Carpet Figures by Didier Faustino

December 17, 2013

'We can't go home again' is an exhibition of human-like figures made of carpet by Franco-Portuguese architect and artist Didier Faustino at Galerie Michel Rein in Paris

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‘We can’t go home again’ Didier Faustino

‘We can’t go home again’ is an exhibition of human-like figures made of carpet by Franco-Portuguese architect and artist Didier Faustino at Galerie Michel Rein in Paris. The carpet figures are made from carpeting material that would appear in any residential home but shaped into anthropomorphic forms they reference ideas of armour, protection and the fragility of life. The show continues until 11 January 2014.

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‘We can’t go home again’ Didier Faustino

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‘We can’t go home again’ Didier Faustino

 

Images © Florian Kleinefenn/Courtesy Didier Faustino and Michel Rein, Paris/Brussels

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