Ron Arad ‘New Orleans’ armchair 1999 Pigmented polyester reinforced with fibreglass. 94.4 cm (37 1/8 in) high Handmade by Ron Arad and produced by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands. Number one from the first edition of nine. Back incised with ‘Ron Arad London 99’ and one other side incised with ‘Ron Arad’.
Provenance Ron Arad Studio, London Literature Matthew Collings, Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings, London, 2004, pp. 80 and illustrated85; Ron Arad A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2001, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, pp. 85 and 102; Gareth Williams The Furniture Machine: Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, p. 114; Marie-Laure Jousset, Sir Christopher Frayling and Jonathan Safran Foer, et al., Ron Arad No Discipline, exh. cat., Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2008, pp. 110-11 Artist Bio Ron Arad Israeli • 1951 Ron Arad's work and career is characterized by his movement between modes and constant experimentation. Arad was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1951 and studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art before moving to London in 1973. He began his practice in London in the early 1980s and set up One Off Ltd, focused on limited edition objects, with his partner Caroline Thorman. A decade later he had moved to industrial production techniques and collaborations with large design firms such as Vitra and Kartell. A persistent theme throughout his work is innovation and the idea of the "new." Still producing work today, Arad uses the latest technology to produce his designs and also integrates it within his pieces, such as his Lolita Chandelier (2004) that can receive and display text messages. Arad also continually experiments with materials and has an exceptional skill to coax volume and undulation out of them, with a particular affinity for metal. His works such as The Big Easy chair (1988) walk the line between design and sculpture. Once an outsider, Arad's relentless energy to design, build and collaborate has placed him firmly within the highest ranks of the design world. View More Works
Ron Arad ‘New Orleans’ armchair 1999 Pigmented polyester reinforced with fibreglass. 94.4 cm (37 1/8 in) high Handmade by Ron Arad and produced by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands. Number one from the first edition of nine. Back incised with ‘Ron Arad London 99’ and one other side incised with ‘Ron Arad’.
Provenance Ron Arad Studio, London Literature Matthew Collings, Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings, London, 2004, pp. 80 and illustrated85; Ron Arad A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2001, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, pp. 85 and 102; Gareth Williams The Furniture Machine: Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, p. 114; Marie-Laure Jousset, Sir Christopher Frayling and Jonathan Safran Foer, et al., Ron Arad No Discipline, exh. cat., Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2008, pp. 110-11 Artist Bio Ron Arad Israeli • 1951 Ron Arad's work and career is characterized by his movement between modes and constant experimentation. Arad was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1951 and studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art before moving to London in 1973. He began his practice in London in the early 1980s and set up One Off Ltd, focused on limited edition objects, with his partner Caroline Thorman. A decade later he had moved to industrial production techniques and collaborations with large design firms such as Vitra and Kartell. A persistent theme throughout his work is innovation and the idea of the "new." Still producing work today, Arad uses the latest technology to produce his designs and also integrates it within his pieces, such as his Lolita Chandelier (2004) that can receive and display text messages. Arad also continually experiments with materials and has an exceptional skill to coax volume and undulation out of them, with a particular affinity for metal. His works such as The Big Easy chair (1988) walk the line between design and sculpture. Once an outsider, Arad's relentless energy to design, build and collaborate has placed him firmly within the highest ranks of the design world. View More Works
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