magazines such as Numèro, Paris Vogue, Big, The Face, Self-Service, and Wallpaper. He has also undertaken numerous advertising campaigns for Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Clinique, Shiseido, and Hermës. Over the past four years, Mocafico has been at work on a personal project related to architecture, and he continues to explore aesthetic and scientific themes in nature. He lives in Paris.
His project, Serpens, is a collection of images using snakes and their natural colours and patterns.
Da-sein was founded by brother and sister duo, Jessie and Carson Siu in 2011. They set out the challenge to re-examine the opinions about what socks is and could be. With them socks become the primary staple of the fashion wardrobe to which everything elses revolves around.
Acne Paper takes a trip to the circus for its Spring 2012 Body issue. The editorial ‘Circus Maximus‘ shot by Julia Hetta, styled by Mattias Karlsson, sees Andrey Smidl, Thomas Sottong and Peter Bruder take centre stage.
Amazing trench collection created by Dryce Benallal, who has turned to the almighty trenchcoat as his singular garment to focus on. More on > lahssanparis.blogspot.fr
from bombshell to rockabilly babe, There are many things we associate with the 1950s: poodle skirts, greased quiffs, the kind of rock’n'roll music you can’t help but twist your hips to. But in 2012 we’re pulling inspiration from all corners of the decade, drawing them into a quirky modern mix that’s both fashion forwards and fun. It’s been bubbling away under the surface for a while. Last year it was swelling up in the appliqué leather jackets, full skirted silhouettes, rockabilly hairstyles and cat-eye glasses. But now it’s become something more. It’s become a dominant, overarching theme of 2012 fashion.
The decade of the 1950′s is one that’s strong on iconographic associations. Think of that era-specific Americana and particular things will likely wash up from some backwater of the brain: giggling girls in poodle skirts, neck scarves and button-up knits; flashy, oversized cars, boys with greased quiffs, the kind of rock’n’roll music you can’t help but tap your foot and twist your hips to. But, like all of this year’s revivals we’re not looking to replicate the cliches like we’re off to a costume party. We’re weaving in the little seeds of inspiration from a number of different styles the era is synonymous with.
