Pierre Marie Giraud is pleased to present a joint exhibition of works by Bijoy Jain and Makiko Hattori, on view from Thursday 5 March to Saturday 11 April. The exhibition marks the first presentation at the gallery of both artists. Gathering a focused selection of furniture pieces, stone seats and spatial structures alongside ceramic sculptures, the exhibition offers a quiet space of attention and reflection, highlights a shared sensitivity to time, gesture, and the elemental presence of light, air, and matter.
Born in 1965 in Mumbai, Jain lives and works in India, where he founded Studio Mumbai in the mid 1990s. The studio functions as an interdisciplinary workshop of architects, engineers, master builders, artisans and technicians, in which process and duration are understood as integral to form. For this exhibition, Jain presents works that bring architectural thinking to the scale of the hand and the body. Benches, chairs, lamps, bamboo mats, and stone blocks are installed in relation to larger stone and bamboo structures. Conceived as parallel studies to his building projects, these pieces grow out of a slow, direct engagement with materials.
| Hours | Tuesday to Saturday11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Venue | Gallery Pierre Marie Giraud |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Duration | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| City | Brussels |
About
Pierre Marie Giraud
Pierre Marie Giraud specializes in unique and limited-edition pieces by international artists working in ceramics, glass and silver. Founded in Brussels in 2005, the gallery represents an exceptional group of over thirty emerging, mid-career and established artists from Europe, North America, Japan and Africa, and regularly showcases their work in both solo and thematic exhibitions. The minimalist and light-filled interiors of the gallery, which is housed in an elegant nineteenth-century townhouse, reflect Giraud's considered approach towards the presentation and appreciation of contemporary applied art. At the same time, the spaces are domestic in scale, which reinforces the link between art and everyday life. The gallery is known for exhibiting only the very best and most original makers, and work that embodies conceptual, technical and aesthetic innovation. Pierre Marie Giraud is internationally recognized for his unparalleled expertise in ceramics. He regularly advises European and American museums on collection acquisitions and curatorial issues, and collaborates with a number of institutions on the promotion of contemporary ceramics.
