{"id":235301,"date":"2024-08-02T10:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=235301"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:51:51","slug":"r-company-debut-triennial-objects-usa-2024","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/r-company-debut-triennial-objects-usa-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Get A Sneak Peek At R & Company\u2019s Debut Triennial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Luam Melake\u2019s polyurethane-foam Love Seat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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August 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Photography by Logan Jackson\/Courtesy of the artists and R & Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Get A Sneak Peek At R & Company\u2019s Debut Triennial<\/h1>\n\n\n

Before cofounding New York gallery <\/strong>R & Company<\/a> in 1997, Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman were practicing artists themselves and principals of the B Team, which toured the world doing glassblowing performances. That focus on making is not only the foundation of the artists they represent today but also their first triennial, \u201cObjects: USA 2024,\u201d opening this fall and running from September 6 to January 10, 2025. The show features more than 100 works by 55 American creatives\u2014some represented or previously shown by R, some never involved with the gallery before, emerging and established voices among them. That\u2019s the work of independent curators Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Kellie Riggs. \u201cPart of our vision for having guest curators is to expand the conversation beyond our own relationships,\u201d Meyers and Snyderman note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another part of the vision was the original \u201cObjects: USA,\u201d which appeared in 1969 at what\u2019s now the Museum of Arts and Design; this 21st-century version builds on that show, diving into the varied landscape of today\u2019s innovations, motivations, and diversity via Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Riggs\u2019s seven conceptual categories called \u201carchetypes of objecthood.\u201d For instance, Venancio Aragon, a Din\u00e9 textile artist, is part of Mediators, concentrated on identity and environment; Luam Melake, a Black furniture designer of Eritrean and Ethiopian descent, is in Codebreakers, who mask the meanings of their works, making the seemingly simple more complex; and fellow furniture designer Joyce Lin is a Betatester, engaging in material subversion and boundary pushing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preview Works Appearing in “Objects: USA 2024” at R & Company This Fall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Luam Melake\u2019s polyurethane-foam Love Seat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Misha Kahn\u2019s For Those Who Float<\/em> chandelier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kim Mupangilai\u2019s Bina daybed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joyce Lin\u2019s Wood Chair (Ash).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Venancio Aragon\u2019s Rainbow Wedge tapestry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n