Tasarım/Design
Tüy kadar hafif mermer
Ymer & Malta galerinin
Paris’te gerçekleştirdiği
‘marbre poInts plume’
sergisi mermerin geleneksel
kullanımına meydan
okuyarak mermerle ince,
hafif, şeffaf, adeta uçucu
tasarımlar ortaya koyuyor.
V
alérie Maltaverne ve Rémy Le Fur’ün tasarımın
yeni yeteneklerini ortaya çıkarmak ve
sınırlı sayıda mobilya ve tasarım parçaları
üretmek amacıyla açtıkları galerileri Ymer
& Malta Paris’te gerçekleştirdikleri özgün
sergilerle dikkat çekiyor. Cedric Ragot, Normal Studio,
Benjamin Graindorge ve A + A Cooren gibi hem yeni,
hem de tanınmış isimlerle çalışan galeri için üretilen
parçalar Paris’teki Musée des Arts Décoratifs, CNAP
(Centre National des Arts Plastiques) ve FRAC (Fond
Regional d’Art Contemporain) gibi önemli kurumların
koleksiyonlarına girmiş durumda. Galerinin ilk temalı
sergisi ‘Marbre Poids Plume’ tasarımcıları geleneksel
olarak mermerle bağdaştırılan özellikleri yeniden
düşünmeye ve bu vasıflara meydan okumaya çağırarak
mermerden ‘tüy kadar hafif’ nesneler ortaya çıkarıyor.
Bu amaçla aylarca çalışan tasarımcılar çekici işleriyle
malzemenin farklı özelliklerini ortaya koyuyor.
36 NATURA • MART-NİSAN / MARCH-APRIL 2012
FEATHERWEIGHT MARBLE
‘marbre poInts plume’ exhibited at Ymer & Malta
of Paris challenges the forms and attributes
traditionally associated with marble, creating
light objects depicting the contemporary
qualities of marble.
Yazı-Text: ÖZLEM ALKAN k.
Y
mer & Malta is a Paris gallery founded by Valérie Maltaverne and
Rémy Le Fur with the aim of highlighting new design talents and
producing limited editions of furniture and design pieces. Like
many of the artists it fosters, the gallery takes a young, fresh and
dynamic approach, primarily following its own aesthetic. Their
exhibitions featuring unique and limited edition works both by emerging
and established artists and designers such as Cedric Ragot, Normal Studio,
Benjamin Graindorge and A+A Cooren, attract much acclaim. Several design
pieces have been purchased by prestigious institutions such as Musée des
Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques) and the
FRAC (Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain). Ymer & Malta’s first theme-based
exhibition, called ‘Marbre Poids Plume’ meaning ‘featherweight marble’
encouraged designers to rethink and challenge the forms and attributes
traditionally associated with the material in order to create the lightest
objects out of marble. With this purpose several young designers worked for
months creating intriguing designs depicting the timeless beauty of marble.