Pierre et Gilles
GROUP SHOW – RESPIRER L’ART, QUAND L’ART CONTEMPORAIN SUBLIME L’UNIVERS DU PARFUM 

Pierre et Gilles - Respirer l'art, quand l'art contemporain sublime l'univers du parfum
Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse
Through March 5, 2023

Olfaction has become a medium of choice for a generation of artists who do not hesitate to collaborate with perfumery professionals and scientists. Indeed, olfaction offers innovative possibilities for contemporary creation. The plant elements used as raw materials in perfumery breathe poetry into ephemeral and even aerial art installations. Other artists evoke the sensuality and fluidity of perfume through creations made of glass. The technical and chemical processes of transforming raw plant materials to obtain perfume have an alchemical character for many artists who, intrigued, integrate them into the heart of their artistic approach.Laboratory glassware, stills and raw materials feed their imagination.