CURRENT EXHIBITION- “INVITATION AU MÉTAL” CONTEMPORARY DESIGN.
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Group exhibition
To celebrate the arrival of spring, the LOFT Gallery is pleased to invite you to its new exhibition: "Invitation to Metal", showcasing a unique selection of furniture by artists.
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Des meubles luisants,
Polis par les ans,
Décoreraient notre chambre ;
Les plus rares fleurs
Mêlant leurs odeurs
Aux vagues senteurs de l’ambre,
Les riches plafonds,
Les miroirs profonds,
La splendeur orientale,
Tout y parlerait
À l’âme en secret
Sa douce langue natale.
Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
L’Invitation au Voyage
Charles Baudelaire
To celebrate the arrival of spring, the LOFT Gallery is pleased to invite you to its new exhibition: “Invitation to Metal”, showcasing a unique selection of furniture by artists.
Throughout its history, this atypical gallery, located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, has Galerie LOFT has consistently supported the work of young artists in all fields, from painting and photography to sculpture and furniture design. By collaborating with artists on the creation of art editions, Galerie LOFT has, for over 30 years, enabled established and emerging artists to showcase their design talents. It is this collection of contemporary furniture, carefully selected by Jean-François Roudillon, that we invite you to discover today.
The gallery brings together in the same space renowned artists such as Philippe Hiquily and Francesco Marino Di Teana, whose works have left their mark on art history; celebrated artist-designers like Daniel Hourdé and Guillaume Piéchaud, whose signature style has stood the test of time; the great artist-illustrator Philippe Druillet and his fantastical world; as well as talented young designers like Stefan Pichlmüller, Olivier Moravik, Different&Different, and La Case d’Art, whose pieces reflect a fresh approach blending boldness and perfect lines.
The opening of the Contemporary Design: An Invitation to Metal exhibition will take place simultaneously in both spaces at 3bis and 4 rue des Beaux-Arts, in the presence of the designers, on Thursday, March 23, starting at 6:00 PM.
Opening: Thursday, March 23, 2017
Exhibition: March 23 to May 27, 2017
GALERIE LOFT • 3 BIS & 4, RUE DES BEAUX-ARTS • 75006 PARIS
Les artistes
Philippe Hiquily
Philippe Hiquily, a reluctant hero, came into this life on a path that would often tempt him to stray away under the onslaught of an unpredictable destiny. His incongruous endeavors seemingly deviating from the initial goal only appear to do so and actually push it forward in a single direction. His path reveals a unity captured by his work. An…
Francesco Marino Di Teana
Francesco Marino Di Teana is a painter, sculptor, architect, poet and philosopher, who marked the sculpture of 1950s-1960s by developing his theories of the tri-unit logic, which integrates the “void” like an active element of the pictorial and architectural composition. Born in 1920, in a poor farmer family at a small village of Teana, perched on the hill of the…
Daniel Hourdé
Living in Paris.Born in 1947 in Boulogne Billancourt (France), Daniel Hourdé studied at the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble during three years before attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris until 1972. Daniel Hourdé’s work is based on the mastery of bronze that combines the classic modeling techniques with the codes of 1970's pop figuration, associated in incongruous contexts. Thus, he…
Guillaume Piéchaud
Guillaume Piéchaud is a French sculptor and designer. Born in 1968, he graduated from the École Boulle (an historical reference amid art and design schools in Europe) in 1988, where he attended engraving techniques of precious metal. He has worked with famous jewelry designers for eight years, creating collections in collaboration with the most important craftsmen and luxury brands. In parallel with his engraving work, Guillaume Piéchaud…
Philippe Druillet
Philippe Druillet was born in 1944 in Toulouse, and he spent his youth years in Figueiras, the city of Salvador Dali. He returned to France in 1952 after the death of his father. In 1960, he begun to do his first work, the photograph. During this period, he regularly went to the films where he met with some of the…
Stefan Pichlmüller
Born in 1973 in Salzburg (Austria) After graduating in Design from the University of Arts in Vienna, Austria, Stefan Pichlmüller worked in Paris for 10 years as a Designer and Interior Architect for Luxury brands like Giorgio Armani and Dior. Now he has lived and worked in London since 2016.
Olivier Moravik
Born 1968 and live in Paris now. Before his Master degree in Plastic Arts and Photograph at Paris VIII under the direction of Dominique Baqué, Olivier Moravik studied the Advertising Marketing. He started his career as professional photographer, but at the same time he never give up his interest in contemporary art and the furniture, especially the Scandinavian design and…