This beautifully illustrated book of avant-garde art furniture design highlights a generation of creators whose energy and vision made a break with the past. Profiled here are Mark Brazier-Jones, Franck Evennou, Elizabeth Garouste, Marco de Gueltzl, Hubert Le Gall, Thierry Peltrault, Laurence Picot, Andrea Salvetti, and Claude de Wulf. All have been represented since the 1980s by Elisabeth Delacarte, whose Galerie Avant-Scène in Paris continues its mission of promoting these and other extraordinary furniture and jewellery designers to this day.
Text in English and French.
AUTHOR: Specialising in the luxury industries, Laurence Picot first created art furniture before working as a journalist for Le Monde, ELLE and Paris Match. She taught a master's degree in luxury industry management at the University of Paris Est and has produced the LuxInside works, photos associated with medical scans decrypting iconic luxury objects. She wrote the book Les Secrets du luxe (Epa Eds, 2020), an historical survey of the luxury world from the 17th to the 19th century and the source of the documentary film Les Secrets du luxe. She co-authored the documentary film L'invention du luxe à la Française for Arte in 2020.
250 colour illustrations
By:
Laurence Picot
Imprint: Editions Norma
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions:
Height: 305mm,
Width: 230mm,
Weight: 1.538kg
ISBN: 9782376660743
ISBN 10: 2376660742
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 July 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
7 INTRODUCTION Par Laurence Picot 33 MARK BRAZIER-JONES Punk libertin Parc Monceau : Triply, verre et métal (1990) 53FRANCK EVENNOU Le rythme du monde Courcelles : baroque Haussmannien (1998) 69 ELIZABETH GAROUSTE Les objets ont une âme Saint-Germain-des-Prés : le classique revisité (1998) 89 MARCO DE GUELTZL L’urgence de vivre La Madeleine : minimalisme et fantaisie (2007) 103 HUBERT LE GALL Sculpteur d’émotions Champs-de-Mars : la poésie du détail (2007) 117 THIERRY PELTRAULT Rigueur et matières 127 LAURENCE PICOT Conteuse romanesque Georges-Mandel : éloge de la courbe (2016) 143 ANDREA SALVETTI Les recettes poétiques d’un agrisculpteur Tour Eiffel : métal et volupté (2018) 161 CLAUDE DE WULF Le raffiné discret Promenade Pereire : astrale et végétale (2022) 171 ORNEMENTS Véronique Rivemale, Claire de Lavallée, François Belliard, Pascale Riberolles, François Dimech, Véronique Gordeeff ANNEXES 186 Avant-Scène 189 Bibliographie 190 Index 191 Crédits 191 Remerciements
Specialising in the luxury industries, Laurence Picot first created art furniture before working as a journalist for Le Monde, ELLE and Paris Match. She taught a master's degree in luxury industry management at the University of Paris Est and has produced the LuxInside works, photos associated with medical scans decrypting iconic luxury objects. She wrote the book Les Secrets du luxe (Epa Eds, 2020), an historical survey of the luxury world from the 17th to the 19th century and the source of the documentary film Les Secrets du luxe. She co-authored the documentary film L'invention du luxe à la Française for Arte in 2020.
