DESIGN MIAMI.PARIS 23 Design at Large
Takis, Buste de Vénus, 2004
Venus Bust. Galerie Downtown-LAFFANOUR will present the Design At Large project "Venus Bust" by Panayiotis Vassilakis.
About LAFFANOUR-Galerie Downtown
Expertise/ Twentieth-century French design with a focus on postwar, midcentury, and contemporary design
When François Laffanour opened Galerie Downtown in Paris in 1982, he quickly realised the importance of the work of Le Corbusier, Prouvé, Perriand and Jeanneret. These figures were mainly rediscovered thanks to the patient work of Laffanour, whose reputation has been associated with architects’ furniture. In 2002 he acquired the archives of Galerie Steph Simon, which commercialised the work of Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille and Jouve between 1956 and 1974. Through his sensibility François Laffanour mixes post-war design with contemporary furniture by artists such as Ron Arad who has been represented by the Gallery since 2004.
Designers
Charlotte Perriand
Jean Prouvé
Serge Mouille
José Zanine Caldas
