Finissage Polychromie Architecturale

December 11th will mark the end of the wonderful solo exhibition Polychromie Architecturale (exploring harmony in colour) with Lisette Schumacher. With this exhibition, Lisette really pushed her artistic boundaries by building an enormous installation work. It was great seeing so many visitors, familiar and unfamiliar ones, interact with the sculptures by experiencing the power of the colour combinations. 

To celebrate its success, we would like to invite you to a finissage! From 15.00 to 17.00 (December 11th) you are welcome to stop by the gallery for great conversations, drinks and music. The amazing Anne Bakker will accompany us for a live solo performance on her violin. 

If you haven’t seen the exhibition yet, this is your chance! We hope to see you soon!

Please note that the Covid-restrictions are leading. Limited places are available for the finissage. We will ask for the Corona Check App. Send an email to contact@root.gallery if you would like to join.

In this exhibition an installation displays a variety of colours that come together in total harmony. Entering a dialogue with the new gallery space, the installation Polychromie Architecturale invites the public to interact with its components. The installation consists of three large-scale wooden sculptures with curved or angular shapes. The playful character of the sculptures invite the public to interact by means of standing inside, sitting in front of or walking through the sculptures in different routes.

Tones varying from terra to cerulean are derived from the Polychromie Architecturale, a colour system which was commissioned by wallpaper company Salubra and developed by Le Corbusier in 1931. He combined 43 colours in atmospheric moods like ‘masonry’, ‘space’ and ‘velvet’. He expanded the collection in 1959 by adding 20 deep and bright tones. His selection of colours was subjective; he chose colours with a historical, artistic or associative context, with the aim to create harmony in the interior and exterior of homes and buildings. Le Corbusier created a dictated colour picking system using a visual slider with a limited amount of colours, arranged in different themes and set combinations. In this way the customer would always pick the right combination according to their taste. Lisette selected colour combinations for her sculptures using this colour keyboard.

Photography by Jacqueline Fuijkschot