'Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity” features more than 130 pieces of Cartier jewelry, handbags, cigarette cases, compacts and other items.
Cartier exhibitions, which draw heavily on jewelry, documents and other items from its own archive, are always curated by third-party professionals, Rainero noted.
The dimly lit exhibit is as dazzling as it is dense, spotlighting more than 130 pieces of glittering Cartier jewelry, handbags, cigarette cases, compacts and other items that largely date to the first half of the 20th century. In addition, his brother Jacques traveled to India and Bahrain and brought inspirational objects back home.
“He asked the designers to go into the essence of new shapes, not only for the sake of their intrinsic beauty, but also for the possibility to build on those shapes and create something distinctive and appropriate for the new century,” Rainero explained. Each of the four galleries features a projection that animates the concept and construction of a Cartier “hero object” that is displayed alone with the video.
Another unusual presentation is the “breathing necklace,” a lacy 1948 gold and diamond bib clasped around a mock neck and shoulders that moves slowly up and down, lifting the necklace from flat to contoured and back again.
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