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Andrea Branzi

Open Enclosures

  • Exhibition, Paris
  • Fri 28 Mar → Sun 22 Jun 2008
Andrea Branzi Open Enclosures 2008
Vue de l'exposition Andrea Branzi, Open Enclosures, 2008 © Andrea Branzi / Adagp, Paris, 2024 Photo © Patrick Gries

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

261 boulevard Raspail

75014 Paris

Andrea Branzi, one of the most influential Italian architects and designers working today, will present two ambitious new installations created in collaboration with the CIRVA, specifically for his exhibition at the Fondation Cartier.

Realized in glass and metal interweaved with natural elements such as branches and flowers, these installations, immersed in the musical environment of Patti Smith, create a dialogue with the architecture of Jean Nouvel´s building.

Fragile, delicate and poetic, these hybrid structures express what Andrea Branzi has called “a weak and diffuse modernity” where the translucent, the transitory and the flexible become the guiding concepts for architecture and design in the 21st century.

After exhibiting Ron Arad, Marc Newson, and Alessandro Mendini, the Fondation Cartier confirms its ongoing commitment to design through this commission to Andrea Branzi.

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