On the art and design path : Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design is on view at the Jewish Museum through March 26. The exhibit showcases rare furniture, lighting fixtures, and interiors, as well as designs for the Maison de Verre along with interactive virtual views.
Info and 360 views here
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| The exhibition components inspired a closer look at the classic 1932 Maison de Verre. It is marvelous to see how the early modern style is still contemporary and how the challenges of that collaboration lead to highly imaginative innovations - the house was an unlikely confluence of residence meets Dr’s office meets cultural affairs salon, all evolving together without disturbing the top floor tenant’s dwelling. |
| The design was an on-site choreography between designer, architect and craftsmen* from whom evolved an intricate system of spacial division utilizing sliding, folding or rotating screens in glass, sheet and perforated metal. |
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| Creative guests may have included Tristan Tzara, Paul Éluard, André Breton, Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, René Crevel & Man Ray, 1933 |
The salon was
regularly frequented by Marxist intellectuals like Walter
Benjamin as well as by Surrealist poets and artists such as
*Pierre Chareau (furniture and interiors designer),
Bernard Bijvoet (Dutch architect working in Paris since 1927) and Louis Dalbet
(craftsman metalworker).
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