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Autumn/Winter 2012/13
Spirit of Jura
Atavistic creativity. Gaping slashes and strings inspired by wild nature. Primitive imagery dripping with mythological references. The compact forms typical of Matisse. Shapes are anthropoid, zoomorphic. Stalagmites and chalky crystallizations. Geometrical, swirling, spiralling patterns and shades of earth and sky. Hints of plant life. Swells and wrinkles like human skin. Scale-like armors. Mutable, iridescent decorative details. The visual vocabulary is rich, with textures of iron ore and powdery residue. In a cathartic return to the origins. Organic structures are remolded, come to life and multiply with amoeboid suppleness. Graphic signs and hieroglyphic optical effects. Sandy backgrounds repeated ad infinitum. Natural, aged surfaces and flesh-look textures.
Industrial Style
Rhapsodies of post-modern steel and metal. Weaving, overlapping, flashing, trimmings and fragments. Building mood. Enamelled sheet metal transformed into modern-day origami. Mirrored surfaces with touches of oxidation. Hints of rust and artificial light. Tracks, meshing and avant-garde grid effects. Incisions, woven patterns and rhythmic inlays. Studded textures and patterns on the surface. The wet, waxy, tarry look of asphalt. Glossy, dynamic flashes of vinyl. The iron look makes way for touches of glass and plastic. The stamp of Dionysus. Kinetic, reflective structures. Iron power. Tracks and layers. Dripping couture. Abstract designs realized in bold, textured pastes. Geometric patterns and primary colors, Mondrian-style.
Noblesse Art
Victorian moods with a hint of dandy. Stunning, sophisticated, kaleidoscopic combinations. A mass of sublimity and beauty. The tone is sumptuous. Royal purple friezes. The atmosphere is aristocratic with a touch of neo-baroque extravagance. Voluptuous, embossed expanses with a feminine feel. Overprints cast a veil of mystery over an elegant base. Flowing and shimmering, an emotional mosaic of styles: Orientalism, art nouveau and renaissance. Couture tapestries transformed into design. Softly-worked ensembles with colors that take on substance. Tasteful arabesques leave heavy traces. Sharp, well-defined colors with a bourgeois feel. Sensuous reds, imperial blues, heraldic oranges and greens. Graphic sophistications inspired by a rediscovered noblesse.
Transformation
Esthetic nihilism. Mutating, approximated shapes. A sensory bombardment of evanescent layers and dense, slippery liquid looks contrasting with patterned textures. From a sequence of uninterrupted layers. The desire to transform. Casual, irreverent gestures create degradable, hybrid images. Layers are folded, interwoven, draped. Deplacements are a sublimation of the sense of disorder and uncertainty. The mood is playful, startling while the look is free from the formal ties of tradition, in a quest for new inspiration from the natural asymmetry of the plant world. Symphonies of neutral tones with shades of gray and brown. Style recycling, ready-made destabilization. A fabulous palette of ever-changing colors.
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