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Clown Vases

26 November 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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The Clown Vases designed by Pierre Charpin are on show (2015) at the Parisian gallery of artistic design Kreo. Pierre, a sensitive Parisian designer, was a collaborator in the 90’s at the study Sowden in Milan, named Designer of the Year at the Paris Furniture Fair in 2005. He has been a designer for Italian companies such as Alessi and Zanotta and for galleries devoted to artistic design, including Artistic Design Gallery in Milan and Kreo in Paris. In 2015, he created a collection of vases for the latter; the “Clown” are one of a kind pieces produced in conjunction with the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.
The archetypal forms in immaculate porcelain are decorated with clown faces, complete with a cherry red nose. Pierre, author of this ceramic makeup, claims to have made explicit reference to Fellini clowns. The rigorous Pierre Charpin, known for the consistency of his career path, reveals a neglected side of his talent with this project, a kind of creative sarcasm that ‘encourages’ him to emphasize the irony of life.

Dieci volti di pagliacci differenti appaiono sui vasi in porcellana progettati da Charpin in collaborazione con la manifattura di Sevres
Marble's Clowns
Pierre Charpin, Marbles & Clowns, Galerie kreo, Londra. Vaso Pepi.
Pierre Charpin, Marbles & Clowns, Galerie kreo, Londra. Vaso Pepi.
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Pierre Charpin, Marbles & Clowns, Galerie kreo, Londra. Vaso Pepi, dettaglio naso.
Dieci volti di pagliaccio, che appaiono ai lati dei vasi di porcellana immacolati progettati diversi anni fa da Charpin per la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, una delle fabbriche di ceramica più famose di Francia.

WHERE: 31 Rue Dauphine, 75006 Paris, Francia

The Clown Vases designed by Pierre Charpin are on show (2015) at the Parisian gallery of artistic design Kreo. Pierre, a sensitive Parisian designer, was a collaborator in the 90’s at the study Sowden in Milan, named Designer of the Year at the Paris Furniture Fair in 2005. He has been a designer for Italian companies such as Alessi and Zanotta and for galleries devoted to artistic design, including Artistic Design Gallery in Milan and Kreo in Paris. In 2015, he created a collection of vases for the latter; the “Clown” are one of a kind pieces produced in conjunction with the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.
The archetypal forms in immaculate porcelain are decorated with clown faces, complete with a cherry red nose. Pierre, author of this ceramic makeup, claims to have made explicit reference to Fellini clowns. The rigorous Pierre Charpin, known for the consistency of his career path, reveals a neglected side of his talent with this project, a kind of creative sarcasm that ‘encourages’ him to emphasize the irony of life.

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