Mattia Bonetti "New Work"
Paul Kasmin Gallery
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Paul Kasmin Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by the Swiss-born, Paris-based artist Mattia Bonetti. Held at the gallery's 293 Tenth Avenue space, the exhibition will be his largest to-date in the United States and his first with Paul Kasmin.
Since the beginning of his pioneering career in the early 1970s, Bonetti has approached the distinction between contemporary art and design not as a barrier but as a wellspring of creative dialogue. As Carol Vogel writes, "Bonetti's work captures a particularly imaginative moment at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st Centuries when historical forms are freshly translated and familiar materials are pushed to new limits. Every design, whether it be a sofa or a simple box, combines a sense of whimsy and glamour with a distinctive intelligence and originality."
This exhibition showcases the balance of exuberance and rigor that has become the definitive signature of Bonetti's transformative hand. In it, a gracefully draped pearl necklace becomes a table, a broken vase is reborn as a lamp, and a house of cards is reconfigured into a gleaming chest of drawers. Bonetti juxtaposes traditional bronze, gold leaf, wrought iron, and blown glass techniques with resin, acrylic, and mirrored stainless steel technologies to form expertly crafted objects that are a pleasure to use and behold.
Mattia Bonetti was born in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952.
[Imaga: Mattia Bonetti "George" side table/lamp, (2009) patinated bronze and blown glass
58 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.]
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Schedule
from February 11, 2010 to March 13, 2010