Pedro Friedeberg Hand and Foot Chair 1960’s
Still missing that one piece that would pull your whole place together? Well, you are in luck,* because I found it for you!
*Luck is only applicable to people who have an auction account at Phillips de Pury and the money and nerves to enter the auction.
Joris Laarman Bone Chair 2008
“Combining reason with emotion, that’s the most difficult thing to do—in design and in everything,” Laarman says. One extraordinary example of Laarman’s ability to merge the two is the Bone Chair, a design that he developed on a computer and then cast in aluminum. For the form, Laarman relied on software that car manufacturers use to develop the most efficient shapes for auto parts. (The software was originally inspired by the biology of human bones, whose regenerative capacity allows them to add and subtract matter as needed.) The result is a delicately sculptural object that contains no superfluous or decorative matter yet is gorgeous enough to make people marvel. via…
Martin Creed A Large Piece of Furniture Partially Obstructing a Door 1996
Well can’t Mr. Creed just do it all…
Frieze Art Fair announced today that the Frieze Music presentation for 2009 will be a performance conceived and choreographed by Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed. Co-commissioned by Frieze Music and Sadler’s Wells, Work No. 1020 will be performed at Sadler’s Wells during Frieze Art Fair 2009. This will be the first time that Creed has created a dance piece. Tickets are now on sale.
Taking inspiration from Les Ballets Russes’ collaborations, Work No. 1020 will use music that Creed himself has composed. The work will be performed by five classically trained dancers at Sadler’s Wells’ Lilian Baylis studio. via…
Quiz: Donald Judd, or Cheap Furniture?
This kills me a little, because on Thursday night I went to the House of Campari pop up gallery (it wasn’t that good) and when I went around the corner, I spotted this piece and I looked at it and was all “what’s this Donald Judd wannabe?” and then I realized it was just shelves.
Johnny Swing Nickel Couch 2001-2008
This is made from approximately 7,000 nickels, 35,000 welds; substructure of stainless truss work using 350 feet of stiffing rods. That is a sort of patience that I wish I possessed. This can be seen at the Museum of Art and Design in New York now.
