The Parisian branch of the Sotheby's auction house is holding an exhibition of furniture designed by Pierre Cardin, highlighting a little-known side to the work of French fashion designer. The exhibition will run January 17-24, 2018, at the Sotheby's Parisian gallery.
As well as being the godfather of futurist fashion, Pierre Cardin also designed a series of lacquered furniture pieces that he called "utilitarian sculptures." Now, 25 of these creations will go on show at the "Pierre Cardin, Sculptures Utilitaires 1970-1975" exhibition, January 17-24, at the Parisian gallery of auctioneers Sotheby's.
These chairs, lamps and other furniture items were all designed with experimental shapes, as Pierre Cardin called into question the typical furniture pieces of the day. The designer called on artists like Francesco Bocola, François Cante-Pacos, Serge Manzon, Giacomo Passera, Maria Pergay and Claude Prevost to create his pieces.
The result was a studio of furniture, accessories and lamps, as well as galleries and a workshop in the Paris suburb of Saint-Ouen. This workshop produced furniture from lacquered wood, as well as luxury materials like ebony and Macassar, or unexpected materials like rubber, brushed steel and polyurethane.
