MAILLE METALLIQUE

The encyclopedic work on metallic mesh published by Gallimard is the starting point of this exhibition, which weaves a conversation between architects, designers and artists. This conversation, written by Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost, imagines formal dialogues between pieces of furniture and design from the collection of the Galerie Jousse company in relation to pieces they have drawn. Thus, their luminous tubes whose light is dimmed by a pleated metal mesh, dialogue with the neon lights of Philippe Starck, to which the metal grid that surrounds the fluorescent tube seems to echo. The “Ballets de Marseille” screens, designed by the two creators for a ballet by Frédéric Flamand and developed in keeping with the proportions of the Modulor, partition the space around a bed by Le Corbusier, a table by Charlotte Perriand and pieces by Jean Prouvé. As for the contemporary works of artists from the Gallery — Clément Borderie, Jennifer Caubet and Seulgi Lee—they are summoned here as the punctuations of this dialogue that weaves between generations, architects and designers. Finally, it was necessary to find a case for the artist’s edition of the work ‘La maille métallique’ which contains a notebook of metallic scrolls. A limited edition of 20 copies, signed by Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost and Dominique Perrault which will be revealed in a display table by Jean Prouvé.