Nanimarquina Rug Multicoloured Textile. Dimensions: 170 × 240 cm.
„Floral grace … The Flora collection was born from Nani Marquina’s
(creator of the eponymous brand) admiration for the work of Barcelona artist
Santi Moix. Based in New York and with numerous international exhibitions to her
name, this multifaceted contemporary artist devotes herself to drawing,
engraving and mainly to painting, where her space for reflection resides. For
this striking collaboration, Santi Moix explores the life cycle of flowers with
remarkable sensitivity and liveliness, masterfully recreated on hand-tufted
woollen rugs. Moix uses flower imagery to explore the fragility of life and
death. "Flowers have a great capacity to unite people“, comments Moix. „They
have a beginning and an end. I like to represent them in all their phases, from
the initial explosion to the final fragility, because every moment, as in life,
presents beauty and importance. " Moix perfectly transcribes the richness of
their colours, shapes and textures thanks to contrasting compositions that
stimulate the senses. Nani Marquina explains: "The use of colour by Santi Moix
goes beyond simple decoration: it improves and accentuates certain details by
paying particular attention to the in-betweens – these intermediate processes
in the life of a flower such as the moments before their flowering, their
explosion of colour and decomposition.“ The Flora rug collection includes
three models: Promenade, which is full of brightly coloured flowers, and
Backyard, which represents wild flowers commonly found in the garden of a home.
The last model, Bloom, comes in two versions that capture different moments in
the life of a flower: : wilting and flowering. Each Flora rug is made using a
high-quality hand-tufted technique which allows great precision in the patterns
to faithfully reproduce the original designs by Santi Moix. By calling on
artists from all horizons, nanimarquina transforms rugs into support for culture
and art."
