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Marc Newson

Bucky, de la chimie au design

  • Exhibition, Paris
  • Fri 03 Mar → Thu 16 Mar 1995
Marc Newson, Bucky, de la chimie au design, 1995
Marc Newson, Bucky, de la chimie au design, 1995 © Marc Newson Ltd. © Daniel Adric

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

261 boulevard Raspail

75014 Paris

Commissioned by the Fondation Cartier, the installation Bucky, from Chemistry to Design, is conceived to accompany the Nomadic Nights, a series of events each week that includes concerts, dance and performers. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s fascination with form and technology, Newson has designed a self-supporting geodesic dome, measuring about 6.5 metes in diameter. The dome is constructed from individual triangular chair-like units, each one in a different color (blue, yellow, red, green, pink).

Here, Newson’s own visual language can be found in the soft, round, immediately friendly shapes. Another twenty or so separate chair-like units will be placed randomly around the floor; to be used as seats or as abstract playthings by actors and visitors.

Through this kind of exhibition, the Fondation Cartier intends to develop a unique collaboration between artists coming from different areas such as design, architecture, dance, video, or music. Newson’s exhibition during the Nomadic Nights at the Fondation Cartier is a result of such a collaboration.

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