As part of Des mots et des mondes - Closed on Mondays

Collaboration between CROSBY STUDIOS and atelier Closky as part of the exhibition Des mots et des mondes

Crosby Studios transforms into an experimental showroom: a hybrid space where the exhibition becomes a capsule collection, where artworks are worn, moved, and displayed.

Eight students from Atelier Closky create works conceived as pseudo-derivative products inspired by pieces from the Beaux-Arts de Paris collections, presented in Words and Worlds (March 24 – May 24, 2026). The aim is not to reproduce the works, but to translate, détour, and reinterpret them—as if the exhibition became a brand and the collection the raw material for a speculative line.

This project aligns with the spirit of Transformism, a concept developed by Harry Nuriev: a practice of reconfiguring existing forms to reveal new uses, narratives, and statuses. Here, the gesture is simple and radical: transforming clothing racks into art display walls. Recycling hangers, customizing them, augmenting them. Grafting artworks onto mobile structures.

Commercial furniture becomes exhibition architecture.
Display becomes manifesto.
Merchandising becomes a visual language.
The derivative object becomes a drift.

The works are no longer fixed to the wall: they circulate, hang, and move like silhouettes in a fashion show. The showroom borrows its visual economy from the pop-up store and its experimental dimension from the studio. Pseudo-merchandise. Ambiguous objects. Suspended works.

Visitors are invited to move through the racks, manipulate distances, sit, talk, and activate the space. Crosby Studios becomes a temporary living room—a convivial space for exchanging ideas where art, design, and conversation intersect. With this project, École des Beaux-Arts and Crosby Studios showcase the creative energy of rue des Beaux-Arts: a shared dynamic between institution and studio, between archive and present.

Curated by : Crosby Studios, Claude Closky & Mélanie Bouteloup

With students from Atelier Closky: Maria Butt, Merlin Mirouse, Claude Persichetti, Ada Polchi, Tiago Renard, Anne Rigollet, Assia Turquier-Zauberman & Mickaël Berdugo.