Pierre Castignola

Eyes on Talents member, designer Pierre Castignola, presents 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙂𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏, a solo show at the Parisian flagship of ITEM IDEM, as part of MATTER and SHAPE (hors les murs). Known as a plastic chair enthusiast, 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙂𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏 stages an unsolicited collaboration between Castignola and Pierre Paulin. Working from 39 Tango chairs designed by Paulin in the 1980s and discovered in a municipal swimming pool under renovation, the installation reconstructs a peculiar guest room – one where Castignola inserts himself into Paulin’s work. Both tribute and disruption, the project explores the limits of appropriation with a playful, brutalist tone, questioning authorship and ownership, especially as Paulin himself once acted as a ghost designer for Henry Massonnet on this very object.