Before guests entered the main hall of the 15th edition of Salon Art + Design, they were greeted by three of the fair’s design highlights. First, the entrance was populated with “Impossible Blooms,” a fantastical exhibition of colorful oversized florals by Courtney McLeod, principal of Right Meets Left Interior Design. Oftentimes, these blossoming installations enveloped benches and chairs.
In the entrance’s South Hall, Vitra exhibited not one but two spectacular chairs—the limited-edition Classic Gold Panton Chair and Jean Prouvé’s Antony Chair. And bridging the entrance and Park Avenue Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Abask flanked attendees with selections from its first-ever lighting collection, including charming works by Kickie Chudikova, and towering floral fixtures by Hamish Powell.
Courtest of Cristina Grajales…
The first booth visible within the main hall, Cristina Grajales Gallery’s installation paired totemic works of sand, crushed glass, and rare-earth oxides by Fernando Mastrangelo with the woven metal work of Tracy Krumm. “She’s a mathematician and alchemist that applies her knowledge to her weavings,” Grajales poetically shared with Surface.
Between the power of the individual works and the cohesion of the booth design, helmed by Valerie Peña, the principal designer of Valerie Peña Studio, Grajales swept guests into Salon Art + Design and transported them into a vision of her curatorial prowess. “I approached Cristina Grajales’ booth through a decorator’s lens,” Peña says. “I wanted to highlight each artist and their work, giving every piece its own space and moment, while creating a beautiful flow where everything interacts and comes together as a whole.
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With its Salon Art + Design debut, Pierre Augustin Rose paired its glass Odeon collection, conceived of for this show, with the plush, oversized Saint Germain seating collection, in the house’s signature Pierre Frey mohair velvet. The Paris-based furniture design company punctuated the installation with works from its Aubusson collection, which incorporate 18th century tapestry upholstery, as well as a curated selection of ceramics by Roger Herman, 18th century vases, and an ancient Roman bust.
From Los Angeles-based jewelry house VRAM’s collaboration with ceramicist Peter Lane to Sten Studio’s origami-like translucent onyx ENTRETIEMPO lampshades and designer Sarah Ysabel Dyne’s first-ever DYNE timepiece (which incorporates a vintage Jaeger-LeCoultre movement), Salon Art + Design’s aisles were treasure-filled, throughout.
