“Intimate Domain” at Demisch Danant, New York
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Demisch Danant will feature a group exhibition titled “Intimate Domain” at its New York gallery.The exhibition “Intimate Domain,” on view from November 3, explores the personal experience – related to perception, memory, and intimacy that design ca“Intimate Domain” at Demisch Danant, New York
Demisch Danant will feature a group exhibition titled “Intimate Domain” at its New York gallery.The exhibition “Intimate Domain,” on view from November 3, explores the personal experience – related to perception, memory, and intimacy that design can evoke.The gallery is featuring works by Maria Pergay, Jos Devriendt, Pierre Paulin, Andre Cazenave for Atelier A, Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, and Sheila Hicks.According to the gallery, for the antithesis of “form and function” philosophy, some designers use fantastical forms, nature, light or material to arouse the senses, often times a manifestation of their own experiences. Comfort also plays a key part in the memory of a home – the “Cozy Chair,” for example, which envelops and protects you.When Maria Pergay began her career in 1956, post-war Modernism in France was energetically accelerating. Her career began while creating ornate metal elements for window displays in Paris’ fashionable boutiques. With her creativity piqued, she began experimenting with silver, soon producing a complete collection of distinct, contemporary pieces in the late 1950s.Pergay’s usage of this material not only became her trademark but also changed the face of French decoration in the 1970s. Having pioneered the use of stainless steel in furniture, she has ceaselessly challenged the inherent limitations of her primary material. She introduces and revisits materials and motifs — not with a sense of repetition — but rather as manifestations of her creative vocabulary.In Jos Devriendt’s “Night and Day” (2017), a series of lamps are ceramic forms of unique mushrooms that express his interest in the ways in which time and atmosphere can transform our perception of objects and space.Pierre Paulin is best known for his innovative designs for Dutch company Artifort of the 1960s with the famed “Mushroom Chair” (1959), the “Ribbon Chair” (1966) and the “Tongue Chair” (1968) that used foams and metallic frames with stretch materials and clear lines that cradled the body. Paulin was also highly influential and involved in French design through the 1970s. Clearly influenced by his training as a sculptor and his German roots as well as the work of early modernists, Paulin was even more impacted by the work of George Nelson and Charles Eames and the significance of the social component of modern design.Designed by Andre Cazenave for Atelier A, the “Rock Lamps” (1969) was created to bring the outdoors inside the urban living environment and to reestablish the relationship between people and the source of nature.Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne are inspired by natural forms and motivated by an intense desire to re-enchant our experience of them. The pair of “Grains de Cafe Chairs” (1965/1984) are a playful homage to the coffee bean.Hicks is renowned for her painterly approach to textile design and an ability to craft environments through the unlikely medium of fiber. She has collaborated with prominent architects including Luis Barragan, Ricardo Legorreta and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).Her work defies categorization, simultaneously addressing several related mediums including painting, sculpture, design and installation. Hicks’ work is included in such collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre George Pompidou, Paris; and the Art Institute of Chicago. “Intimate Domain” will be on view from November 3 through December 1, 2018 at Demisch Danant, 30 W, 12th St, New York, USA.For details, visit: http://www.demischdanant.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more