Pierre Marie Giraud is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Joseph Dirand, from April 19 through May 20 at Rivoli, rue Saint-Georges 107 in Brussels. The French interior designer will host his second exhibition with the gallery, showing a collection of elegant limited-edition furniture.
Joseph Dirand started his career as an architect, drawing inspiration from modernist architecture. The first design objects that he created were high-end limited-edition productions that celebrated perfection and the hand of the craftsman. The new collection upholds these same high standards and philosophy. They are a testimony of Dirand’s vision, presenting a love of materials and function; almost like architecture in a miniature form.
‘Creation was a need’, Dirand tells when asked about the early stages of his career. Ever since the start of his professional endeavour, he has evoked his masters — Le Corbusier, John Pawson, Peter Zumthor, Carlo Scarpa and Eero Saarinen, among others — by discreetly quoting and paying tribute to them. ‘I love minimalist architecture,’ Dirand continues, ‘[I love] the precise, clear vocabulary and the detail.’
In his furniture, Dirand also honours this intransigency towards sobriety. He wants his objects to participate in the architectural whole, instead of simply blending in. He tackles furniture as self-standing objects: nothing is random, nothing superfluous, nothing excessive. He knows how to see and has attention to even the smallest detail. ‘I’m prepared to answer for furniture,’ he continues, ‘[but only] if it manages to tell a story. My story.’
| Hours | Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Type | Design Exhibition |
| Duration | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
About
Pierre Marie Giraud
Pierre Marie Giraud specializes in unique and limited-edition pieces by international artists working in ceramics, glass and silver. Founded in Brussels in 2005, the gallery represents an exceptional group of over thirty emerging, mid-career and established artists from Europe, North America, Japan and Africa, and regularly showcases their work in both solo and thematic exhibitions. The minimalist and light-filled interiors of the gallery, which is housed in an elegant nineteenth-century townhouse, reflect Giraud's considered approach towards the presentation and appreciation of contemporary applied art. At the same time, the spaces are domestic in scale, which reinforces the link between art and everyday life. The gallery is known for exhibiting only the very best and most original makers, and work that embodies conceptual, technical and aesthetic innovation. Pierre Marie Giraud is internationally recognized for his unparalleled expertise in ceramics. He regularly advises European and American museums on collection acquisitions and curatorial issues, and collaborates with a number of institutions on the promotion of contemporary ceramics.
