The founders of Galleria Continua have always loved atypical places, like in Seine-Et-Marne, 10,000 m, an old industrial place. In Paris, they settled in the warehouse, where they discovered many traces of the past in the 16th century.
Is White cubesThese white boxes, traditional art galleries are not in the cup of tea makers of Galleria Continua. Their address, the 3rd place in Paris, opened in January 2021, testifies. And its opening also rhymes with adventure. Because even in the past an old industrial website, three childhood companies in Boissy-Le-Châtel (77) Mario Cristiani, Lorenzi Fiaschi, Maurizio Rigilo, where they placed their first gallery in the basket. As for all their spaces, from San Gimigano to Rome, from Beijing to Havana to Sao Paulo, they had their hands in an extraordinary place, visiting this 800 m.
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Thus, when the MBL Studio team, architects, the website of which is entrusted to this Old Wildlore of the Import of Leather Items, it first reveals the maze area made of small narrow corridors. Dust is everywhere. White tiles too. As for the walls, they are covered by the ceiling of white melamine shelves. Architects like archaeologists will look for what is followed by these bites since the 1980s.
A few lives
Little small, they refresh posters with patterns, woodworking, stone, parquet floor … “This place has changed in its history. This reputable building had several lives at that time. However, they remain mysterious, which allows you to imagine everything. “We have found a website for the site sixtieth And there is an impressive number of medium boards left. We didn’t want to delete those prints. On the contrary, we used them again. The counter was moved and resized, and all the coffee tables, the inseparable part of the gallery, all the offices and furniture, were painted by MBL architects and were performed with old racks.
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Mémoire du Vieux Paris
But this re-use approach was not attempted, all Galleria Galleria continued in the history of their welcoming site. “The name of the lips – Goes to French – embodies this wish of continuity, which is deeply rooted in Mario Cristiani, Maurizio Rigilo. Galleria continued, among others, Eva Hosepin, Daniel Buren, Cader Atika, Kabak, Emilia Kabakov, Anish Kapur or Michelangelo Pistoleton or Kick Smith …
“Our desire is to capture this raw side, but our coffee, where we can offer Italian ice cream, our bookstore, people who do not usually come to a gallery of modern art.” And when we see the crossing, the residents of the neighborhood, tourists or art lovers in this fun place know that the challenge has been received.
Galleria Continua / Paris Marais. 87, Rue Du Temple, 75003 Paris. GalleriaContina.com
Source: Le Figaro
