Charlie Paris X Love & Collect, a unique collaboration combining watchmaking and contemporary art

Next month, Charlie Paris will reveal his collaboration with the Parisian art gallery Love&Collect founded by Hervé Loevenbruck and Stéphane Corréard, two renowned figures in the art world. A unique project where we gave free rein to two artists, hand-picked by them, to work on our timepieces. Through this article, Team Charlie Paris is delighted to... to say more about this collaboration unpublished germanopratine.

1. "Love & "Collect", little sister from the Loeve gallery&Co
2. About the founders Hervé Loevenbruck and Stéphane Corréard
3. Charlie x Love&Collect, a unique collaboration

1."Love & Collect, small sister from the Loeve gallery&Co

Loeve&Co is an art gallery, located at 15 rue des Beaux-Arts in the heart of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, founded by two lovers of contemporary French art: Hervé Loevenburk and Stéphane Corréard. This exhibition space is dedicated to rediscovering French and international artists and offers around ten exhibitions a year, focusing on creators, movements, groups, or historical moments. Thanks to Loevenburk, the gallery is a hub for contemporary French art.&Co, the international audience for projects rediscovering undervalued artists of the past is amplified and contemporary art is brought to the forefront.

The "art history shop" Love&Collect is located on the same street at 8 rue des Beaux-Arts and opened last year. The project builds on the success of Loeve's online experience.&Co-llect, tested since the first lockdown.

2. A statements from the founders Hervé Loevenbruck and Stéphane Corréard

Hervé Loevenbruck opened his first gallery in 2001 in the renowned Parisian district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The Galerie Loevenbruck aims to showcase a young generation of underrepresented artists and to address the undercapitalized contemporary art world. A contemporary art activist and advocate for the recognition of French art, Hervé Loevenbruck has embarked on a new project alongside Stéphane Corréard, creating the gallery Loeve.&Co, brimming with artistic treasures to rediscover.

Stéphane Corréard is a critic, journalist, curator, and director of the annual Galeristes art fair held at the Carreau du Temple during "Contemporary Art Week." Like his partner Hervé Loevenbruck, Corréard is a committed and active figure in the French contemporary art scene. In addition to regularly curating exhibitions in public and private venues, including several for the Loevenbruck Gallery, this contemporary art expert also heads Loeve.&Co.

These two committed partners are amplifying the international audience of their projects to rediscover undervalued artists of the past, notably by offering extensively documented monographs at leading art fairs.

3 - Charlie x Love&Collect, a unique collaboration

For over half a century, Saint-Germain-des-Prés has been home to the artistic, literary, and entrepreneurial avant-garde, in fashion, restaurants, and watchmaking. The meeting between the founders of Charlie Paris, Ambroise Paros and Adrien Sangle-Ferrière, and Love & Collect, Hervé Loevenbruck and Stéphane Corréard, is no exception to the rule. It took place in a Saint-Germain-des-Prés café at the initiative of one of their mutual friends, art publisher Aymeric Mantoux.

Between the young watch brand Charlie Paris and the repeat offender gallery owners, initiators of the first click & An artistic collaboration, they clicked immediately. The former champion traditional, high-quality mechanical watchmaking, the latter the French art scene. Together, they decided to create ultra-limited series of watches conceived and designed by contemporary artists. The condition ? The artists should be directly involved in the design of their timepieces. This will be done.

These watches are handcrafted, true original works of art. They are artist editions, created from unique designs produced specifically for this purpose and then interpreted by the watchmakers. Conceived in the style of lithographs or everyday objects created by artists, they are produced in a limited edition of 100 pieces, no more. Each one is numbered, signed, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

“What we liked about Charlie is that, in addition to being our neighbors in the Beaux-Arts district, they are young, creative, and fearless. They were the ideal partner to produce these artist editions.” - Hervé Loevenbruck

" Love & Collect represents over half a century of combined experience and expertise in the art market. It would be hard to find a better fit for a meaningful collaboration that will leave its mark on art history, not just be a flash in the pan. " - Adrien Sanglé-Ferrière

"For a century, the relationship between art and life has become central to creation. By allowing everyone to wear a true miniature work of art on their wrist all day long, this collaboration deepens this relationship even further and makes it very intimate." - Stéphane Corréard

"We are very honored to have the opportunity to work with Hervé and Stéphane, who, with great skill and patience, have immersed us in the world of art and introduced us to incredible artists whom we are eager to meet again." to introduce you." - Ambroise Parlos