In 2006, the professional union Ateliers d’Art de France created, in Paris, a gallery entirely dedicated to contemporary art professions and their exceptional talents. Called “Collection”, this unique place highlights each year the work of a dozen artists in the field, established or promising young talents. Nestled since 2020 on the second floor of the EMPREINTES concept store, this refined space, bathed in light, celebrates the diversity of approaches, techniques, materials under its glass roofs and offers unique pieces, all made in France.
The wonders of fauna and flora
The personalities selected for this “season” (from September 2024 to July 2025) work with ceramics, metal, paper, textiles, fibers, lacquer… All demonstrate a perfect mastery of traditional know-how, while offering ultra-contemporary pieces. Whether it is the materials used or the themes covered, nature is very present. Through the magic of paper, Jean-Michel Letellier imagines dreamlike landscapes, on the borders of abstraction.
Cécile Fouillade’s porcelain pieces evoke the fragile beauty of the wild world. © Ateliers d’Art de France
Sandrine Beaudun’s compositions, which combine paper fibers and tree leaves, are moving by the expressiveness that the textured material gives to her skies and forests. Cécile Fouillade’s fascinating objects, whose surface appears to be covered with fur, are inspired by her travels to Antarctica. For her part, Élodie Famel reappropriates the practice of lacquer, which she applies to two or three-dimensional creations celebrating the wonders of fauna and flora.
Reinventing traditional forms
Guillaume Millot offers large hypnotic landscapes woven in wool and Muriel Maire, marked by the influence of the primitive arts collected by her father, mixes driftwood, hemp, cardboard and cotton threads to construct compositions that are both geometric and intuitive. Sylvie Guyomard surprises with the unusual – and ultimately very poetic – association of mother-of-pearl and oxidized sheet metal. With Andrea Vaggione, steel becomes light, airy, almost ghostly in suspended works that look like mobiles.
The collection for the 2024 season presented at the Collection Gallery of Ateliers d’Art de France © Atelier d’Art de France
Ceramic lovers will discover the immaculate white openwork porcelain of Juliette Vivien, who uses traditional shapes to better reinvent them. Anne Lesca intrigues with pieces at the crossroads of object, sculpture and installation, bringing sandstone into dialogue with wood, bronze or textile.
A hymn to the beauty of materials
Every two months, the Collection gallery offers exhibitions spotlighting two artists in particular. Ceramist Linda Ouhbi and textile designer Kanaé Briandet open the show, until November 16. Each in its own way plays with our perception. Presented alone or in duos, Linda Ouhbi’s meditative enameled sandstone sculptures could be made of metal…
Enamelled stoneware by Linda Ouhbi, season 2024, presented at the Galerie Collection d’Ateliers d’Art de France © Atelier d’Art de France
As for Kanaé Briandet, born and trained in Japan, her universe – textile creations, monumental jewelry, wall sculptures, etc. – is a hymn to the beauty of materials, between paper fibers, silk cocoons and weaving with gold thread. Whether you are a collector, art enthusiast or simply curious in search of original and unique pieces, visit the Collection gallery, the only one in France to be exclusively dedicated to contemporary art crafts. Surprises and amazement guaranteed!
Wall sculpture by Kana Briandet, season 2024, presented at the Galerie Collection d’Ateliers d’Art de France © Atelier d’Art de France
