Pierre Charpin. Amidst the Vases

04.03 → 01.06.2009
Affiche de l'exposition Pierre Charpin. Entre les vases

Affiche de l'exposition Design Flavia Cocchi

Carte blanche to Pierre Charpin

Trained in the plastic arts, Pierre Charpin is taking over premises at the mudac during a carte blanche exhib­i­tion offer­ing a panor­amic view of his work. The exhib­i­tion is an invit­a­tion to travel into the very heart of his creat­ive work, in which furniture, objects, mater­i­als, colours and propos­als provide evid­ence of his curi­os­ity, his sense of humour, his play on words, and the extraordin­ary finesse and preci­sion of his products.

The design­er’s work is char­ac­ter­ised by a constant concern with form, aimed at rigour and the essen­tial, while allow­ing free rein to the express­ive inter­play of mater­i­als, colours and possible uses. An original sceno­graphy created by the designer presents an emblem­atic selec­tion of objects from differ­ent peri­ods in combin­a­tion with short anim­a­tion films made espe­cially for the mudac.

Julien Ayer, Carafe, 2003
Vase de Pierre Charpin