A YEAR OF GREAT BOOKS
Three essential reads to discover the new High Jewelry collection and learn all about the exhibitions from the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain.
Le Voyage Recommencé, High Jewelry and Precious Objects
Authors: François Chaille, Hélène Kelmachter - Published by Flammarion
An ode to the depth of Cartier style, this beautiful book unveils the new High Jewelry collection. The pages reveal new creations that explore the Maison’s most emblematic creative realms: essential lines, geometry, volumes, colors, fauna and flora and echoes of world cultures. The book also devotes a chapter to the question of style in art, written by historian Hélène Kelmachter.
Le souffle de l’architecte (Breath of an architect)
Authors: Bijoy Jain, Taku Satoh, Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye, Hu Liu. Published by the Fondation
Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Accompanying the exhibition specially created by the Studio Mumbai architecture studio, directed by Bijoy Jain, this book reveals the aesthetics and philosophy of the Indian architect through numerous photographs, drawings and unpublished interviews. Evoking humans and nature, lightness and gravity, brick, stone and water, it represents a journey to the heart of creation.
Ron Mueck
Authors: Ron Mueck, Justin Paton, Robert Rosenblum, Robert Storr, Peter Sloterdijk. Published by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain.
For the occasion of Ron Mueck’s exhibition, the Fondation Cartier is publishing an expanded version of the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist, originally published in 2013. Featuring all of the sculptures created by Ron Mueck, as well as unpublished notes and insights into his studio, preparatory drawings and models, this informative book invites you to delve into the artist’s fascinating world.
