Holiday mode has officially turned on in the port city of Toulon. Centre Pompidou has invaded with a handful of its design collections, opening an exhibition curated by Marie-Ange Brayer during Design Parade that explores the art of summertime lounging...
Inflatable furniture installed on the India Mahdavi-designed backdrop for Nouvelles Vagues exhibition by Centre Pompidou.Inflatable furniture installed on the India Mahdavi-designed backdrop for Nouvelles Vagues exhibition by Centre Pompidou.Holiday mode has officially turned on in the port city of Toulon. Centre Pompidou has invaded with a handful of its design collections, opening an exhibition curated by Marie-Ange Brayer during Design Parade that explores the art of summertime lounging.
Wrapped up in a nostalgic, candy-striped backdrop realised by Parisian designer India Mahdavi, the chairs unfold like sweets inside. Based in the art deco former navy base Cercle Naval, the showcase is a scientific examining of how we used lived closer to the floor with our seating, and how our posture changes when we relax in the summer.
Upon entering the space, the lord of reclined seating, the chaise longue, is presented as a protagonist. Harking from the age of, these mark the start of when holidaying became a pastime and visionaries like Eileen Gray and Robert Mallet-Stevens envisioned furniture for their villas. Gray’s Fauteuil Transat can move from armchair to deckchair, while a 1995 polyester and aluminium lightweight chaise by Maarten Van Severen shows the style’s contemporary evolution.
Upstairs, the more experimental, playful and undulating forms take the floor for the second part of the show – ‘Les Pop’. The curves in Mahdavi’s backdrop intensify these radical pieces, projecting the essence of the Pop Art era they thrived in. Futuristic forms like a Verner Panton 1958 polyurethane chair and Gaetano Pesce’s party poufs scour the area.
Centre Pompidou’s pop-up is a pivotal moment for the Provence city, as it celebrated its fourth sojourn of Design Parade Toulon with Villa Noailles during a scorching weekend of poolside bathing, rosé and petanque. Next year will see its new show open in nearby Hotel des Arts, perhaps again disecting another element of Côte d’Azur charm. §Installation view of Nouvelles Vagues, translating to ’New Waves’Installation view of Nouvelles Vagues.
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