From afar, Alassane Koné’s portraits appear composed of coarse brush strokes: Move a little bit closer, and you would swear it’s meticulously arranged straw.
In reality, like a lot of the artworks on display at La Galerie du 19M, housed within the Paris hub for Chanel-owned specialty workshops that opened last yr, Koné’s are made with textiles.
Ditto the spooky, moss-green figures by artist Cheikha Sigil lording over the doorway of the exhibition “On the Thread: From Dakar to Paris,” which elaborates on Chanel’s cultural exchange with Senegal and affirms the gallery’s ambition to exalt weaving and embroidery on a worldwide scale.
Giant textile figures by artist Cheikha Sigil.
François Goizé
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