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- Paris-based designer LS Gomma is presenting a brand new exhibition titled “Heavy Reticello” in Venice, coinciding with the Venice Structure Biennale.
- The exhibition, offered by London’s Max Radford Gallery, options seating and lighting produced from LS Gomma’s signature mixture of steel mesh lined in rubber
- “Heavy Reticello” is described as each an homage to and an evolution of historic Venetian craftsmanship, translated right into a daring and tactile materials language.
Paris-based designer LS Gomma has revealed a sequence of latest works in Venice, in a present titled “Heavy Reticello”.
Offered by London’s Max Radford Gallery, the exhibition opened alongside the start of the Venice Structure Biennale. Its title comes from the reticello patterns seen in lacework and glassblowing, however in LS Gomma’s work, these kinds of grids are created by using steel mesh, which is then lined in rubber materials.
“The connection between LS Gomma’s apply and a few of that of the Murano glassworks meant that exhibiting a physique of their works felt just like the pure resolution for what we would exhibit,” says London-based Radford.
Courtesy Of Max Radford Gallery
Courtesy Of Max Radford Gallery
Courtesy Of Max Radford Gallery
Opening in time for the broader Venice Biennale, the present will happen in and across the Palazzo Contarini della Porta di Ferro, and can function seating and lighting crafted from the rubber and steel mesh materials mixture the Paris-based designer has turn out to be recognized for.
His chairs, bench, and lights set to be displayed on the present have all been hand-crafted within the designer’s studio.
“They embrace the same lattice-like complexity, suggesting a heavy, tactile model of the as soon as ethereal approach. On this approach, ‘Heavy Reticello’ turns into each homage and evolution—translating historic craftsmanship right into a daring materials language rooted in experimentation and physicality,” the gallery provides.
Heavy Reticello was on present till Might 18. The furnishings is now accessible to buy by the gallery, with costs accessible on request.
