Hailing from Angoulême, hailed designer François Azambourg (1963) is considered one of today’s icons in contemporary French design. The Frenchman is fascinated by the idea of ‘light as material’, and since 2007 he has been intensively explored materials, tools and craft techniques to channel his creative ideas. Needless to say, Azambourg explores the expressive potential of manufacturing processes and the shaping of materials, whether industrial or handmade, innovative or traditional along the way. As part of this process, he has occasionally conducted research into glassmaking techniques in the workshops of the Centre International d’Art Verrier in Meisenthal. The Spazio Nobile gallery in Brussels will host Azambourg’s upcoming solo exhibition, opening on Thu – Nov 18 (6pm-9pm) in his presence. Entitled The Glass Pine – Blowing with Nature, the show presents the designer’s sculptural containers Douglas and Brindilles in close collaboration with the aforementioned French glass institute. He designed them spontaneously, in the moment and spurred on by the creative buzz of the workshop. There, anchored in an ancestral territory marked by an industrial era dating back to the beginning of the 18th century, Azambourg not only brought back to life the sylvan beauty of slender pines and light twigs, but also celebrates the grandeur of a landscape blossoming between the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
Spazio Nobile
Franz Merjaystraat 142 (Elsene)
1050 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 7682510
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