PARIS.- PAD Paris celebrates its 20th anniversary with the most renowned French and international art dealers showing their attachment to this event, which has become a must for amateurs and collectors of Art and Design.
As a nod to the PAD London 10-year anniversary next October, PAD Paris 2016 welcomes a number of renowned British galleries such as Aktis Gallery, FUMI, Repetto, Rose Uniacke… whom are present in Paris. Moreover, galleries from Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and China, contribute to the PAD’s influence.
Such longevity wouldn’t exist without the PAD’s commitment to those who will become the greatest art dealers of tomorrow, the ones who reveal the future perspectives of the Decorative Arts, Design and Visual Arts’ markets.
Among the new exhibitors, whose specialities perfectly illustrate the eclecticism and ambitions of PAD Paris : Leclaireur and Armel Soyer in contemporary design, Le Beau, Meubles & Lumières, Rose Uniacke in 20th century decorative arts, MiniMasterpiece and Ma Tei in jewellery, Aktis Gallery, De Jonckheere in Modern Paintings and Karen Swami in glass and ceramic.
Among the highlights of the show, we can include the contribution and focus of Perpitch & Bringand on the universe of the artist Vincent Fournier, Galerie Gastou with its Gérard Kuijpers’ mineral masterpiece and Chahan showcasing his own personal work.
Daniel Suduca and Thierry Mérillou have taken the reins as artistic directors of the PAD Paris 2016 Studio immersing us into a summertime and seaside atmosphere.
For this edition of PAD studio, interior designers Daniel Suduca and Thierry Mérillou revisited a space highlighting a bohemian chic lifestyle, an elegant escape, mirroring dreamy and mythical places such as the Hamptons, Montauk, Trancoso or Formentera and Comporta, all synonymous of freedom and sunshine.
Combining raw materials and contemporary creations with simplicity and finesse, Daniel Suduca and Thierry Mérillou recapture the elegant, unique and timeless holiday vibe. Walls covered with raffia matting, wood structures painted in a monastic white, abaca, rope, weave and the light-bathed patio filtered by a game of louver. This celebration of a certain lifestyle, simultaneously delicate and relaxed, reveals the premise of summer.
