signature de la version française de la monographie de matali crasset

le mardi 5 juin 2012 de 18h à 20h

en présence de matali crasset

crédit photographique : Simon Bouisson

monographie de référence organisée en 8 chapitres chronologiques avec 8 diagrammes de matali crasset ainsi qu’une section présentant les projets transversaux et un chapitre consacré aux archives.

Essai et 48 notices d’Alexandra Midal

Préface d’Emmanuelle Lallement Introduction de Zoe Ryan Ouvrage réalisé sous la direction artistique de Andreas Hoyer.

format 31 x 23 cm, 320 pages, plus de 700 reproductions couleur

ISBN 978-2-9155-4245-5

éditions Norma

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

5 rue Debelleyme 75003 Paris

Rizzoli Publications is releasing the first referenced monograph on the work of the industrial designer matali crasset with an extensive critical apparatus – an essay entitled “Matali Crasset Beyond”, a set of reviews from the design theoretician, Alexandra Midal, a preface by the ethnologist Emmanuelle Lallement and an introduction by the curator Zoe Ryan.

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The book covers the life of this exceptional designer from 1991 to today, forging beyond the clichés highlighted by Emmanuelle Lallement in her preface.

“Do Matali Crasset’s design playfull return experience to its central place in our relationship with the world ? They are functionnal wher usage comes foremost ; when they are colorful, theirs colors form a true grammar. When they are simply designs within our lives and for our lives, they are contemporary.” EL

Alexandra Midal repositions matali crasset within design history from a feminine perspective, and explores the way her work challenges existing categories and design frontiers.

“In her work, Matali Crasset extracts herself from the dilemma of design’s conditioning to a history of men, written by men, and relegating women to minor, decorative works. If the territory of women’s design was long associated with an enclosed, self-cantered space where the decorative reigned, then Matali Crasset escapes the patriarchal model yet again ; she takes constant and infinite psychophysical dynamics into account as she initiates new project.” AM

The project was inspired by Zoe Ryan, design curator at the Chicago Art Institute and avidly supported by Alexandra Midal, who, accompanied by Francis Fichot, both the life and work partner of matali crasset, associated with Andreas Hoyer, created a unique and one-of-a-kind book for both reflection and pleasure.

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