La possibilite' d'une collection
dal 10/12/2015 al 12/2/2016
Segnalato da
10/12/2015
La possibilite' d'une collection
Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint-Paul de Vence
Recreating an imaginary apartment in her exhibition space, the gallerist cultivates potential relationships between designers she finds appealing and artists whose work she presents.
Artists & Designers : Jean-Michel Albérola, John Armleder, Cécile Bart, Ben, Jean-Charles Blais,
Denis Castellas, Antonio Citterio, Daphné Corregan, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Erik Dietman, Jennifer
Douzenel, Ray & Charles Eames, Karim Ghelloussi, Kiki Giuliana, Jérôme Grivel, Erick Ifergan,
Arne Jacobsen, Paola Lenti, Angelo Lelli, Mathieu Matégot, Jacques Martinez, Jacqueline Morabito, François Morellet, Federico Munari, Bernard Pagès, Pierre Paulin, Charlotte Perriand, Anne Pesce, Gaetano Pesce, Gio Ponti, Pascal Pinaud, Benjamin Sabatier, David Raffini, Marie Roux,
Marc Sadler, Mathieu Schmitt,
Vladimir Skoda,
Ettore Sottsass, Gilles Suffren, Xavier Theunis,
Matteo Thun, Gérard Traquandi, Claude Viallat, Tatiana Wolska.
By confronting design with artwork, the Galerie Catherine Issert invents the possibility of a
collection. Recreating an imaginary apartment in her exhibition space, Catherine Issert cultivates potential relationships between designers she finds appealing and artists whose work she
presents. In collaboration with the Galerie Harter, a specialist in 20th-century design, and Loft
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Nice, specializing in contemporary furnishings, Catherine Issert bases her choice on selective
affinities with fully assumed subjectivity, bearing witness to the bridges that exist between these
two fields of creativity.
Formal correlations become evident from this dialogue, shedding light on the reciprocal
influences that these two types of activity have exercised throughout the 20th century and
which still exist today. Whether it be the Bauhaus, heir to Cubism and Futurism, Pop Art appropriating the esthetic status of the industrial object, or the invention of the ready-made, all these
approaches testify to the permeability between the fine arts and applied arts, systems with their
own specific concepts, but whose esthetic and formal intentions can relate to each other, and
sometimes even be identical.
Seen through the prism of the four decades of Catherine Issert's career, during which the gallery-owner has compiled her own catalogue, history loses its first two letters to become more
personal. Her proposal, trans-historic and trans-disciplinary, is an invitation to consider the ambiguous relationship entertained by the artwork and the object within a specific environment. The
white cube disappears here to make room for a warmer atmosphere, encouraging viewers to
review their rapport to the artwork outside the context of a museum : for an instant, they will
be able to project themselves into a vision both personal and universal, to invent, perhaps, the
possibility of their own collection.
With the collaboration of the Galerie Harter and Loft-Nice & Cannes
Opening december 11 h 6p.m.
Galerie Catherine Issert
2 route des Serres F-06570 Saint-Paul de Vence France