Paris will host 20th century design fair
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 14, 2002
PARIS — Furniture and objects that defined the past 100 years will take the stage in June at a new show here called Le Salon XXe Siecle, or the 20th century design fair.
Some 40 galleries, booksellers and antique dealers from Europe and the United States will show their goods at Le Carrousel du Louvre. In addition, a concurrent exhibition will be dedicated to 25 masters of international design from 25 countries, selected by the ambassadors to Paris from each nation.
Rik Gadella, who has built Paris Photo into a premier event in photography in the past five years, is the design fair's director. Amelie Darras-Le Henry, who has been active in contemporary art and design for 15 years, is curator.
The fair is set for Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9, with professional pre-opening and invitation-only events on Wednesday, June 5. Information is available from S&G/Rik Gadella, 1 boulevard Saint-Martin 75003 Paris, France. The phone number is +33 1 42 77 58 94.
Programs are designed to take the fairgoer through the history of applied art and design in the last century. Presentations include:
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Dutch decorative arts, 1900-1950, featuring works by Rozenburg, Brantjes & Co., Theo Nieuwenhuis, Michel de Klerk, H. Wouda and Gerrit Rietveld.
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Scandinavian design, 1920-1940, featuring Alvar Aalto, Knut Hallgren/Elis Bergh and Axel Salto.
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The Bauhaus, featuring Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Marcel Breuer.
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Art Deco style, 1925-1955, featuring Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Jean-Michel Frank, Andre Arbus and Paul Dupre-Lafon.
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The postwar modernist current, featuring Jean Royere, Jean Prouve, Matthieu Mategot, Ino Sarfatti, Gio Ponti and Greta Magnusson Grossman.
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Scandinavian postwar design, featuring Poul Kjaerholm, Arne Jacobsen, Bruno Mathsson and Erik Hoglund/Axel Stromgren.
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The art of glass in the 20th century.
| Marcel Breuer designed this chaise in 1936. |
| Jean Prouve designed this chair, called Fauteuil Kangourou, in 1951. |
| A table from Andre Arbus dates from 1947. |
| A commode by designer Charles Goetz was new in 1937. |
| This chair and table by Ditzel & Mogensen are from 1950. |
| A sycamore table by Alexandre Noll is from 1945. |
| A 1994 chest called Kawakubo is by designers Garouste & Bonetti. |
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