THE CARTIER COLLECTION

2009, TOKYO

STORY OF…

Memories of Cartier creations Tokyo National Museum

March 28 – May 31, 2009

The “Story of ... – Memories of Cartier Creations” exhibition offers a new look at the Cartier Collection. It was devised by Tokujin Yoshioka, who has been collaborating with the fashion designer Issey Miyake since 1988 and was named “Designer of the Year 2007” in the United States.


A keen collector of stories, the Japanese artist has chosen all of the pieces he displays, recreating the legends and whispers that surround them through the “Story of ... – Memories of Cartier Creations” exhibition.

Among these 276 pieces, the most symbolic ones are presented together with archived documents integrated into veritable visual installations. Like mirages, projected images appear and seize the visitor’s attention, before disappearing once again, like a hazy dream…