2/5/2024 0 Comments Gravity Oddity instal![]() ![]() ![]() The exhibition will bring maarten baas’ ‘ carpace’ collection to the UK for the first time. In the collection, gravity and logistics are irrelevant the imperfections of the linework are interpreted with immaculate craftsmanship in pure brass, combining a child-like form and logic with rather complex and detailed understanding of material and physics. inside, very heavy counterweights hidden from eye’s view provides the structural stability they need to function. the resultant brass pieces maintain every oddity and intricacy of the sketches which seem to become almost impossible, off-balanced and top heavy sculptures. each cabinet is a direct extrusion of the childlike sketch, where gravity and logistics are irrelevant. the show covers four major collections of the designer’s career.įirst presented during dutch design week 2016, ‘close parity’ is maarten baas’ latest collection and it exhibits five furniture pieces derived from ‘naive sketches’ extruded to the three-dimensional world. the exhibition provides a taste of what’s to come in the first major retrospective of the designer’s work called ‘hide and seek’ at the groninger museum in the netherlands. For its first solo show at the new london space, carpenters workshop gallery presents ‘run & hide’ by dutch designer marteen baas. ![]()
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