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Charlotte Perriand
Designer, Photographer, Activist
16.7. – 24.10.2010
Halle
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Charlotte Perriand in her studio in Montparnasse, ca. 1934, photo: Pierre Jeanneret, © AChP / ADAGP |
Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999), one of the most innovative interior and furniture designers of the 20th century, did not only strive towards a change in forms but also towards an improvement in social conditions. After the tubular steel furniture, which she developed particularly in partnership with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, she preferred the natural material of wood with its free forms. At the same time her photography, which she approached in a radically modern way, became an impulse for her work. There followed grand stagings of magical objects found on beaches or in junkyards. Charlotte Perriand shared this interest for the poetry of “Art Brut” with Pierre Jeanneret and Fernand Léger, with whom she repeatedly worked. The opening of the archive now provides a longoverdue opportunity to rediscover this important pioneer as a furniture designer, as a photographer and—with her reconstructed large-format collages—as a socially committed woman.
Related Exhibition
In the same thematic framework, the exhibition «Resonance. Charlotte Perriand and her traces in Brazil» is shown at the Forum of the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur until 22 August 2010.
Program accompanying the exhibition
Large-scale Collage: The Photomural and Social Commitment
Wednesday, 21. July 2010, 6 pm
Nanni Baltzer, photo historian, Universität Zürich
Andres Janser, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
The Exhibition as Tool and as Medium
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 6 pm
Arthur Rüegg, co-curator
Andres Janser, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Art Brut: Photography between Art and Furniture Design
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 6 pm
Stanislaus von Moos, Art Historian, Zurich
Arthur Rüegg, co-curator
Furniture: Original and Reproduction, Use Value and Market Value
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 6 pm
Renate Menzi, curator of the Design Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Andres Janser, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Charlotte Perriand – A Creative Life
Wednesday, 24 October 2010, 6 pm
Pernette Perriand-Barsac, Daughter and inheritress from Charlotte Perriand, Paris
Arthur Rüegg, co-curator
Andres Janser, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
(in French)
Guided tours (in German)
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Juli 2010
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| Sun |
18.7. |
11 am |
Claire Geyer |
| Wed |
28.7. |
6 pm |
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
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August 2010 |
| Sun |
1.8. |
11 am |
Claire Geyer |
| Wed |
4.8. |
6 pm |
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Sun |
8.8. |
11 am |
Claire Geyer |
| Wed |
11.8. |
6 pm |
Joline Pütz |
| Sun |
15.8. |
11 am |
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Wed |
18.8. |
6 pm |
Vanessa Gendre, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Sun |
22.8. |
11 am |
Claire Geyer |
September 2010 |
| Sun |
5.9. |
11 am |
Claire Geyer |
| Sun |
19.9. |
11 am |
Vanessa Gendre, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
Oktober 2010 |
| Sun |
3.10. |
11 am |
Vanessa Gendre, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Wed |
6.10. |
6 pm |
Joline Pütz |
| Sun |
17.10. |
11 am |
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
Special tours on request (also in English): tel. +41 (0)43 446 67 10 or marilena.cipriano@zhdk.ch
School classes
Registration for school classes without guided tour: marilena.cipriano@zhdk.ch
The educational program of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich and the Museum Bellerive is kindly supported by CREDIT SUISSE FOUNDATION
Press clips
Zürcher Landzeitung 6.8.2010
Basler Zeitung 4.8.2010
SR DRS 30.7.2010
vernissage.tv 28.7.2010
form 27.7.2010
Tages Anzeiger 21.7.2010
NZZ 20.7.2010
RSI LA1 16.7.2010
Radio DRS1 15.7.2010
The New York Times 11.7.2010
With the generous support of
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