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EVENT: exhibition at the Matthieu Richard gallery, 34, RUE DE SEINE, 75006 PARIS, from November 27, 2014 to January 2, 2015
Mathieu Matégot (1910-2001) is one of the most inventive designers of the 1950s. This artist of Hungarian origin, creator, decorator and entrepreneur, is the inventor of a true language, one of whose main media is the Rigitulle, a perforated sheet metal that he patented and which allows him to deploy, through a system of folds, his perforated metal in space. Comfortable with all materials, he has also worked with glass, wood, rattan and even brass. During the 1950s, he regularly participated in the biggest trade fairs. In high demand, he responded to numerous orders, public or private: the vegetarian restaurant La Saladière, in Paris, part of the Drugstore on the Champs-Élysées, two foyer-bars at the Maison de la radio and even an aerodrome in Casablanca.
Thanks to numerous period documents, in particular from the family archives, this work looks back on Matégot's entire career, from his discovery of perforated metal during the Second World War to his last tapestries of the 80s. Above all, it allows us to rediscover a rich and varied work, which makes Mathieu Matégot one of the greatest creators of Les Trente Glorieuses.
• 23 x 30.5 cm
• 368 pages
• 640 illustrations
• Bilingual French-English
• ISBN: 978-2-91554-2691