![]() “I really enjoyed the hands-on experience working in clay first, then in plasterglass. She worked with Pucci’s in-house sculptor Michael Evert, his assistant and her assistant. What’s also special about the collection is that Garouste, in the summer of 2022, created it at Pucci’s sculpture studio in Manhattan, at 44 West 18th Street, also the site of Pucci’s production workroom and showroom. It was her first time working in plasterglass, which Garouste took to a new level with her signature use of color in a medium typically rooted in light gray or black. It’s reinforced for durability, but it maintains the look of plaster, which everybody appreciates, and has the ability to take color beautifully.” You can shape and model it how you want, like clay or bronze. It’s in plasterglass,” Garouste said “The highlight is really the material. In April, the exhibit will travel to Pucci’s gallery in Los Angeles. Garouste has created a huge 100-foot by 16-foot mural on the facade. “Beans” will travel to Pucci’s new gallery in the Wynwood section of Miami in December during Art Basel. Pucci first exhibited “Beans” last May at his New York City showroom, though some of the colors in the London presentation are different. And Garouste’s signature style - vivid colors, unconventional shapes and unusual mixes of natural materials - for decades has been conspicuous in the world of interior design otherwise dominated by muted colors and traditional silhouettes. Her methods may be unchanged from the past, yet the finished products always seem fresh. There are also sconces, chandeliers, a console and a dining table with one or two bases for varied size. There’s a side table with branch-like limbs connecting the asymmetric base to the mosaic top hanging lamps with holes suspended by cords a sculptural table lamp with a raffia shade, and a curvy mirror shaped like a big bean. The exhibit is aptly called “Beans” to reflect the whimsy and fun inherent in the collection of free-flowing home furnishing designs. It’s a week before Thursday’s opening party for her exhibit at the Ralph Pucci International gallery in London at 18 Albemarle Street, in conjunction with the PAD London fair for 20th-century and contemporary design, and the Frieze Art Fair. Garouste, a pioneer since the 1980s in bridging furniture design and art, is speaking from her studio in Paris, through a translator. ![]() “For me, it’s about staying attached to craft and craftsmanship.” Yigal Azrouël Gets Back to Business With New Atelier and Shop at 26 Grand Street in New YorkĬAD or AI don’t enter the conversation. Veronica de Piante to Open Madison Avenue Boutique for Fall Maybe if I was younger, I would initiate to the new ways, this technology.”Ĭartolina Opens Flagship at 966 Madison Avenue in New York Even if the world moves on with technology and new ways, I stay with the old way of creating. “I always go back to how I have always worked. Elizabeth Garouste eschews the intersection of technology and design.
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