Nilufar Gallery presents Origines - Maggie Cardelús, an exhibition dedicated to the recent work of the Paris based, American/Spanish artist and designer. For the exhibition, opening on January 17th, Cardelús brings together her Origine NeckPieces and five Anatomies that she has created especially for the Nilufar25 mq exhibition space. The Origine NeckPieces are highly crafted, leather and cast bronze pendants whose enigmatic presence feel like contemporary and abstracted versions of ancient fertility figurines, sacred objects, or ritualistic artifacts. These captivating knotted pieces interact with her Anatomies, themselves large and sensuously knotted forms. Crafted from vegetable tanned leather and industrial wax, the Anatomies wall sculptures provide the NeckPieces with a home that is native to them, mediating between them and the surrounding space. When describing the Anatomies, Cardelús writes “I wanted my NeckPieces to be situated in a place of belonging, a place that supplants the human body while suggesting, at the same time, a place of origin. By the time I finished the Anatomies, I was thinking of them as many things...dissected or deconstructed bodies, vessels, flowers, frames, nests, caves, altars, jars, emanations, books, blankets...and more...”
| Hours | Monday to Saturday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Venue | Nilufar Gallery |
| Type | Design Exhibition |
| Duration | 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
| City | Milan |
About
Nilufar Gallery
Discovering, Crossing, Creating. Nina Yashar believes in valuing design to tell stories. She founded Nilufar Gallery in Milan in 1979. Originally located in via Bigli and specialized in antique carpets, a passion she inherited from her Iranian parents, the Gallery soon launched a series of pioneering shows, including “La rosa nel tappeto” (The rose on the carpet) – a study on the iconography of the rose motif in rugs from all around the world – while bringing both Oriental and European carpets, such as Kilim, Gabbeh and Aubusson varieties, into the Italian and international spotlight. By the end of the Nineties, the Gallery, now located in via della Spiga, ventured into modern and contemporary furniture, showcasing the work of midcentury masters alongside unusual carpets, cutting-edge furniture and emerging designers’ pieces. In 1999, the Gallery expanded its headquarters in via della Spiga with a project lead by Italian designer Gian Carlo Montebello. The first decade of the new century witnessed a series of experimentations and contamination which strengthened the Gallery’s reputation of a reference point to historical and contemporary design lovers.
