{"id":201722,"date":"2022-10-06T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=201722"},"modified":"2022-10-27T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T20:34:21","slug":"olimpia-zagnoli-design-exhibition-france","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/olimpia-zagnoli-design-exhibition-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli Displays 37 Works at Her First Exhibition in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Her Le Village Vertical, 2022. Image by Olimpia Zagnoli for Kolektiv Cit\u00e9 Radieuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Italian Illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli Displays 37 Works at Her First Exhibition in France<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t embroider cushions here.\u201d Those were the dismis\u00adsive words Le Corbusier uttered to a young Charlotte Perriand when she came to his Paris studio one October afternoon in 1927 looking to work with him. Fortunately, she was not deterred: She was ultimately hired and became a significant collaborator on many of his projects, one being the Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation de Marseille, for which Perriand did the interiors. It\u2019s that quote along with Perriand\u2019s body of work that inspired Olimpia Zagnoli<\/a>\u2019s current exhibition\u2014titled \u201cIci nous ne brodons pas de cousins,\u201d Corbu\u2019s above quote in French\u2014at the iconic housing unit, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The Italian illustrator\u2019s first exhibition in France features 37 pieces, from a 2019 cover for The New Yorker <\/em>to ones created specifically for the show, including her debut sculpture, which is in concrete echoing the rough-cast concrete facade of Corbu\u2019s building. But Zagnoli\u2019s lines and color combinations, along with the idea of making art a part of everyday life are winks to Perriand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olimpia Zagnoli designed the promotional poster for \u201cIci nous ne brodons pas de cousins,\u201d her solo exhibition at the Gallery Kolektiv Cit\u00e9 Radieuse on the third floor of Le Corbusier\u2019s Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation de Marseille in France through October 1. Image by Olimpia Zagnoli for Kolektiv Cit\u00e9 Radieuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zagnoli in a Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation apartment sitting beside her 2022 Le Bain de Minuit (Midnight Swim) concrete sculpture. Photography by Kolektiv Cit\u00e9 Radieuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Her Le Village Vertical, 2022. Image by Olimpia Zagnoli for Kolektiv Cit\u00e9 Radieuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The 1952 building\u2019s original loggia colors, their order said to be inspired by a musical composition by Corbu collaborator Iannis Xenakis. Photography by Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation de Marseille, Le Corbusier \u00a9FLC I Adagp Paris 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n