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4/4/2007

Objet d'art

Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

Group show

The boundaries of art and design have been questioned by theorists and practitioners since the early 20th century. In recent years, the number of designers and artists creating work that spans both disciplines has steadily increased and is echoed in the number of exhibitions consciously mixing art and design. The astonishing 21st century acceleration in scientific and technological innovation that has been embraced by many fine artists is reflected in the freedoms of expression and experimentation that is now afforded to people trained in design.

Objet d’Art presents the spectrum of these intermingling disciplines. From Tokujin Yoshioka’s Honey-pop chair to Gabriel Klasmer’s mechanically created oil paintings, this is a platform for the exhibition of unique pieces in the context of this current art and design conundrum. With a selection of research led artists, the exhibition interrogates the creative process and celebrates technological, scientific and systematic approaches to the creation of beautiful things. Alexia Goethe Gallery invites you to partake in the philosophy that if it moves us or stimulates our minds, the question of whether an object is a work of art or design becomes redundant.

All furniture by French designer Jérôme Faillant-Dumas is limited edition and exquisitely crafted. The work selected for Objet d'Art takes us to the design extreme of his current range, L.O.V. E. Editions, with pieces that employ both the latest technology and traditional skills to create sculptural, yet highly functional furniture.

Stuart Haygarth collects objects in large quantities, categorizing and assembling them in a way that transforms their meaning. The finished pieces of work take various forms such as chandeliers, installations, functional and sculptural objects.

Swedish designer Albin Karlsson’s work is preoccupied with the passing of time, exhibiting here wall-mounted analogue and digital clocks and kinetic sculptures, working with notions of function, use and consumption.

Gabriel Klasmer uses a series of mechanical apparatus that replace or control the human hand to create large-scale linear oil paintings. He has exhibited worldwide and in 1996 represented Israel at the São Paulo Biennale.

rAndom International is an award winning creative collective founded by Hannes Koch, Flo Ortkrass and Stuart Wood. Their practice involves one-off installation pieces, performance tools and limited edition products. Re-negotiating the limits of the digital and analogue image, they search the leftovers of technology, art, science and design to create genuine innovation in these fields.

Michael Schwab is a London-based German artist and researcher. Originally a photographer, his work challenges the traditional definitions of design and art media as he focuses on post-conceptual uses of technology. Apart from photography, he employs drawing, installation art, painting and printmaking to produce work that is often conceptually developed on the computer.

Tokujin Yoshioka is one of Japan’s leading designers. The limited edition Honey-pop chair exhibited In Objet d'Art has become a classic of the design world – a functional object whose delicacy challenges our assumptions about the integrity and use of materials. It forms part of many worldwide collections of both art and design, including MoMA, New York.

Opening april 5, 2007

Alexia Goethe Gallery
7 Dover Street - London
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–6 PM | Sat 11–4 PM
Free admission

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