Im Projektraum der Pariser Galerie Vallois zeigen vom 28.02. - 11.04.2020 rund 30 Künstler ihre Pullover-Interpretationen. Die Opening Nacht ist am 27.02.2020 von 18 bis 21 Uhr.
'POIL is a collection of artists sweaters founded by The Drawer in 2018. POIL is a project that mixes art and fashion in a simple and novel manner. No mass production here but unique pieces designed by artists who, for the most part, have never 'practiced' the sartorial arts. Each guest artist and designer has received the same virgin model in merino wool inspired by the classic sailor’s sweater, trimmed, widened, shortened for the occasion and specifically made in a factory in Brittany. Everyone was able to work the sweater as they wished. Everyone was encouraged to draw, paint, sew, embroider, transform the object. The purpose is to create a work to wear or to collect. The thirty or so pieces created bear witness to the great pleasure the artists had in experimenting with this medium and the seriousness with which they did.
With POIL, the editorial and curatorial platform devoted to drawing The Drawer pursues the whimsical vein and the desire to open up and mix the genres that fundamentally characterize its approach. Contemporary art, design and fashion are found on the same walls of the gallery. POIL deconstructs and removes labels. «POIL» for the wool, the raw material of the project, and for the word itself, idiosyncratic as we like it.' Barbara Soyer & Sophie Toulouse / The Drawer Éditions
Galerie Vallois
28.02 - 11.04.2020
Vernissage/Opening night 27.02.2020 6pm - 9pm
33-36 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris
www.galerie-vallois.com
'POIL is a collection of artists sweaters founded by The Drawer in 2018. POIL is a project that mixes art and fashion in a simple and novel manner. No mass production here but unique pieces designed by artists who, for the most part, have never 'practiced' the sartorial arts. Each guest artist and designer has received the same virgin model in merino wool inspired by the classic sailor’s sweater, trimmed, widened, shortened for the occasion and specifically made in a factory in Brittany. Everyone was able to work the sweater as they wished. Everyone was encouraged to draw, paint, sew, embroider, transform the object. The purpose is to create a work to wear or to collect. The thirty or so pieces created bear witness to the great pleasure the artists had in experimenting with this medium and the seriousness with which they did.
With POIL, the editorial and curatorial platform devoted to drawing The Drawer pursues the whimsical vein and the desire to open up and mix the genres that fundamentally characterize its approach. Contemporary art, design and fashion are found on the same walls of the gallery. POIL deconstructs and removes labels. «POIL» for the wool, the raw material of the project, and for the word itself, idiosyncratic as we like it.' Barbara Soyer & Sophie Toulouse / The Drawer Éditions
Galerie Vallois
28.02 - 11.04.2020
Vernissage/Opening night 27.02.2020 6pm - 9pm
33-36 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris
www.galerie-vallois.com
