Kintsugi

Box of 12 dinner plates

Sarkis

loupe
assiette1
assiette2
assiette3
assiette4
assiette5
assiette6
loupe
assiette1
assiette2
assiette3
assiette4
assiette5
assiette6
The  project

Kintsugi

"I had two sources of inspiration for the Kintsugi service. First, what if I held a dinner for 12 very different guests... would they get along? Second, I am fascinated by a 16th-century Japanese technique known as Kintsugi. The idea is to make visible repairs in fired ceramic using a mix... "

The  artist

Sarkis

Sarkis, a French artist of Armenian origin, was born in Istanbul in 1938 and studied painting and interior architecture before moving to France in 1964. In 1967, he won the prize for painting awarded at the Paris Biennal. In 1969, he was invited by the great art critic Harald Szeermann...

The  interview

Meeting with the artist