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Sarah CHIRAZI’s art rally.

DESIGNER SARAH CHIRAZI cultivates the art of mixing. She grew up in Senegal, in a family with Iranian-Lebanese origins, and now lives in Paris, France, working between the two countries. Since 14 March, you can admire her sense of dialogue at the Parisian gallery Les Verrières, rue de Seine, in Paris. The exhibition, which is divided into six tableaux composed by the designer and interior architect, was conceived as a conversation between Dakar and Paris, between the decorative arts and crafts, and across the eras. The space itself is the result of hybridisation, bringing together Amélie-Margot Chevalier’s gallery, which specialises in old and contemporary tapestries, and that of her partner, Charles-Wesley Hourdé, an expert in the ancient arts of Africa and Oceania. The couple invited Sarah Chirazi to showcase around fifty pieces from her ‘Dakar/Paris’ collections, many of which are being presented exclusively. This is an opportunity to discover her mastery of materials, mixed with a touch of exuberance, through her Pouly stools moulded on old well pulleys, her bronze table engraved with a crocodile skin motif, and her Dorothy mirror partially covered with a plaster drape. To deepen the discussion, the designer has chosen around fifteen creations from among the nuggets in the two galleries: tapestries from the Thiès manufactures in Senegal, among the most renowned in West Africa, signed by artists Modou Niang and Mamadou Wade between the 1970s and 1990s; Parsua rugs hand-knotted in Iran; and early twentieth-century Senegalese sculptures. It’s a captivating journey through legends and know-how.