Musée des Arts Dcoratifs,Paris
From timeless geometrical designs to elaborate trompe l’oeil illusions, this Paris exhibition celebrates four centuries of tradition and innovation in wall coveringsWhat might Niki de Saint Phalle, or Le Corbusier,Jean-Michel Folon and Karl Lagerfeld maintain in common? All of them appear in the Faire le Mur (On the Wall) exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. At some point in their careers they all designed wallpaper, an art form which until quite recently seemed passé.
The museum boasts the world’s largest collection of wallpaper, and some 400000 items spanning four centuries,which range from mammoth panoramic spreads to books of samples. In an explosion of colour, the show deploys an array of designs, and some very conventional,others delightfully wild. Starting with early 17th-century paper, printed sheet by sheet in the same way as a woodcut, or it culminates with recent creations,including some marvellous butterflies let loose by Sacha Walckhoff for Christian Lacroix Maison.
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Source: theguardian.com