DESIGN MIAMI | FOLLOWING MATTER BY ATRA
AN EXHIBIT BY SHOW BY ATRA FEATURING ALEXANDER DIAZ ANDERSSON AND ANDREAS DIAZ ANDERSSON,DESIGN MIAMI BOOTH C/09
ATRA IS PRESENTING ‘FOLLOWING MATTER’. A SERIES OF NEW PIECES DESIGNED BY ALEXANDER DÍAZ ANDERSSON A SWEDISH-MEXICAN DESIGNER BASED IN MEXICO CITY. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ATRA. IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST AND BROTHER ANDREAS DÍAZ ANDERSSON, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN IS FORGED. IT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WHERE THE MATERIALS LEAD THE FORM.
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TOGETHER AND AS PART OF THIS SAME EXPLORATORY DIALOGUE, DAILY AND INDUSTRIAL AS WELL AS RECOVERED MATERIAL CREATE SCULPTURAL OBJECTS OF WORK THAT DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE BROTHERS OWN DICHOTOMOUS IDENTITY: A BLEND OF CLEAN SCANDINAVIAN LINES AND WHIMSICAL ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL MEXICAN DESIGN THAT SEEK TO ANTICIPATE HOW DESIGN AND ART WILL CHANGE INTO THE FUTURE.
FURNITURE AND DESIGN OBJECTS FROM ALEXANDER DIAZ ANDERSSON
THIS COLLECTION WAS CONCEIVED WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT APPEAR TO BE FLOATING.
WITH THE TRANSLUCENT QUARTZ AND THE PUFFY, CLOUD-LIKE CHAIRS - ALEXANDER EXPLORES THE IDEA OF FURNITURE THAT ACQUIRE AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC QUALITY THAT ALLOWS THE OBSERVER TO DRAW ON REFERENCES FROM NATURE OR MAYBE EVEN SCIENCE FICTION.
ARTWORK FROM ANDREAS DIAZ ANDERSSON.
ANDREAS’ WORKS ARE USUALLY MADE WITH A COMBINATION OF CANVAS,PLASTISOL PAINTS, YARN AND
OXIDIZED LIQUIDS THAT CREATE A CHAOTIC ELEMENT IN THE OTHERWISE SYSTEMATIC WORKS OF ANDREAS. FOR DESIGN MIAMI, ANDREAS COLLABORATED WITH ALEXANDER TO CREATE HIS FIRST SCULPTURE SERIES OF TWO DIMENSIONAL HANGING SCULPTURES THAT PLAY A TRICK ON THE EYE.
THEY ARE MADE IN BRASS THAT HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED TO CREATE VISUAL VOLUMES. PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF REUTERSVARD ANDREAS CREATES HIS OWN TAKE ON THE IMPOSSIBLE FIGURE.
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