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‘ IT ’ S NI CE TO THINK THAT
THE O B JE C T CA N BE U SED

CASUALLY, AND S OMETIME S
BE TH OUGHT O F AS ART ’

At the annual Salone di Mobile in Milan, artist-made
furniture was a serious talking point. This year, Serpen-
tine Galleries collaborated with a group of artists to
launch a series of wallpapers, including a nuanced,
delicate print by Marc Camille Chaimowicz and Lawrence
Weiner’s linear graphics. ‘The Serpentine wallpapers
follow a tradition of artist-designed wallpapers that have
included Beatriz González, Etel Adnan, Matisse, Miró
and Warhol,’ say co-directors Julia Peyton-Jones and
Hans-Ulrich Obrist. ‘We love the idea that people will
have the opportunity to take home a statement design
piece created by some of the most exciting artists and
architects working today.’ When the set was launched at
the Italian department store la Rinascente in April this
year, the wallpapers became the backdrop to three
commissioned dances choreographed by Malgorzata
Dzierzon – undeniably something with a bit more
cultural ‘oomph’ than magnolia emulsion.
Enfant terrible Maurizio Cattelan and his Toiletpaper
magazine co-founder Pierpaolo Ferrari took their bright,
trash pop aesthetic beyond the pages of the publication
into a set of plates, mugs and tables for Seletti, sold at
Paul Smith in London. ‘Right from the start, we liked the
idea that Toiletpaper was a label that could be applied to
a broad series of objects: magazines, books, plates, mugs
and tablecloths,’ Maurizio explains. ‘Pierpaolo and I are
like sadistic scientists; everything that’s around us can be
infected by the TP virus.’

ANTICLOCKWISE FROM TOP Designs from The Maharam
Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper collection include ‘Potato/
Lightbulb’ by John Baldessari; ‘Watercolor Flowers’ by Sanaa;
‘Nose/Popcorn’ by John Baldessari; and ‘Circle Cutter’s Room’
by Rosemarie Trockel. Seletti wears Toiletpaper porcelain
plates in ‘Lipstick’, ‘Breakfast’ and ‘Typewriter’. Sarah Lucas’s
furniture collection made from concrete breeze blocks and MDF

SARAH LUCAS: COPYRIGHT THE ARTIST, COURTESY SADIE COLES HQ, LONDON

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