& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES / EXHIBITION AT SOME/THINGS SECRET PARIS

KRAFLA VOLCANIC REGION / ICELAND / EUROPE, FUJIFLEX MOUNTED ON ALUMINUM IN CADRE AMERICAIN, BY BERNHARD EDMAIER





STEPWELL #1 / INDIA, UNMOUNTED INKJET PRINT ON Hahnemühle PAPER, BY JACQUES & ADRIEN DIRAND





PUTESCO #1, UNMOUNTED INKJET PRINT ON Hahnemühle PAPER, BY NICHOLAS ALAN COPE & DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD



AN EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY THE LIFE & WORK OF RAIMONDO DI SANGRO— PRINCE OF SAN SEVERO, ALCHEMIST, SCIENTIST, MAGICIAN, HERETIC.

& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF OBJECTS FROM THE ARCHIVES, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOME/THINGS BY ARTISTS & DESIGNERS AS DIVERSE AS ADRIEN DIRAND, AMINE EON AMHARECH, AOI KOTSUHIROI, ARIELLE DE PINTO, BERNARD DELETTREZ, BERNHARD EDMAIER, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, DEBRA BAXTER, DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE, GREG CHAIT / THE ELDER STATESMAN, GUIDI, JOSEPH DIRAND, KEI KAGAMI, MICHELE LAMY, MAURIZIO ALTIERI / CARPE DIEM, NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS & NORA RENAUD, NICHOLAS JULITTA, PARIS KAIN / ABRAXAS REX, PAUL HARNDEN, RICK OWENS, & VALUS ARCHIVA. THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO LAUNCH A COLLECTION OF SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS INTERIOR DESIGN OBJECTS. AN ONGOING PROJECT, SPECIALISING IN ARTISANAL WORKMANSHIP, UNIQUE HAND-FINISHED TREATMENTS, AGED METALS, & WOODS.

DIFFERING FROM THE PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS, & HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES WILL DISPLAY ONLY 3 HUNG ARTWORKS— A SERIES OF STRIKING IMAGES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS BY BERNHARD EDMAIER. ALL OTHER PRINTS & OBJECTS WILL BE LEFT FOR VISITORS TO DISCOVER WITHIN THE SPECIALLY CRAFTED FURNITURE & BOXES.

THE EXHIBITION WILL SHOW SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMENS FROM ADALBERTO GIAZOTTO’S MINERAL COLLECTION; AS WELL AS PIECES BY ABRAXAS REX, ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE JEWELLERY DESIGNERS, WHOSE USE OF RAW MINERALS & DECISIVE YET UNIQUE SHAPES & FORMS POSSESSES A TOTEMIC POWER, RESEMBLING ALCHEMIC RESEARCH MORE THAN TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY; PLUS ORNAMENTS BY DEBRA BAXTER, WHICH CREATE A FUSION BETWEEN CRYSTAL & FLUID HUMAN FORMS; & WORKS BY AOI KOTSUHIROI, UTILISING HAIR TO WEAVE EXQUISITE SHAPES— A SHAMANISTIC AESTHETIC WITH JAPANESE SOPHISTICATION.

MAURIZIO ALTIERI WILL EXHIBIT A FURNITURE PIECE RESURRECTED FROM THE CARPE DIEM ARCHIVES— NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUT INTO PRODUCTION, NOW MADE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SOME/THINGS— THE RESULT OF A CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOME/THINGS & ALTIERI, BEGINNING WITH THE EXTENSIVE & INTIMATE FEATURE IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER004.
& HE WENT TO THE SEA IN HIS CARRIAGE & HORSES ALSO CONTINUES THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME/THINGS & THE HOUSE OF RICK OWENS & MICHELE LAMY, PRESENTING NEVER PREVIOUSLY SEEN OBJECTS.

ADDITIONAL WORKS INCLUDE PAUL HARNDEN'S POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS; 2 ENORMOUS ARCHITECTURAL FURNITURE PIECES, CRAFTED FROM EXQUISITE VEINED WHITE MARBLE, BY ARCHITECT JOSEPH DIRAND; AS WELL AS A SCULPTURAL DRESS BY KEI KAGAMI CREATED SPECIALLY FOR SOME/THINGS, MADE FROM A METALISED & RUSTED FABRIC, SUSPENDED IN A BACON-ESQUE FRAME; & AMINE EON AMHARECH’S WHITE CARRARE MARBLE CHAIRS, PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH SPADACCINI.

THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO PROVIDE A GLIMPSE INTO THE THEMES & AESTHETIC OF THE UPCOMING SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005, WITH ADRIEN DIRAND'S STEPWELLS SERIES; AS WELL AS NICHOLAS ALAN COPE & DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD’S PUTESCO PRINTS.

exhibition opening [invitation only] 8-10PM THURSDAY JUNE 23RD
at SOME/THINGS SECRET / 16 villa gaudelet 75011 paris +33147009190
exhibition details gallery[at]someslashthings[dot]com
press enquiries press[at]someslashthings[dot]com





JEWELLERY BY ABRAXAS REX, ARIELLE DE PINTO & VALUS ARCHIVA & DEBRA BAXTER'S UNIQUE SMOKY QUARTZ, BRONZE & BURNT WOOD ART PIECES IN SOME/THINGS LIMITE/DITIONS ILLUMINATED DISPLAY BOX





CARRARE MARBLE CHAIRS BY AMINE EON AMHARECH & WAXED COTTON & PLASTIC DREAM CATCHERS BY NORA RENAUD





FLYING U-BOAT SCULPTURE INSTALLATION BY KEI KAGAMI





CANAPE président IN CALACATTA MARBLE BY JOSEPH DIRAND





ARIELLE DE PINTO, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, DEBRA BAXTER, THE ELDER STATESMAN, GUIDI, KEI KAGAMI, NICHOLAS JULITTA, NORA RENAUD & VALUS ARCHIVA PIECES IN SOME/THINGS LIMTE/DITIONS HAND WELDED STEEL & INK DYED WARDOBE





LIMITED EDITION LEATHER & STEEL CHAIR BY MAURIZIO ALTIERI RESURRECTED FROM THE CARPE DIEM ARCHIVES

ALL WORKS FEATURED IN THIS EXHIBITION ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT
SOME/THINGS SECRET 16 VILLA GAUDELET 75011 PARIS +33147009190
exhibition details gallery[at]someslashthings[dot]com
press enquiries press[at]someslashthings[dot]com
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY