On the occasion of Paris Design Week, Porte B. invites artist and designer Alice Roux to present her latest pieces for a unique Take Over at the gallery.

French designer and decorator based in Brussels, Alice Roux is fascinated by the concept and notion of "decor": the sense of space, imaginary places and unusual architectures. Her visual vocabulary develops around the notions of volumes, light and space.

 

Inspired by the work of Sonia Delaunay and her exploration of the media and techniques related to applied arts, Alice Roux experimented with multiple practices before devoting herself fully to her work as a designer. Nourished by her experiences in scenography and staging, her “painting-furniture” is defined on the border between art and design.

 

Each object she designs is made of walnut and then covered with hand-painted and lacquered patterns. A technique that took her a long time to perfect. The result is a thick and transparent texture that seems malleable. Elementary architectures imbued with a geometric pictorial language, sometimes organic, colorful or monochrome, her pieces offer the vision of a universe of enveloping shapes and colors.