Metals and natural forms are stretched to their capacity in ‘Endless’, an exhibition of the ‘Liquid’ collection and other works by Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove, on now at the Galleria Cardi Black box in Milan. The two-part show, Lovegrove’s first solo exhibition in Italy, sets the tables, shelves and benches in spaces that are illuminated by a custom video, letting the light and colour play against the sinuous metal forms and reflect and refract onto the walls.
Upon entering the gallery, visitors encounter ‘Long Liquid Bench’ and ‘Liquid Shelving’ (previewed here), and several of Lovegrove’s ‘Liquid’ tables amidst a clean white space with a video projection along each of the side walls.
The milled and polished aluminum is formed into fluid, organic-like shapes in the limited edition works.
Upstairs, a video serves as backdrop to two experimental copper pieces. the hollow forms showcase metal that has been hammered to an extremely thin sheet, and then curved into a redoubled, sinuous form whose gaps and apertures conflate the notions of interior and exterior. All of the works in ‘Endless’ bring to mind a questioning of bodies, and the polished but unfinished surfaces celebrate natural beauty.
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