Art, Exhibitions

L'ART POUR L'ART, Henri Olivier

"Walk through shadows" by Henri Olivier.  The Musée Marc Chagall, in Nice invites Henri Olivier to show his work in the museum's indoor and outdoor spaces. Influenced by American minimalism and Arte Povera, his installations serve as a poetic interpretation of the space designed to showcase Marc Chagall work : a building built by André Hermant in 1973, surrounded by Mediterranean gardens designed by Henri Fisch. Exhibition till April 30th, 2017.

Henri Olivier, The shadow of the olive tree, 2017. Olive tree, pot, still & inox.

"What would be a landscape be without shadow? The olive trees are casting their shadows into the space, transcribed via a black silhouette on the floor and wall". Henri Olivier

Synapses - "Objects aren't there so much to be contemplated as they are to create links between shadow, reflection and echo: inside or outside, close up or far away, before and after... " Henri Olivier

Henri Olivier, Synapse XI, 2017 - Charred olive tree stumps, neon.

Mur Mur - "There's always a wall to stop us in our tracks ! We may as well finish the job, seal up with lead and close off all escape routes ? And yes this is where things begin." Henri Olivier

Henri Olivier, Mur Mur, 2017 - Lead wall.

Boutiques, Parfums

BEHIND THE DOORS OF ... Crème de la Crème, Lithuania

Crème de la Crème is a cult chain of already 6 haute parfumerie boutiques in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the major cities of Lithuania, as well as Tallinn, Estonia. Crème de la Crème interior designs are featured in the world’s leading publications, while our innovative and conceptual approach to beauty is known well beyond our home country. www.cremedelacreme.lt

Parfums

BOIS D'ASCESE by Juraj Sotosek Rihtarec

'Bois d'Ascèse is definitively one of the scents where you can easily guess what "niche perfume" really is. There is no compromise in this composition of burned wood, incense, whisky, cinnamon, amber, cistus, labdanum. Even for me, who smelled hundreds of perfumes, makes me feel unique, one of a kind. Perfect creation!'

Fashion, Travels

HAT EX MACHINA

Industrial machines from another era & French ancestral savoir faire - still going strong today ...

 
 

Art, Boutiques, Displays

A WINDOW IN ....Riyadh

Between shadow & light, a fantastic perfumery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, welcoming our last window display.  O100°, in Riyadh.

Fashion, Art

CREATIVE MINDS, Conny Groenewegen

"Fashion Machine" is an art performance presented at the Dutch ambassador's house in Paris, in September 2016. Made of 2.000 fleece sweaters, each systematically cut in 14m stripes and knitted - on antic wooden knitting machines - into more special textile objects. This artistic installation was made for (took place initially at) Temporary Fashion Museum in Rotterdam.

Conny Groenewegen based her spatial intervention for the exhibition Fashion Data on a typical leftover product of the fast fashion industry: the fleece sweater. Originally made from another industrial relic, the PET bottle, the fleece sweater is certainly not the most adventurous fashion item that ends up in the collection bins for used clothing. However, it can be found there in massive amounts and the product is actually hardly suitable for re-sale in thrift stores or the markets of Eastern Europe, Africa and India.

For the installation 'Fashion Machine', countless fleece sweaters were cut up and the polyethylene yarn put on spools again. The exhibition space introduces a kind of sweatshop for the processing of these yarns, which are reworked into flags and mattresses. The installation makes the production mechanism and scale of the fast fashion industry tangible, while the banal material takes on a new shape and an almost activist expression on the spot.

www.http://tijdelijkmodemuseum.hetnieuweinstituut.nl

www.connygroenewegen.nl

Boutiques, Parfums

BEHIND THE DOORS OF... Interno B 197, Italy

"Interno B 197 was born in Reggio Emilia in 2006 with a selection of accessories and gifts, but little clothing. With the passing of time Luca and Gabriele, the owners, decided to focus more on fashion, becoming a reference point for research, working with brands such as Comme des Garçons, Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens".

Via luciano fornaciari, 1. Reggio Emilia. www.internob197.it