La Fine Fleur

08.04 – 12.04

During Art Paris week, from Wednesday 8 April to Sunday 12 April, Private Choice has been invited by Grand Tour. Grand Tour is located at 123, rue de Turenne, Paris 3 and open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm.

Annegma
Cédric Breisacher
Stéphane Calais
Das studio
Marius Ghita
Juan Fernando Hidalgo
Katia Jacquet
Lætitia Jacqueton
Aurélia Jaubert
Adrien Menu
Anja Milenkovic
Yosra Mojtahedi
Shania Najafi
Dayane Obadia
Jean-Michel Othoniel
Atelier Pelletier
Laurent Pernot
Iseult Perrault
Dominique Reol
Caroline Rennequin
Rousse ceramics
Russo Betak

Conceived by Nadia Candet and her team, this new exhibition, entitled La Fine Fleur, brings together some twenty artists and designers of different generations and nationalities on the theme of flowers, which are in turn symbols, materials and narratives.
Upon entering, visitors pass through a green space designed by landscape architect Sébastien Habert and decorated with flowers by Thierry Féret. These springtime stems are complemented by their mineral counterparts: Laurent Pernot’s marble marquetry. The multifaceted artist, known for his installations where landscape and language interact, also presents his snow-covered bouquets, delicate vanitas where time stands still. These still lifes take their place alongside an organic installation by Iranian artist Yosra Mojtahedi and a series of oval canvases by Stephane Calais, like so many variations on the living.

As you climb the stairs, the exhibition continues in an apartment whose Grand Salon has been taken over by Iseult Perrault. Here, she unfurls a dreamlike, plant-filled universe through a series of tondo canvases and a set of coffee tables she has decorated. The circular dynamic of the paintings is echoed by the stability of the furniture: a spatial arrangement where the gaze shifts from reverie to practicality.

The next Salon, showcases a monumental tapestry by Aurélia Jaubert, created especially for this 18th edition of Private Choice. Made from a collection of antique embroidery, this work brings together a multitude of floral motifs, styles and periods in a meticulous display. Opposite, you will discover Caroline Rennequin’s botanical variations, painted in gouache on Indian paper.

True to its commitment to design, Private Choice presents a selection of exceptional pieces. Ceramics from Atelier Pelletier are showcased through two iconic forms from its repertoire: Totems and Suns. Jean Michel Othoniel’s famous Perles lamps, as well as lamps from Rousse ceramics, take their place on consoles designed by Dominique Réol, creating islands of light at the heart of the exhibition.

Within this constellation, Private Choice highlights two designers committed to using bio-materials. At the centre of a living room, a rocking chair by Ecuadorian designer Juan Fernando Hidalgo made from totora, a reed cultivated in South America, introduces a plant presence that is both tactile and architectural. Designer-sculptor Cédric Breisacher, meanwhile, creates furniture from solid wood and agglomerate, a material of his own invention made from reused wood chips. Shapes and materials are recomposed in his hands into a plant-like symbiosis. His two new corolla floor lamps, veritable luminous efflorescences, punctuate the space like nocturnal flowers.

Last stop: a Cabinet of Curiosities, designed like a studiolo. Three painters depict interior atmospheres. Marius Ghita offers viewers a fragment of nature, somewhere between memory and fiction. Alongside him, Anja Milenkovic and Dayane Obadia, graduates of the Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2024 and 2025 respectively, present unique worlds: mental landscapes and presences haunted by absence for one, personal iconographic assemblages for the other. The work La Mort du Printemps (The Death of Spring) was noted at the last edition of the Salon de Montrouge.