LUMINOUS COCOONS
Carpenters Workshop Gallery | Paris is pleased to announce the Spanish artist Nacho Carbonell and his solo exhibition ‘Forest’ in the Marais space this upcoming fall.
After the solo exhibition’s success last year in London, the gallery will be showcasing a selection of Carbonell’s lamp sculptures from his ‘Cocoon’ series including new works such as his ‘Floor Lamp Concrete Base’ range in central Paris. Created in collaboration with the gallery and produced using a unique form of plaster invented by the artist, the works incorporate sand and textile hardener which is then set around a steel frame.
ORGANIC FANTAISIES
Each design skilfully handcrafted, the ‘Cocoon’ lamp series includes only unique pieces. The works are comprised of organic-shaped, semi-transparent cocoons varied in form, fitted to a loosely structured sand-coloured mesh, illuminated from the inside so that the light diffuses through producing a natural warm glow.
Each one different from the other by varying in colours, shape and size, the series includes several floor lamps as well as four hybrid works called ‘Table Cocoons’. These pieces act as both lamps as well as tables encapsulating the imaginative and playful essence of Nacho Carbonell.
VERTIGINOUS BRANCHES
New pieces such as the ‘Floor Lamp Concrete Base’ series suite, are made in the same style with his signature rough finished texture and organic-shaped silhouettes.
What immediately stands out are the immense sizes, encompassing several lights attached to steel ‘branches’ expanding over an impressive height of over 2 meters (6,5 feet).
ABOUT | NACHO CARBONELL
Born in Valencia in 1980, Nacho Carbonell graduated in 2003 from the Cardenal Herrera University in Spain. In 2007 he earned a second degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven in The Netherlands, where two of his graduation projects brought the young designer immediate international attention. The artist is now based in Eindhoven with his team and studio.
Nacho Carbonell creates collectible pieces that span the fields of art and design showcasing his limited-edition designs in galleries, museums and design fairs all over the world.
Design Miami/ and The Design Museum London announced Nacho Carbonell as their artist of the year in 2009 for his highly imaginative collection ‘Evolution’, a set of hybrid seats already using the cocoon pattern to question the dichotomy between public and private space. The artistic credos of Nacho Carbonnell is based on his elimination of boundaries and expanding the field of design by experimenting and searching for new opportunities. Many works imply interaction, inviting the viewer to communicate interactively with the object and to participate in the true process of creation.
The artist’s main goals are questioning conventional ideas of product design, escaping trends, exploring tensions between design and art, form and function, nature and culture. Nacho Carbonell’s approach to work is related to the idea of desiring objects instead of creating something just because of the need of it. Concerned by the idea of objects loosing their value in the long-term, Nacho Carbonell creates pieces that have deeper depth with our basic needs. The artist lets his creations tell their own story by presenting them in a ‘fairytale-like’ manner, which goes beyond pure functionality.
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2016 / Group Show ‘NEW WORKS ONLY’ with some exclusive pieces from the series ‘Light Mesh’ at Carpenters Workhop Gallery, Paris, France
2015 / Design Miami, Miami, USA / Presentation of new pieces from ‘Light Mesh’ collection with Carpenters Workhop Gallery
- PAD and Frieze London, UK / Solo exhibition of the new collection ‘Light Mesh’ at Carpenters Workhop Gallery, London, UK
- Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland / Preview of the new collection for Carpenters Workhop Gallery, Design Miami/ Basel
- Milan Furniture Fair, Milano, Italy / Presentation with Sunbrella Textiles, and the launch of the Book ‘The Rebus Natura’ at Rossana Orlandi gallery
2014 / World Design Capital, Cape Town, South Africa
- Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
- Exemplary 150 years of MAK (Museum of Applied Arts), Viena, Austria
- Nacho Carbonell: Inspiration, Evolution and Transience, Groninger Museum, Netherlands
2013 / Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
- Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Time is a Treasure, Design Miami, Miami, USA
2012 / Design Days Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
- MINT Museum, Charlotte, USA
- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Furniture Sculptures Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 / Luciferase, BSL Galerie, Paris, France
- Post Fossil, Museum of Holon, Israel
- Justmad, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
- Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
- Playground Closes at Dusk and Luciferase, Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Perceptions of Time and Contemporary Design, Marta Herford Museum, Germany
- Material Research / Examples Exhibition, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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/ Organic Dwelling, State Museum of Architecture (MUAR), Moscow, Russia
/ 3 years, Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy
2010 / Vincon Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy2006 / Por las Ramas, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
AWARDS
2009 / Designer of the Future, Design Miami/ Basel – Switzerland
/ Design of the year nomination: Lover’s Chair – Design Museum London
2007 / Winner Grand Prix SEB 150 years, July
NACHO CARBONELL
FOREST
EXHIBITION FROM 20 OCTOBER TO 17 DECEMBER 2016
PARIS | CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY 54 RUE DE LA VERRERIE, 75004 PARIS
PRESS PREVIEW THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER 2016, FROM 5PM
CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY
COLLECTIBLE DESIGN TODAY
PROGRAM | SEPT-DEC 2016
NEW YORK | VLADIMIR KAGAN ANNECY, 20 September – 29 October
LONDON | VINCENZO DE COTIIS POP NOUVEAU, 6 October – 16 December
LONDON | 10 YEARS OF COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, New Gallery Space, 6 October – 16 December
NEW YORK | INGRID DONAT ORIGINS, 10 November – 17 December
DESIGN MIAMI/ | 30 November – 4 December
ROISSY | 10TH ANNIVERSARY, 22 October - 16 December
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Casa Decor, Valencia, Spain
Valencia Furniture Fair, Valencia, Spain2007 / Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
Design Parade, Villa Noailles, France
Singletown, Biennale d’Architettura, Venice, Italy
C!rcus, Amsterdam, Netherlands2008 / Modefabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
I’m in love!, Tokyo Design Week, Tokyo, Japan
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Experimenta Design, Lisbon, Portugal
Corn Collection at Fumi Gallery, London Design Week, London UK
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Opening Droog, New York, USA
Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, Italy
Craft Punk, Spazio Fendi, Milan, Italy
Archeology of the Future, Eindhoven, Netherlands2009 / Por las Ramas, Rhein Triadem, Cologne, Germany
New Directions in Design, Vivid Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hyperlinks, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Diversity, Design Miami/ Basel, Miami, USA
Archaic Shelter, Maison & Object, Paris, France
Brain Ideas, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Evolution, BSL Galerie, Paris, France
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