Initiated by the Cité du design to put a spotlight on a new generation
of designers and allow every type of audience to appreciate their work,
the Présent >< Futur cycle opens with Laureline Galliot, a designer
who explores the forms of pictorial representation offered by digital
techniques.
vrai ou FAUVE ?
par Raphaël PigeatPrésent >< Futur : a panorama of a new generation
of designers
Initiated by the Cité du design in 2023 in Saint-Étienne, Présent >< Futur is a cycle of monographic exhibitions illustrating the plurality of expressions of contemporary French and European design. To keep track of these exhibitions, but also to prolong the pleasure of discovery, a collection of books explores a selection of projects for each guest designer. It also tells the story of a creative adventure that brings together design and industrial knowhows, i.e. the assets of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes territory.
vrai ou FAUVE ? This title in the form of a linguistic pirouette sets the tone for an exhibition
full of twists and turns where painting occupies as big a place as design. The colours
are powerful while the strange shapes born of these digital manipulations have freed
themselves from the ties of industrial standardisation. But just what is Laureline Galliot
looking to do? Like the Fauve or Vienna Secession painters that she admires, this artist-
designer uses colours to single out each of her gestures, sculpting the luminous material
on the screen. Clearly, her mastery of digital tools, which she sometimes uses in ways they
were not intended for, has spurred a deep desire in her to liberate conventional formal and
ornamental vocabularies.
Here, we are given a chance to try and decipher the way she works. This monographic
exhibition reveals her creative process. She opens the door to her research lab, shows us
the sources she works from and the collected references that sustain her practice. This
Prévert-style sampling helps us to understand her unconventional, but exhilarating design
work. Curiosity is what drives new encounters for Laureline Galliot, and at the invitation of
the Cité du design, she has embarked on an original experimentation with moiré techniques
with Lyon-based textile firm Maison Benaud. A pas de deux full of promise. Like the artists
who have inspired her, Laureline Galliot defies categorisation, charting a singular course
that also serves to confirm the profusion of creativity embodied in contemporary design.
Laurence Salmon, Director of Artistic and Cultural Development at the Cité du design
