Shiro Kuramata’s suspension of red roses in his “Miss Blanche” plexiglass
chair is legendary of course, and the brilliant abstraction of this
plexiglass cube also by Kuramata has been sitting right here on my desk
for years. I don’t need fresh flowers with the unfolding petals of this
rose held in such suspense, both genius achievements creating new forms
in design. This week I have been seeing roses everywhere as the Galleria
opens an exhibition inspired by the rose. Kuramata’s roses; a Douanier
Rousseau painting translated to a French birthday card, or the one single
rose that has just made its way to sunlight in all of the green in the
garden. I thought I didn’t care about the roses but on the walls, or in
my life, the rose inspires.
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