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MICHELLE POONAWALLA X INKIOSTRO BIANCO
TO DESIGN A SERIES OF WALLPAPERS FOR THE
GOLDENWALL COLLECTION
In May 2020 artist Michelle Poonawalla
collaborated with Inkiostro Bianco to
design a series of wallpapers for their
Goldenwall collection. Goldenwall, acts
as the utmost luxury collection for the
Italian design house and for 2020 they have
collaborated with nine international artists
and designers. Goldenwall celebrates
Inkiostro Bianco’s techniques allowing
them to print on Gold Leaf and Pink Gold,
the resulting wallpapers highlight metaleffect
base materials often mixed with the
sparkle of pre ious metals.
Michelle Poonawalla’s two designs,
The Flutter and Misty Flutter , take the
silhouette of a butterfly, incorporating
Poonawalla’s motif which has been present
in her work since the inaugural exhibition
What If You Fly?. However, the scale of
the wallpapers has allowed Poonawalla
to take elements of inspiration from her
more recent explorations into digital
video mapping, for example her seminal
installation Introspection; which has been
displayed at the Saatchi Gallery, London;
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; and as a collateral
project at the Kochi Biennale, India. The
end result is both a wallpaper and a work
of art that creates an intense immersive
experience, which hopes to push the viewer
into a contemplative space of calm and
meditation.