Fiction and Facts
The Museum of Decorative Arts & Design in Bordeaux is currently hosting solo exhibitions for two important protagonists of postmodern design. Alongside the first ever retrospective of Andrea Branzi's work (which closes later this month), the museum recently launched a show dedicated to Martine Bedin, a founding member of the Memphis Group, perhaps most famous for her iconic Super Lamp.
The objects shown in the exhibition L'objet déluré (Sassy Object) are the result of Bedin's return to a number of her designs from the '80s and '90s, that previously had only existed as drawings. By deciding to produce these works as actual objects now, she plays with the relationship of design and its temporality as well as conception vs. materialization.
We are enchanted by the appearance of these objects, through which Bedin once again demonstrates her sense for material, color, and shape—combined, of course, with a good deal of humor.
The pieces were first shown at the Foundation Speerstra in Apples (Switzerland). The Bordeaux exhibition runs until February 15th.