FREDRIKSON STALLARD

INTUITIVE GESTURES

13 - 28 September 2017

David Gill Gallery is proud to announce ‘Intuitive Gestures’.

Fredrikson Stallard work with the way metals react to the elements, whether that be rust or patination of steel and bronze: “we embrace the element of chance in the natural way metals react over time”.  This effect can be seen in the deep colour of the new Scriptus shelves. The vast, modular unit measures five metres in total. Its wavering shelf lines take their cue from the gentle strokes of hand-drawn calligraphy lines, intuitively applied to a page rather than deliberately precise. 

As is evident in much of Fredrikson Stallard’s work, they use a variety of materials in remarkable ways. The marble-like appearance of the Homage table lamp derives from the use of alabaster, a raw mineral or rock stretched so finely that the resulting effect is translucent enough to let light shine through.

Other pieces in the exhibition are borne from previous bodies of work. Fredrikson Stallard’s highly covetable ‘Crush’ Side Table has been re-imagined as a functional desk. For this piece, the artists work with sheet metal, forming it by hand to produce the dynamic ‘crushed’ effect. Although strict control and force has been applied in the creation process, the metal is allowed freedom to react the way it wants to, retaining a feeling of spontaneity and effortlessness in the final piece.

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