Entitled " Les Petites Chaises," Little Chairs, is Alexandre Mussard's first exhibition at the Galerie Antonine Catzeflis in Paris. The 25-years-old French artist studied architecture and design at the Academie Charpentier, Esad Reims, and Ecole Camondo. It was during a course, by twisting a wire, that he gave shape to his first small chair.
Bijou bronze - necklace
Le theatre des petites chaises
Le jongleur
" I have treasured this miniature sculpture. I immediately knew that it was going to become something essential for me. This little chair is like a character brought to light, fragile, playful and discrete....."
Mussard's show is dedicated to the chair in the form of miniature wire sculptures, displayed in various positions: chairs come alive, set in the middle of a circus tent - a wink to Calder's small circus - stacked on top of each other or suspended by balloons. Alongside the small artworks, including necklaces, are several larger chair sculptures.
Alexandre Mussard, a talent to watch who creates simple and poetic objects.
La boule rouge
La serre
L'acrobate
Le chapiteau
Le robinet
Le tiroir de Georges
Le nuage chaise
La corrida
La declaration
Bijou bronze - necklace
Le theatre des petites chaises
Le jongleur
Images, courtesy Galerie Antonine Catzeflis
23 rue St Roch, Paris 75001, France
Les Petites Chaises are currently on display at the gallery.
