Press release:
“Since 2004, I collected
variations, or paraphrases of the famous The Ant chair by Arne Jacobsen, which he designed in 1951 for a canteen of
a Danish company and which was continued in 1955 in the Series 7: Tubular steel
legs and a seat made from form-moulded laminated veneer.
Arne Jacobsen uses a technique invented by Charles and Ray Eames through which
plywood can be bent in three dimensions. To this day, these models have found
countless modifications and imitations. Within its formal variations we can
find prototypical figures of modern sculpture, as were introduced by Jean Arp
or Henry Moore.
I bought these chairs second hand but also brand new. In my studio, they are
restored – if needed ? pre primed and finished with a gold varnish. On the one
hand the colour gold takes a stand against the dogma of material truthfulness
of modernity. On the other hand it serves as a statement on monochromy.”
-Heimo Zobernig
Artist: Heimo Zobernig
Venue: Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Date: March 13, 2020 –
Photography by: Vildana Memic.
© Heimo Zobernig, Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp.