SÈVRES / ANDREA BRANZI: LOUIS XXI, PORCELAINE HUMAINE

until Saturday November 20 2010
Vernissage le 14 octobre de 18h à 21h
Galerie de Sèvres - Cité de la céramique
4 place André Malraux
75001 Paris
France

Chargée de Communication
Sylvie Perrin
sylvie.perrin@culture.gouv.fr
www.sevresciteceramique.fr/

Andrea Branzi was invited by the Sèvres National Manufactory to create Louis XXI, Porcelaine humaine, a collection of cups, chalices and bowls of different sizes and a rare finesse.

These eight delicate objects in soft paste porcelain and subtle flesh-coloured tints, with their light, undulating curves, make up the three families of shapes that are completed by three matching candle-holders. This collection is co-curated with the Parisian gallery, Mouvements Modernes.

Loyal to his reflections on hybridisation and nature, technology and soft delicacy, the Italian designer conceived Louis XXI, Porcelaine humaine as a set whose organic character is reflected in both the sensual, plant-based shapes and in the flesh-coloured through-body porcelain.