“Christian Astuguevieille keeps exploring new fields.”
Christian Astuguevieille
Christian Astuguevieille is a French artist, born in Paris where he lives and works. From his beginnings in the 1970’s, he keeps exploring new fields.
In Beaubourg, in 1977, he is invited to conceive a pedagogue workshop for children and becomes responsible for the workshop Volume inside the Atelier des Enfants. He is one of the first to define the artistic direction inside the prestigious French Maisons suchs as Molinard, Rochas, Nina Ricci.
From the 80’s, appears his specific work around an imaginary civilisation, giving birth to collections of objects and furniture covered with strings, ropes, gross or tainted, that will be exposed in museums and galleries around the world. In addition, he conceives about 60 perfumes for the brand Comme des Garçons, giving a real olfactory dimension to his artistic path.