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Jean Philippe Gleizes

Jean Philippe Gleizes is the creator of the famous brutalist Killer Whale chair which has been exhibited in several museums and entered the collection of the Fond National d’Art Contemporain.

This chair, a primitive-inspired folded and patinated metal sculpture, is one of the gallery’s first emblematic pieces from the 1980s. It was included in the FNAC (Fond National d’Art Contemporain) collection and is among the Hundred Chairs of the Century.

He was also the subject of a solo exhibition at the VIA.

More recently, in 2023, it was exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (MAD) during the “80s” exhibition.

Spectacular design chair by Jean Philippe Geizes, in folded metal, like an African throne, primitive style, in gray patinated metal, exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Jean Philippe Gleizes, Seating

Jean Philippe Gleizes – Killer Whale Chair

This tall graphic design chair in folded and patinated metal, of primitive inspiration, constitutes one of the first iconic pieces of the gallery, in the 80s. It was integrated into the collection of the FNAC (Fond National d’Art Contemporain of France) and is part of the selection of the “Hundred Chairs Of The Century”at the Boulogne Billancourt Cultural Center. More recently, in 2023 it was exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (MAD), as part of the “80s” exhibition.It is made by Diego Giacometti’s ironworker, who works exclusively for the gallery and produced certain elements of the interior architecture of the Picasso Museum, Paris.

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