Effets Matières : Simone Pheulpin and Guests

In the exceptional context of Parcours VIP for the fourth edition of Révélation – International Biennal of Fine Craft and Creation’s “Hors-Les-Murs”, maison parisienne presented the carefully curated exhibition « Effets Matières: Simone Pheulpin and Guests. » The exhibition highlighted the exceptional creations of this celebrated French artist, displayed from the Palace’s ornate lobby, all the way to one of the hotel’s Signature Suites. Viewers might believe that they are facing fragments of stone, shell, porcelain or even ivory. Surprisingly, Simone Pheulpin favors a much more common material: raw cotton bands, transformed beyond recognition, fold after fold, pin after pin. For this exhibition, Simone Pheulpin invited a dozen other artists to display their works in conversation with her own. Visitors were invited to discover artisanal techniques and appreciate the diverse and rich styles of each artist; from glass spun into tiny threads of lace, to the painstaking intricacies of ceramics and porcelain, to wood turned so meticulously it seems to defy the laws of physics, to almost geological architectures…