1939 alfa romeo 6c2500 sport berlinetta by touring | photo tom wood ©2015 | courtesy of rm auctions
a collector’s item evokes mixed feelings. this car, chassis no. 915033, along with claretta petacci, mussolini’s lover, was stopped by partisans close to lake como in 1945.
king kong nynke tynagel job smeets
landmark in miami is not a closed-end collection, but an installation of monumental sculptures developed between the period of 2009-2014, inspired in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008. the selection was made in collaboration with loic le gaillard and julien lombrail, the founders of carpenters workshop gallery in paris and london. job smeets drafted hundreds of sketches, all somber in subject, and together with nynke, in the form of a family of destructive and dark objects.
foam model of the burj khalifa sculpture | photo courtesy of carpenters workshop gallery
‘… drawings that speak of personal loss and universal destruction. the end of the world and its appalling humanity. impending doom and the transience of life’s greatest treasures: love, trust and hope. they’re tragic sketches about crumbling cultures, failing systems, murderous extremes and deadly storms.
pride and fall, blind ambition, mass hysteria and all the other things that make us throw ourselves and all we possess into a fetid cesspit. the so-called lofty civilization where hate reigns and discord is sown. despicable regimes with countless laws, emblems and victims. manipulation through religion and propaganda. our truth is a dictatorial cycle that since time immemorial has made us fall and get up again, build up and demolish what we have built. (…) ~job smeets
burj khalifa 2013>14 | polished and patined bronze, cast aluminum, 24K gilding, silver plate, swarovski crystal, mechanical hermle clockwork, faux marbre, hand paintings, hand blown glass, LED fittings, electro motors | prototype + 5 + 2 AP | photo courtesy of carpenters workshop gallery
architecture is what connects this exhibition. cast in bronze, monumental interpretations of world famous buildings. but these icons are positioned anew, and find themselves in a vulnerable position, blown up or reduced to a simple lamp. what also connects the sculptures is the ultimate effort for the ultimate work. they are renaissance pieces for the contemporary applied arts.
it is not a rule of law, but I do believe that buildings tell a lot about their inhabitants. humans as creating beings. (…)~job smeets
plans for ‘big ben (aftermath)
big ben (aftermath) 2009>14 | polished and patined bronze, aluminum, brass, 24K gilding, silver plate, hand paintings, hand blown glass, westminister clock works and gong, led fittings, steel construction, polished verde guatemala marble | prototype + 5 + 2 AP | photo courtesy of carpenters workshop gallery
here’s timely news… after almost 30 years royal tichelaar stops producing the contemporary design collection of studio job, dick van hoff, marcel wanders, roderick vos, alexander van slobbe and jurgen bey. the last stock will be exclusively available at matter .of material amsterdam.
still life
for the still life series studio job chose five objects, each one a much-respected item in dutch ornamental earthenware history: the clock, the vase, the box, the sconce and the piggy-bank. each item made in an edition of 250 pieces.
bisquit for royal tichelaar makkum studio job developed this series of porcelain using a traditional molding technique. this resulted in a deep relief on a thick and pure white plate with no glaze.
work .clock by dick van hoff | 15 x 32 cm
work .lamp high by dick van hoff design: dick van hoff | height 43 cm | 2007
[ perrier-jouët ] exclusive champagne sponsor of design miami/, continues bringing to life its art nouveau heritage with its new design partnership with the vienna based duo mischer’traxler. the project, perrier-jouët presents small discoveries by mischer’traxler, will be revealed at design miami/ 2 – 6 december 2014 with ephemerā, mischer’traxler’s master work of small discoveries, marking the starting point of a year-long artistic residency.
studio job | chartres | carpenters workshop gallery< |2009 -2012 | limited edition of 5 + 2 ap
[ carpenters workshop gallery ] presents studio job revisiting the world’s most beautiful monuments. the tour begins with big ben aftermath- a functional sculpture incorporating mechanical clockwork. we are then transported to historical france with inspiration from the famous chartres cathedral, then a quick stop to paris with eiffel tower lamp, which although made of hand-painted bronze appears to bend like rubber. finally, the journey becomes more far-flung and takes us to india with taj mahal table.
franz west| divan | unique | carpenters workshop gallery< | 2003
additionally, the gallery will show furniture pieces by franz west.
trapèze table | jean prouvé | laffanour – galerie downtown | 1954
[ laffanour – galerie downtown ] / paris presents an exceptional lineup of rare work by french masters. the highlights include pieces by jean prouvé, charlotte perriand, serge mouille, and jean royère. the gallery’s display is reflective of its commitment to promoting architects’ furniture designs and its vision rooted in the rapprochement between different art forms and shared by artists and designers of the 1950s.
bibliothèque bookcase | charlotte perriand | laffanour – galerie downtown | 1957
catch ceiling lamp – 10 glasses | lindsey adelman | customizable | nilufar gallery
[ nilufar gallery ] is pleased to invite you at the 10th edition of design miami to discover its selection of important pieces by lindsey adelman, fulvio bianconi for venini, lina bo bardi and carlo pagani, maas-fjetterstrom and barbro nilsson, martino gamper, nicholas hughes, vibeke klint, massimiliano locatelli, xavier lust, gio ponti, roberto giulio rida, sergio rodrigues, paavo tynell, nanda vigo.
bisazza wears emilio pucci
luxury italian mosaic company bisazza and legendary fashion house emilio pucci will showcase for the first time in north america bisazza wears emilio pucci, a new collection of bisazza mosaics inspired by historic emilio pucci prints, including new never-before-seen designs, into large-scale bisazza mosaics. the collection will be on view in miami at the bisazza (3740 ne 2nd avenue), and emilio pucci (155 ne 40th street) showrooms, both located in the design district.
[ welcome to the future ] an installation by new york-based artist daniel arsham explores this interplay between technology and the passing of time. he’s created a fictional archaeological site filled with 20th-century media devices—nintendo controllers, boom boxes, electric guitars, slr cameras, blackberry phones, vhs tapes, walkman players, film projectors, portable televisions, radios—all rendered in ancient geological materials, like volcanic ash, crystal, and obsidian. to create the site, arsham dug an excavation trench 25 feet in diameter into the concrete floor of the gallery and filled it with his new-old sculptures. [ kickstarter ]
>locust projects | 3852 north miami avenue miami design district
[ 2014 exhibitors ]
ammann gallery – cologne
antonella villanova – florence
caroline van hoek – brussels
carpenters workshop gallery – london & paris
carwan gallery – beirut
casati gallery -chicago
cristina grajales gallery – new york
demisch danant – new york
edward cella art + architecture – los angeles
erastudio & apartment-gallery – milan
galerie jacques lacoste – paris
galerie kreo – paris
galerie maria wettergren – paris
galerie pascal cuisinier – paris
galerie patrick seguin – paris
galerie vivid – rotterdam
galleria o. – rome
gallery diet – miami
gallery seomi – seoul & los angeles
hostler burrows – new york
jason jacques inc. – new york johnson trading gallery – new york
jousse entreprise – paris
laffanour – galerie downtown – paris
louisa guinness gallery – london
magen h gallery – new york
moderne gallery – philadelphia
nilufar gallery – milan
ornamentum – hudson
pierre marie giraud – brussels
priveekollektie contemporary art + design – heusden aan de maas
r & company – new york
southern guild – cape town
victor hunt design art dealer – brussels
volume gallery – chicago
[ special exhibitions ]
of the 35 galleries at design miami/ 2014 11 are among those that participated in the first year of the fair in 2005. several of these founding galleries present special exhibitions that celebrate the growth of the collectible design market over the past decade. these include a display dedicated to public commissions in france from the 1960s and 70s from demisch danant; an exhibition on the functional, durable furniture created for universities by charlotte perriand, jean prouvé and le corbusier from galerie patrick seguin; a monograph on rick kauffman’s new york art et industrie gallery and the creative crossover surrounding it from magen h gallery, and newly commissioned works debuting at the fair with cristina grajales gallery, galerie kreo, r & company and nilufar.
[ special commissions ]
design miami/ 2014 features a significant number of special commissions, including works in glass, stone and acrylic. ammann//gallery presents the sakala vase by satyendra pakhalé, his first work in blown murano glass; galerie vivid presents commissioned works by finnish-born designer janne kyttanen, which take the designer’s 3d printed aluminum sedona bench as their point of departure; max lamb creates a granite lamp for johnson trading gallery made over six days using stitch drilling, and jeweler ted noten unveils a table – his first foray into furniture – at ornamentum.
[ a bronze age ]
it may have associations with the earliest days of human craft, but bronze is very much the material of the moment at design miami/. from artist jewelry to monumental decorative works, via furniture and lighting, the cast metal is deployed across multiple formats at this year’s fair. casati gallery introduces the work of chicago-based designer steven haulenbeek with a collection of bronze mirrors, furniture, lights and objects all distinguished by the ‘chaotic texture’ produced by casting in ice. carwan gallery debuts furniture pieces combining bronze, onyx, mother of pearl, resins, fine inlaid wood and silver-plated brass by italian architect vincenzo de cotiis. carpenters workshop gallery shows a new collection of iconoclastic architectural-themed bronzes from studio job; and new furniture pieces and jewelry by claude lalanne are exhibited by louisa guinness gallery.
[ cabinets of curiosity ]
spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, design curio/ presents four immersive environments of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that truly challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives. this first edition, in celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, emphasizes surprising installations of scientific research alongside handcraft and creative production. these include oceanic art and design endeavor coral morphologic’s blue room, offering a coral-eye view of miami’s aquatic waterscapes; beijing’s gallery all presenting naihan li’s latest installation from her i am a monument series, recreating beijing’s cityscape to a scale of 1:100 with billowing smog rising amongst buildings reimagined as furniture pieces. koenig & clinton and joe sheftel gallery partner to present a collection of sottsass objects interacting with works by the memphis group in a jewel-box space; patrick parrish gallery invites visitors to experience the vertiginous grid-based exhibition: surfaces on which your setting and sitting will be uncertain, displaying a group of sculptural furniture objects by ro/lu with matching clothing designs by various projects.
event> design miami/ 2014 @designmiami #designmiami
dates> 3 – 7 december 2014
venue> meridian & 19th street miami beach, usa
december 3-4/ 10am-8pm
december 5/ 11am-8pm
december 6/ 12-8pm
december 7/ 12-6pm
above> peter marino: design miami/ 2014 design visionary award winner
above> zaha hadid’s site-specific installation at design.05 miami / recent photo of the moore building
ten years ago, a small fair for collectible design named design.05 miami launched concurrently with art basel miami beach. located in the moore building in the miami design district, it offered a selection of fifteen invited exhibitors, with the stated aim of bringing museum-quality galleries together with the best collectors, connoisseurs, and designers from around the world in one of the premier destinations for art and design.
fast forward 10 years. rodman primack, executive director of design miami/ stated, “the fair grew out of the need for a consolidated marketplace that would act as a platform to showcase the range and strength of what was then a fledgling market.” adding, “since then, the collectible design market has really changed in scale; it’s internationalized and diversified, and this is reflected very clearly in the fair. design miami/ has changed the way galleries engage with their audiences. i am excited to see this ecosystem bringing so many distinct viewpoints and aesthetics together.”
above> a rare photo (designapplause can never get him to pose) of muecke with a model of the pavilion concept
[ pavilion commission ]
minneapolis-based designer jonathan muecke has been commissioned to create the pavilion for the tenth anniversary of design miami/.
the design miami/ pavilion commission has become an important feature of the fair. an ephemeral extension of the fair space itself, the pavilion is at once an exhibit and a piece of functional temporary architecture. while the commission is traditionally given to an early career architect or studio, for its tenth anniversary design miami/ has selected a designer whose practice reflects the multifaceted nature of the fair itself.
alexandra cunningham cameron, creative director at design miami/ commented, “for our tenth anniversary, we wanted to pay homage to the type of young designer that design miami/ wishes to champion – one who experiments with materials, form and scale; who is as much a theorist as a maker; and who challenges us to consider how we relate to the world built around us.”
muecke studied architecture at iowa state, interning at the architectural office of herzog & de meuron in basel, switzerland before studying design at the cranbrook academy of art. muecke has evolved a design practice that resists standard divisions between design, art and architecture, instead focusing on refined forms that investigate notions of positive and negative space that relate to humanscale.
centered around a double-layered circular structure with apertures at both poles, muecke’s design miami pavilion (dmp) is designed on a human scale, rejecting monumentality in favor of lightness and variability.
above> in a not so rare photo of peter marino in leather on metal on leather. a leather vest pricked all over with metal studs, leather wrist guards with metal spikes, a leather hat with a metal skull, a strand of leather hanging from his neck which holds some metal knives, leather belt, metal belt buckle, metal knuckles with skulls, leather pants, leather boots. all the leather is always black.
[ new initiatives ]
design miami/ is launching two new forward-looking initiatives this year: the exhibition strand design curio, and the design visionary award.
conceived as contemporary ‘cabinets of curiosity’, the four independently curated design curio booths scattered throughout the fair will take the widest possible view of design practice. they will go beyond the scope of collectibledesign to embrace diverse fields from science and technology, to handcraft,and from unrealized prototypes to esoteric collections.
[ design visionary ]
the inaugural design visionary award recognizes peter marino. with this award, design miami/ recognizes marino for his achievements as an architect, for his knowledge and status as a collector of design, art and the decorative arts, and for the impact he has had as an advisor on contemporary and twentieth century design to his numerous clients.
commenting on the first edition of this award, primack stated, “this award is about recognizing the figures that have really propelled the world of design in the broader sense. peter is a great talent, and is also an amazing patron of others’ talents. his knowledge of furniture, his ability to create collections in design and his work with leading brands to help them understand the importance of bringing design voices into their world have substantially impacted the market and the language of design”.
marino founded his eponymous architecture, planning and design studio in new york in 1978 having trained with i. m. pei and george nelson. early clients included andy warhol, yves saint laurent and pierre bergé, and gianni and marella agnelli.
‘one way: peter marino‘ opens at the bass museum of art on 4 december 2014.
above> production sketch basketball shelf | emmett moore | gallery diet | 2014
above> mod. 820 armchairs | gio ponti | galleria o | 1956
above> chiaroscuro chair | pedro barrail | cristina grajales gallery | 2014
above> settimanile | roberto giulio rida | nilufar gallery | 2014
above> still life series | jang jin gallery seomi | 2014
[ 2014 exhibitors ]
ammann gallery – cologne
antonella villanova – florence
caroline van hoek – brussels
carpenters workshop gallery – london & paris
carwan gallery – beirut
casati gallery -chicago
cristina grajales gallery – new york
demisch danant – new york
edward cella art + architecture – los angeles
erastudio & apartment-gallery – milan
galerie jacques lacoste – paris
galerie kreo – paris
galerie maria wettergren – paris
galerie pascal cuisinier – paris
galerie patrick seguin – paris
galerie vivid – rotterdam
galleria o. – rome
gallery diet – miami
gallery seomi – seoul & los angeles
hostler burrows – new york
jason jacques inc. – new york johnson trading gallery – new york
jousse entreprise – paris
laffanour – galerie downtown – paris
louisa guinness gallery – london
magen h gallery – new york
moderne gallery – philadelphia
nilufar gallery – milan
ornamentum – hudson
pierre marie giraud – brussels
priveekollektie contemporary art + design – heusden aan de maas
r & company – new york
southern guild – cape town
victor hunt design art dealer – brussels
volume gallery – chicago
[ special exhibitions ]
of the 35 galleries at design miami/ 2014 11 are among those that participated in the first year of the fair in 2005. several of these founding galleries present special exhibitions that celebrate the growth of the collectible design market over the past decade. these include a display dedicated to public commissions in france from the 1960s and 70s from demisch danant; an exhibition on the functional, durable furniture created for universities by charlotte perriand, jean prouvé and le corbusier from galerie patrick seguin; a monograph on rick kauffman’s new york art et industrie gallery and the creative crossover surrounding it from magen h gallery, and newly commissioned works debuting at the fair with cristina grajales gallery, galerie kreo, r & company and nilufar.
[ special commissions ]
design miami/ 2014 features a significant number of special commissions, including works in glass, stone and acrylic. ammann//gallery presents the sakala vase by satyendra pakhalé, his first work in blown murano glass; galerie vivid presents commissioned works by finnish-born designer janne kyttanen, which take the designer’s 3d printed aluminum sedona bench as their point of departure; max lamb creates a granite lamp for johnson trading gallery made over six days using stitch drilling, and jeweler ted noten unveils a table – his first foray into furniture – at ornamentum.
[ a bronze age ]
it may have associations with the earliest days of human craft, but bronze is very much the material of the moment at design miami/. from artist jewelry to monumental decorative works, via furniture and lighting, the cast metal is deployed across multiple formats at this year’s fair. casati gallery introduces the work of chicago-based designer steven haulenbeek with a collection of bronze mirrors, furniture, lights and objects all distinguished by the ‘chaotic texture’ produced by casting in ice. carwan gallery debuts furniture pieces combining bronze, onyx, mother of pearl, resins, fine inlaid wood and silver-plated brass by italian architect vincenzo de cotiis. carpenters workshop gallery shows a new collection of iconoclastic architectural-themed bronzes from studio job; and new furniture pieces and jewelry by claude lalanne are exhibited by louisa guinness gallery.
[ cabinets of curiosity ]
spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, design curio/ presents four immersive environments of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that truly challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives. this first edition, in celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, emphasizes surprising installations of scientific research alongside handcraft and creative production. these include oceanic art and design endeavor coral morphologic’s blue room, offering a coral-eye view of miami’s aquatic waterscapes; beijing’s gallery all presenting naihan li’s latest installation from her i am a monument series, recreating beijing’s cityscape to a scale of 1:100 with billowing smog rising amongst buildings reimagined as furniture pieces. koenig & clinton and joe sheftel gallery partner to present a collection of sottsass objects interacting with works by the memphis group in a jewel-box space; patrick parrish gallery invites visitors to experience the vertiginous grid-based exhibition: surfaces on which your setting and sitting will be uncertain, displaying a group of sculptural furniture objects by ro/lu with matching clothing designs by various projects.
event> design miami/ 2014 @designmiami #designmiami
dates> 3 – 7 december 2014
venue> meridian & 19th street miami beach, usa
december 3-4/ 10am-8pm
december 5/ 11am-8pm
december 6/ 12-8pm
december 7/ 12-6pm
above> the great wave | brian gladwell | 2010
creative saskatchewon, a new cultural industries development crown corporation from saskatchewon, canada, is presenting wild thing at lightbox. wild thing is the art exhibition component of the group’s first trade mission, trade mission nyc, that will be a series of concerts, special events, receptions and the exhibit. curated by michael hisaluk, wild thing features the work of 30 artists from saskatchewon who all focus on providing a snapshot of the history, power and diversity of the arts in their native province.
event> wild thing
venue> light box | 339 west 38th street new york | 917 262 0662
preview> 11 november 2014 | 6 > 10p cst
exhibition> 12 > 15 november 2014 | 9a > 6p
expo chicago 2014 | click images> enlarge
This is Expo Chicago’s third year. Despite two (a minority) DA confidants saying they thought show was unimpressive, I thought it was a refined, albeit, mindful presentation. The presence of George Lucas and ‘curator’ Shaquille O’Neal added dash. Fredric Snitzer added game and we applaud more of it. fyi – jon pylypchuk unsuccessfully attempted to quit smoking.
various titles | jon pylypchuk | fredric snitzer gallery – miami | 2012
It’s no secret, this is a tough show to get vetted into. The 2014 official release says 140, including special exhibits/projects and Exposure an initiative introducing galleries who are less than seven years old. There are 25 Exposure galleries in 2014. There are 17 countries, 43 cities. In a 2013 interview with president and director Tony Karman, he wants quality over quantity, meaning a smaller show, about 100 exhibitors. ‘When the marketplace can sustain it and quality of dealers are beating down the door, we’ll consider it. But only if the exhibitors want it, not me. It’s their space.’
What does DesignApplause look for? You have to consider our introduction to the co-existence of fine art and design. We have followed Art Basel and DesignMiami for the past six years. We first became very familiar with the design galleries at DesignMiami and then ventured to Art Basel to search for those artworks and artists who do or could also reside in a design gallery.
expo chicago 2014
DesignMiami took advantage of the drawing power of fine art over 11 years ago and has become closely entwined with Art Basel. So much so, that in the beginning DesignMiami’s venue was across the bay in the then barren, Miami Design District. For the past three years DesignMiami now resides across the street from Art Basel Miami and the crossover has been seamless.
The Design District has since attracted the best of design-centric brands and there are more and more art and design happenings when both shows are running. You find yourself walking across the street and then going west of the bay. And though ‘Design Weeks” are now too many to count and attend, Basel and Miami are both major worldwide events and unique with its offerings of fine art and design.
The original Expo Chicago concept was for an ‘Art and Design Exposition’ and Karman correctly turned the focus towards fine art and scrapped ‘design’ from the tagline in order to get the new exposition firmly up and running. In 2014, there are special exhibitions and installations at Expo that continue to feature design.
We adapted to Expo’s format by looking for artists with architecture or design backgrounds at the show. It’s impossible to look at a gallery’s offerings and predict the backgrounds of the artists. Each gallery builds their collection differently. From ‘We only focus on fine art’ through ‘No, we’re not showing anyone today with that background. Wait! This artist studied architect and this one studied design. To, ‘We didn’t bring anything to Chicago but we have two artists designing furniture and show it in our gallery in New York.’
> untitled mix-media video | daniel buren | galeria milario galguera – mexico city/berlin
above> a screenshot of two images in a mixed media slide show of artist daniel buren. Buren is a French conceptual artist who’s work since the 1990s has become more architectural. This is a humorous presentation depicting online crowd sourcing, voting to blow up ugly buildings.
grid structure #1 | alois kron – schlaeger | cristin tierney – new york | 2014
above> Grid Structure #1 uses 22 cubes from the installation at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. Kronschlaeger says light is always of utmost importance to his site-specific pieces and in this case, the vast space provided at Navy Pier, felt his work taking on a new look, a new personality of sorts. The gallery told us Kronschlaeger is an artist wanting to be an architect.
> concept drawings | byung hoon choi | gallery friedman benda – new york
above>> we see a series of ‘one stroke’ concept drawings by artist Byung Hoon Choi of outdoor benches made of basalt. The fine artist teaches furniture design.
once upon a time | jessica stock – holder | kavi gupta chicago – berlin | 2014
above> ‘Once Upon a Time stretches vertically 50 ft. high in response to the specific architecture of the fair. Spectators are invited to climb the work to take a fractured view through the artwork over the exhibited works and gallery booths. This transformed view takes place once, exemplifying Stockholder’s title, upon a specific place at a particular time.’ The installation is part of IN/SITU, a ‘special program’ situated throughout the exposition floor. IN/SITU provides a dynamic opportunity for exhibiting galleries to showcase large-scale installations, site-specific and performative works. DesignApplause includes Stockholder as a counterpoint to our architecture and design theme. She is trained in neither disciplines, but the artist has been celebrated for site-specific sculptures and installations that challenge boundaries, ‘blurring the distinction among painting, sculpture and environment, and even breaching gallery walls by extending beyond windows and doors.’
martino gamper | salon 94 | at frieze london 2008
Salon 94 in New York said they weren’t showing any architects or designers but had several back in their showroom.
volunteers jennifer mahanay and anna mort assist at chgodsgn
above> One of several ‘special exhibitions’ CHGO DSGN is a major exhibition of Recent Object and Graphic Design by more than 100 of the city’s leading designers. Curated by Rick Valicenti, 2011 recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, 25 designers from CHGO DSGN present their work. The Chicago Cultural Center’s exhibition programs are generously supported by the City of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). DesignApplause is honored to be in this CCC exhibit. [ details ]
Chosen by the 2014 selection committee comprised of Isabella Bortolozzi, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie | Berlin; Chris D’Amelio, David Zwirner | London, New York; Rhona Hoffman, Rhona Hoffman Gallery | Chicago; Anthony Meier, Anthony Meier Fine Arts | San Francisco; David Nolan, David Nolan Gallery | New York; and Marc Selwyn, Marc Selwyn Fine Art | Beverly Hills; in addition to Candice Madey, On Stellar Rays | New York and Jessica Silverman, Jessica Silverman Gallery | San Francisco, who make up the EXPOSURE selection committee, these galleries present the best in contemporary and modern art.
[ 2014 exhibiting galleries include ] Galería Álvaro Alcázar MadridEXPOSURE, the section of the fair dedicated to galleries that have been in business seven years or less, allows the opportunity for younger galleries to participate in a major international exposition. Chosen by the 2014 EXPOSURE selection committee comprised of Candice Madey, On Stellar Rays | New York and Jessica Silverman, Jessica Silverman Gallery | San Francisco—who participated in the EXPOSURE section in 2012 and 2013 and have now entered into the main section of the fair—a special presentation of one or two artists by each of the participating galleries provides critical exposure for their programs, offering an important opportunity for curators, collectors and art enthusiasts to survey the best in innovative and emerging work.
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event> [ serpentine pavilion 2014 ]
venue> serpentine galleries | kensington gardens W2 3XA | lancaster gate, knightsbridge or south kensington tubes | 10a > 6p
info> designed by Smiljan Radić
Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has designed the fourteenth Serpentine Pavilion. A semi-translucent, cylindrical structure that resembles a shell and rests on large quarry stones, this yearos Pavilion occupies 350 square metres of the Serpentine’s lawn and is home to and inspiration for the Park Nights series of events. Open until 19 October.
event> [ galerie kreo london ]
venue> galerie kreo | 14A hay hill W1J 8NZ | | green park tube | tues / sat 10a > 6p
info> Founded by Clémence and Didier Krzentowski, Gallerie Kreo produces shows and original creations by The Most major contemporary designers, operating like a ‘design laboratory “dedicated to research. Opened in September, the London debut is for now a low-key affair, with a small edit of lighting pieces aptly titled ‘A Light Introduction’.
event> [ urban plunge ]
venue> roca london gallery | station court, townmead road SW6 2PY | imperial wharf tube | mon / fri 9a > 5:30p Sat 11a > 5p.
info> Urban Plunge explores the growing urban swimming movement through a series of proposals for river and harbor baths in London, New York and Copenhagen that envisage imaginative new ways to enjoy urban water environments. Curated by Jane Withers for Wonderwater, showcases five architectural interventions for swimming in clean natural waters in the heart of our cities.
[ design districts ]
cat fight | 2014 | polished patinated bronze, hand blown glass, hand painting, led light fittings, limited edition of 8 + 3 ap | h65 / l80 x w40 (cm)
h25.59 x l31.5 / W 15.75 (inches)
Dutch artists, Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job have created a new universe made of their own cats. Product design becomes a fulcrum for sculpture in these limited edition art pieces which serve as artistic form and literal function.
the ‘pussy cat’ collection of lamps are available in four positions: ‘cat fight’, ‘cat attack’, ‘cat hiss’ and ‘cat swipe’
Taking joy in creating a myth out of the everyday, these cats remind one of the Greek statues fighting over ancient battles, but here that back story is not needed or wanted. Studio Job commands a studio of artisans that work with traditional craft at the highest level, utilizing materials such a bronze to achieve a level that goes beyond and above Koons. By blowing up to high-art status the everyday ordinary world, the objects alone express the intensity. The day is coming when a single original carrot will give birth to a revolution. Cezanne*. Or a cat…
cat swipe | 2014 | limited edition of 8 + 3 ap | h35 x l70 x w30 (cm) h13.78 x l27.56 x w11.81 (inches)
cat hiss | 2014 | limited edition of 8 + 3 ap | h35 x l80 x w25 (cm) h13.78 x l31.5 x w9.84 (inches)
cat attack | 2014 | limited edition of 8 + 3 ap | h65 / l40 x w30 (cm) h25.59 x l15.75 x w11.81 (inches)
[ designapplause interview with job smeets ]Nynke and I love our cats Paula & Jambe Blanche. Paula is an orphan from a a village call Echt in the southern part of Limburg. Jambe Blanche is a ‘bell dame’, 17 years old. She was born in the cellar of our first studio… Jambe Blanche has four white legs, both spotted with black like little Dutch cows. In fact, we only allow black & white spotted cats in our house in the forest.
Last but not least: They are female, in Dutch slang this can be pronounced as ‘poesje’. Which is equivalent for ‘vagina’.
Cats can be quite ruthless. I believe cats are, as we say, autistic to a certain extent as in they can’t really connect tint others’ emotions.
Let’s be hones: Cats kill birds, butterflies, mice and sometimes a mole. Yet at the same time they sleep in our bed. Some say cats are more closely related to humans than we assume.
They have a point? Bien-sur que non!” Job Smeets, Summer 2014
dates: 5 sept > 3 october 2014
venue: carpenters workshop gallery london | 3 Aalbermarle street W1S4HE
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opening hours: monday > friday from 10a > 6p / saturday by appointment only
(*)‘What I know or have seen of his life’, in Cezanne – a Memoir with Conversations (1897 > 1906) by Joachim Gasquet, Thames and Hudson, London 1991 p. 68
For the period encompassing the London Design Festival and Frieze Art Fair, Gallery Libby Sellers is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Peter Marigold’s Wooden Tables series.
Born in London in 1974, Marigold first studied sculpture at Central St Martins before enrolling in Design Products under Ron Arad at the Royal College of Art in 2004. Marigold’s fine art training, combined with a series of jobs in scenographic design and production – props, models, costumes and sets for theatre and exhibitions – has led to a pluralistic and resourceful approach to furniture design. Designing and making beautiful objects simply and sincerely – often through improvisation and the logic of geometry – is a major impetus for Marigold. Springing from a desire to elucidate and amplify the rationality found in the natural world, much of his work has been an exploration of the phenomena of nature’s form.
grey elipse 1 | 2014 | jesmonite, steel | 80.5 W x 60.5 D x 57 H cms
The tables relate to a much larger story that Marigold began in 2011 with the Wooden Forms. Through these he made a series of vessels using a single small piece of wood as a mould. The process sees one piece of wood pasted with hot wax in order to create an impression of the wood. This action is repeated so as to intuitively build up a form from the numerable wax impressions, creating an object that is both moulded, yet unique. The wax form is then cast into a final sturdier material through one singular movement. As Marigold has said, “The end result is an amalgam of moments. The forms are ‘wooden’ in that they have been created using wood rather than being made of wood. They therefore reference wood as an active verb rather than a monumental noun; the resulting textures are highly animated and not ‘wooden’ at all.”
wooden vase a, 2011 | cast bronze | 33 H x 23 D cms | edition of 3
purple 1, 2014 | cast jesmonite, metal legs | 94 W x 56 D x 52 H cms
All works will be available to purchase exclusively through the gallery.
exhibition> peter marigold
venue> gallery libby sellers | 41-42 berners street | london WlT 3NB
date> 11 september > 31 october 2014
contact> +44 (0)20 3384 8785 | gallery@libbysellers.com
This exhibition is part of the London Design Festival and Icon Design Trail for 2014.
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