I have to say, I'm totally into this exhibition. Not really for the layout or the curation of the show as I felt the first room was a little cluttered. But the pieces within the show were just awesome.
It reminded me a lot of the Telling Tales exhibition at the V&A a few months back, not in terms of stylistics or the exhibition design, but because of the pieces which are on display. I can see this show getting a lot of stick given the 'Design Art' kind of context it probably fits into, but same as with the Telling Tales show, I feel that this subject and judgement is perhaps irrelevant and you just have to view the pieces on their own individual merit. Not try to put them into a box of 'is it design, is it art?' - I just try to keep away from that whole subject. So like Telling Tales, I just enjoyed the New Décor for the fact that the objects in there are really interesting.
Apologies for the poor selection of images, I'm really not showing you the best pieces. Unfortunately no photography was allowed in the show so I've had to make do with what I could steal from the website.
All images are taken from the Hayward website:
http://festivalbrazil.southbankcentre.co.uk/new-decor/
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