LORO PIANA

Companion Species: Acknowledgement, Blanket Stories and Generations

A collaboration between Loro Piana and Marie Watt explores our connectedness to history and community through contemporary sculpture. 

Watt, a citizen of the Seneca Nation, uses blankets as a metaphor that elicits conversation about how one story can change the next. The commissioned work marks the grand opening of the LP's new home in the Meatpacking District, New York.   

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PART 2

PART 3

“I see blankets as an extension of landscape and bodies; they are shelter and protection, comfort and care. Our worn, mended, nibbled, and stained blankets become evidence of this truth.”