186, Avenue Victor Hugo 75016
Paris
"Squat # 1" is the result of a fortunate encounter between
Nilufar Gallery, Balice Hertling and Dimore Studio
During the period of the FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), when the French capital is the center of the art world, a 350-sq-m apartment on the Avenue Victor Hugo, in the heart of Paris, will be the wonderful and exclusive location of the “artistic occupation” created by these three different entities: art, architecture and design meet in an unusual space where the boundaries of these different disciplines will challenge and dialogue with each other.
Nina Yashar from Nilufar will bring some of her exceptional pieces including creations by Gaetano Pesce, Jacques Adnet, Gio Ponti and Martino Gamper.
Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci from Dimore Studio will conceive a new body of work for the exhibition and Daniele Balice of BaliceHertling will present works by Kerstin Braetsch, Oscar Tuazon and Samuel Richardot, along with a selection of historical artworks.
The goal of this ambitious project is their common desire to break the rules of display that currently dominates both the design and art world: the idea of building a fictional private living space will challenge the exhibitor to question the status of the objects in display and push the viewer to read in different ways art and design. Interdisciplinary and voluntarily parachronistic, "Squat # 1" will be the first step of a series of similar projects which will take place in different cities.