L'ESPRIT DE LA CHAISE : LA COLLECTION DE CHAISE DE THIERRY BARBIER-MUELLER

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• AuthorMarie Barbier-Mueller (dir.)
• PublisherLars Muller
• Date of publicationNovembre 2022
• Language(s)French
• IllustrationsColour ill.
• Pages384
• DescriptionHardback
• Price (VAT incl.)65.00 €
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Exhibition at the Mudac, Lausanne, 28 October 2022 - 05 February 2023

Thierry Barbier-Mueller (1960-2023) began collecting chairs in the 1990s. Fascinated by the creativity of designers such as Ron Arad, Tom Dixon, André Dubreuil and others who steered clear of fashion and focused on unique, handcrafted pieces, the Geneva-based collector put together a collection of over six hundred and fifty chairs dating from the 1960s to the present day. The collection includes works by international designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Pol Quadens, Shiro Kuramata and Maarten Baas, as well as visual artists such as Donald Judd, Niki de Saint Phalle, Lawrence Weiner and Franz West.

This exhibition catalogue documents Thierry Barbier-Mueller's entire collection. Comprising around two-thirds unique pieces, prototypes or works from small limited editions, the collection reflects an interest in atypical objects, outside the usual niches of industrial design.

Price (VAT incl.) : 65.00 €