New Platonic Objects
Studio Christian Wassmann, 2014
NYC, US
Project Team: Andras Balla, Joana Bem-Haja, Sofia Pia Belenky, Brent Solomon
Each of the five objects in the exhibition is based on one of the five platonic solids - tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, and dodecahedron - a series of symmetrical polygons with four, six, eight, twelve, and twenty faces, that have been a source of wonder among artists, philosophers, and designers since antiquity. Over the years, Wassmann has experimented with these forms in material studies and devised five pieces, each of which serves at least two functions. All of Wassmann’s work encompasses a philosophy that design and architecture do not necessarily abide by the Modernist ideology ‘form follows function’ – rather they present how ‘form performs function’.”
Exhibited in Fall 2014 and curated by Steven Volpe, R & Company, NYC, and during the summer at the Watermill Center Benefit Auction and Gray Area East Hampton.
Medium "Dodecahedron" chandelier and optical instrument with three yellow lenses, three blue lenses, three red lenses, and three clear lenses, in poured polyurethane resin. Edition 1 of 9 with 2 APs. 14" D / 35.56cm D.
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