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September 7, 2006- October 14, 2006
Reception: September 7, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Heidi Cho Gallery
522 W 23rd StAn exhibition of design and furniture from Brooklyn artisans curated by Tobias Wong & Carlos Salgado
Curators' Statement
The subject of this exhibition is a series of back-and-forths, between design and craft, between how things are made and how they are sold, between production and consumption. And finally between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The show centers on a group of Brooklyn designers, many of whom began their careers by working within the Manhattan establishment, galleries, showrooms, and artists' studios. Striking out on their own, however, they gravitated to Brooklyn, an environment conducive to their creativity and the examination of concept and process that invariably underlies their designs.
Having achieved a high level of sophistication—coupled with the advent of an informed consumer attracted to such qualities, the work of these designers has now returned to the city, to its boutiques, museums and the pages of its magazines. The exhibited pieces subvert the idea of craft as unsophisticated or subservient to design.
While all the designs on view were conceived as production pieces, by showcasing prototypes and limited editions the exhibition as a whole plays within—and comments on—the context of the gallery system, structured around unique, one-off items, and limited access.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show
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