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17/7/2008

Rajiv Saini

Nature Morte, New Delhi

New works from the Mumbai studio of Rajiv Saini.

Nature Morte, New Delhi is pleased to present in association with Project 88 a show of new works by the Mumbai-based designer Rajiv Saini. Known for his distinctive use of materials in contemporizing traditional Indian forms and motifs, Rajiv Saini's residential and commercial interiors are sumptuous yet restrained, highly tactile and seductively visual. At Nature Morte, the designer will present a suite of eight new works which both redefine what we think of as "furniture" and challenge what we choose to think of as "sculpture."

Tables, desks, bookcases, stools, plinths, and columns seem to be the forms Rajiv Saini starts with for this collection. Then he brings in surfboards, boomerangs, whirligigs, diving-boards, light aircraft, turbine engines, and references both historical and urban. The result are large forms that imply utilitarian functions while commanding space. The materials are diverse: inlaid wood with bronze, lacquered fiberglass, steel that is either modeled as if liquid or articulated as both weight and mass. The collection is richly eclectic and refined, ambitious and surprising: quintessentially the style Rajiv Saini has become widely known for.

The collection has been shown at the Otto Zoo gallery in Milan, Italy to coincide with Salone de Mobile (April 16-21), the influential design fair which takes places annually across the city of Milan. This show at Nature Morte opens on Friday, the 18th of July and runs through the 29th August 2008.

Nature Morte
A-1 Neeti Bagh - New Delhi
Open 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, Closed on Sundays.
Admission free

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