ATELIER JESPERS
Design
Atelier Jespers is pleased to announce its third participation at Art Élysées Fair 2019 in Paris. The exhibition curated by Jean-François Declercq, is composed of three major themes dedicated to design and crafts.
The first installation will display a series of rugs “You and I” conceived by the Lebanese designer Nada Debs. She was commissioned by the FMBI - a humanitarian initiative aimed at women empowerment in Afghanistan - to collaborate with Afghan carpet wavers in Kabul. The rugs merge traditional techniques with a contemporary sensibility. Acclaimed in the USA and Lebanon, Nada Debs’s work deserves broader recognition in Europe. Born in Lebanon, she grew up in Japan and studied in the USA before establishing in Beirut. Becoming one of the pioneers in Lebanese design, she impulses the regional craftsmanship.
The second installation is an inspiration of the Roman Domus Aurea of Néron. Jean-François Declercq curated a series of high-end unique and limited edition pieces from renowned Belgian and international designers. These neo-archaistic objects set a singular dialogue between contemporaneity and antiquities. The show will display the “Bonze Paintings” by Pierre Bonnefille, ceramics by Pascale Risbourg, sculptures by Maarten Stuer and furniture pieces by Sébastien Caporusso, Clément Brazille and Yann Dessauvages.
The third installation will be a focus on Timothée Leclabart, a young autodidact Parisian designer. Keen about Oscar Niemeyer, he pays tribute to the Brazilian National Congress building from the Three Powers Square with a similar low table made by glass and concrete. This original artwork will be on display during the Fair.
Address(es)
Erfprinslaan 149
Avenue du Prince Héritier
1200 Bruxelles - Belgique
Contact
Direction | Manager :
Jean-François Declercq
+(32) 475 64 95 81
jf@atelierjespers.com
Booth Number
Stand 301 C
Artists
Studio KRJST
Destroyers/Builders
Studio Élémentaires
Pierre Bonnefille
Clément Brazille
Sébastien Caporusso
Nada Debs
Yann Dessauvages
Pierre-Louis Graizon
Abel Jallais
Timothée Leclabart
Pascale Risbourg
Maarten Stuer