The new issue of Acne Paper is a house where chapters are rooms
A space full of talent, knowledge, ideas, creative exchanges and a gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan
June 8th, 2023
The new edition of Acne Paper was born from the idea of a house with a fantastic collection of furniture, art, and objects, from the most interesting pieces by contemporary designers to iconic elements of the history of decorative arts, surreal art objects, antiques, and priceless masterpieces. The house has nine rooms and a garden: ten chapters that present a photographic representation of today's most interesting image designers. Behind each door is also a conversation, an informal interview with ten leading figures from the world of art, design, architecture, performance, literature, and interior design.
Each room of the house is filled with talent, knowledge, ideas, and creative exchange. The collection comprises 151 objects: including appliques by El Anatsui, Peter Collingwood, and Hiva Alizadeh, paintings by Chris Ofili, Francis Picabia, and Jacques-Émile Blanche, chairs by Philippe Malouin, Shigeru Uchida, and Hannah Levy, tables by Faye Toogood, Hervé Van der Straeten, Joseph Walsh and Rick Owens, cutlery by Salvador Dalí and an 18k gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan, to name but a few. Each object is illuminated by an academic caption in the style of a collector's auction catalog. On the front cover: the house itself - a work of art by Pablo Bronstein, an Art Deco villa adorned with a celestial temple flanked by two elegant Pierrot figures. On the back, we see a figure (the lady of the house?) frolicking on the upper floor, while Pierrot bores Colombina with a detailed description of an ornate door frame overlooking the garden.