A QUATTRO MANI MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN NICOLÒ SPINELLI AND FRANCESCO BALZANO. INFLUENCED BY THEORIES ON ORDER AND COMPOSITION, AS WELL AS THE PRAISE OF THE SHADOWS BY TANIZAKI, THE TWO ARTISTS HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO THE PERLA TABLE: A MONOLITH IN SPECULAR LACQUER AND PATINATED BRASS, AS A CHIAROSCURO STUDY, WITH A DELICATE MOTHER-OF-PEARL MARQUETRY CONCEALED IN ITS CENTER. AS AN ECHO, BALZANO INTRODUCES THE LUCE COLLECTION OF LIGHTS PLAYING WITH SHADOWS AND LIGHT OF ONYX, IN CONTRAST WITH SPINELLI’S NEW UNTITLED COLLECTION OF FURNITURE MADE IN DARK AND STRUCTURED SUCUPIRA WOOD. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO ARTISTS ACTING FOR SIMPLICITY AND NUANCE AS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.
HANDCRAFTED BY THE ATELIERS SAINT-JACQUES, MAISON POUENAT AND SIMONETTO, THE PIECES IN LIMITED EDITION REPRESENT THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN EXCELLENCE IN STONE, WOOD AND METAL ARTWORK. A JOURNEY FROM MILAN TO PARIS.
WITH ARTWORKS BY RAPHAËL ZARKA, GALERIE MITTERRAND
