Sous le soleil des savoir-faire

Sous le soleil des savoir-faire, Paris, Éditions Lord Byron, 2024

1st edition
Limited edition of 500 copies
Hardcover, 22 x 28 cm, 80 pages
French edition
ISBN : 978-2-491901-83-7

Sous le soleil des savoir-faire is a book published to coincide with the exhibition "Sous le soleil des savoir-faire. Les Maîtres d'art à Versailles" organized from June 19 to September 22, 2024 at the Espace Richaud in Versailles. Organized in partnership with the "Association des Maîtres d'art", this exhibition showcases the work of exceptional craftsmen. The catalog includes forewords by François de Mazières and Pierre Reverdy, an introduction by exhibition curator Yves Sabourin, and texts by Sabourin and Séverine Boursin.

Serge Amoruso, Jean-Pierre Baquère, ¡ BelGary !, Franck Benito, Germain Benoît, Yves Benoît, Liza Bergara, Annie Bocel, Pierre Corthay, Yves Dorget, Isabelle Emmerique, Cyril Fortin, Nelly Gable, Jean Girel, Frédéric Hamel, Françoise Hoffmann, Jean-Louis Hurlin, Marion Lainé, Joël Laplane, Séverina Lartigue, Antoine Leperlier, Bruno et Hervé Loire, Philippe Nicolas, Francine Nicolle, Hervé Obligi, Serge Pascal, Martin Préault, Yves Reeman, Xavier Retegui, Pierre Reverdy, Mylène Salvador-Ros, Nelly Saunier, Jean-Marc Schilt, François Simon-Fustier, Marie-Hélène Soyer, Émilie Thibault, Sika Viagbo

Séverine Boursin has been Deputy Director of Cultural Affairs for the city of Versailles since 2020. She was previously Director of Studies and Research at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles

Yves Sabourin is a freelance curator and artistic director. Since 1996, he has been in charge of contemporary art/textiles and other know-how at the Délégation aux arts plastiques. In 2010, he was appointed Inspecteur de la création artistique at the Direction générale de la création artistique, Ministère de la culture et de la communication. A specialist in savoir-faire, he has organized numerous exhibitions on contemporary art in general and textiles in particular.