The Cartier Basis, close to to our lodges, want to introduce you to the work of architect Bijoy Jain, founding father of Studio Mumbai in India, with creations made specifically for the occasion.
OK, we’ll come clear – earlier than writing this text we had by no means heard Bijoy Jain or seen any of his work, however his creations for the Breath of an Architect exhibition have us .
Primarily based on the thought of silence, the exhibition will get inspiration from the Basis’s iconic constructing by Jean Nouvel and transforms it into an area for dreaming and contemplation, with items on present made out of stone, terracotta, bamboo, wooden and even water.
It’s meant to be a bodily and emotional expertise, throughout which guests can really feel the silence resonating inside themselves, as a result of – sure – silence has a sound to it and connects all dwelling beings (or so says the web site). It’s the breath of life, and works on present have been handmade to a rhythm dictated by this breath.
Two different artists within the ideas of calm and stability have been invited to point out items within the exhibition – Turkish-born however now Danish ceramics artist Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye and the Chinese language artist Hu Liu.
Within the coronary heart of one in every of Europe’s most bustling capital cities, Bijoy Jain’s carte blanche is a chillout session that may hopefully get your new yr off to a peaceable begin.
To discover the topic of the exhibition additional, there are the same old guided visits on supply, however the Basis’s webiste (fondationcartier.com) may also quickly have a behind-the-scenes movie so that you can watch, and one other movie all about Bijoy Jain, by Bêka & Lemoine à (1h38″!) could be watched beneath.
A listing of the exhibition in French and English (144 pages, 49€) can be accessible right here out of your native Amazon website for round 49€.
The Bijoy Jain / Studio Mumbai exhibition Breath of an Architect is on the Cartier Basis (right here) till twenty first April 2024
Open on daily basis besides Mondays from 11am-8pm (10pm Tuesdays)
Admission: 11€ / 7€ (on-line ticket gross sales right here)
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