MILANPREVIEW
2018
PHOTOGRAPHY: THOMAS CHÉNÉ WRITER: NICK VINSON
‘Miguel Castro Leñero is one of the most important
artists working in Mexico today,’ says Alexis Fabry,
deputy artistic director of Hermès’ home universe,
who irst discovered the work of the Mexico City-based
painter in the early 1990s. Castro Leñero is known for
his graphical representations of objects and natural
elements, and Fabry was especially taken ‘by the way
he uses animal forms and imprints’.
Hermès has now given a new life to the artist’s
stylised animal silhouettes – speciically his horses,
to relect the French brand’s equestrian credentials –
on a trilogy of blankets to be unveiled at Salone del
Mobile. Each is made of bicoloured, hand-dyed doublecashmere decorated with block prints, appliqué and
embroidery. To create each horse outline, one single
hand-cut piece of cashmere was sewn to the main
fabric, then inished with tiny coloured glass beads.
Traditional Kantha embroidery stitches were used
to emphasise some of the details.
In the background are naïve, irregularly-placed
block prints of houses and abstract forms. These nod to
architectural rhythm and texture as part of the ‘nature
in the city’ theme of Hermès’ new home collection. ∂
See the limited-edition blankets and Hermès’ latest
home collection, 17-22 April, Il Palazzo della Permanente,
via Turati 34, Milan, hermes.comABOVE LEFT, LIMITED-EDITION
‘CHEVAL DEBOUT’ BLANKET
WITH KANTHA EMBROIDERY;
ABOVE RIGHT, LIMITED-EDITION
‘DOUBLE CHEVAL’ BLANKET,
PRICES ON REQUEST, BOTH
BY MIGUEL CASTRO LEÑERO,
FOR HERMÈSMexican artist Miguel Castro Leñero
harnesses his animal instincts for Hermèspower
Horse
Salone del Mobile
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