Ron Arad (Né en 1951) & STUDIO RON ARAD (Éditeur)
"Big heavy", 1989
Fauteuil en acier patiné à arêtes polies, structure cintrée formant d'un seul tenant assise et dossier galbés. Signature incisée «Ron Arad», numéroté.
A patinated and polished steel "Big Heavy" armchair, designed in 1989. Signed "Ron Arad" and numbered.
Haut. 66 cm - Prof. 92 cm - Larg. 68 cm - Height. 26 in. - Width. 26 3/4 in. - Length. 26 3/4 in.


    Notes:
  • Historique :
    Le Big Heavy d'une édition à 20 exemplaires en acier patiné, offre un design sculptural, caractéristique de Ron Arad. On y retrouve en effet les formes courbes, presque organiques, interprétées ici de manière sculpturale qui est la signature artistique de ce créateur. Au milieu des années 80, Ron Arad réalise des séries de chaises et de tables à structure d'acier soudé, technique offrant une plus grande liberté de forme que les éléments standard du système Kee Klamp utilisé précédemment notamment pour la Rover Chair. Au cours des dix années suivantes, Arad continue à employer largement l'acier dans ses meubles, la soudure reste également une technique récurrente, l'aspect brut, artisanal, est renforcé par l'emploi d'acier poli ou patiné, façonné parfois à coups de marteau en caoutchouc.
    Ron Arad co-fonde avec Caroline Thorman le studio de design et de production "One Off" en 1981, avant de créer en 1989 l'agence d'architecture et de design "Ron Arad Associate". Rolf Fehlbaum, propriétaire de Vitra, demanda en 1986 à Ron Arad de créer une pièce pour la Vitra Edition. Déjà éditeurs des italiens Ettore Sottsass et Gaetano Pesce, le galeriste néerlandais Ernest Mourmans persuade Ron Arad à la fin des années 80 qu'il peut optimiser l'édition de ses séries limitées, qui comptent chacune au maximum vingt exemplaires.

    The "Big Heavy" comes from an edition of just 20 in patinated steel. It is a sculptural design characteristic of Ron Arad. We see his curved forms, almost organic, interpreted here in a sculptural method which is the trademark of this creator.
    In the mid-eighties, Arad produced a series of chairs and tables in soldered steel, a technique which offers greater freedom of form than the standard Kee Klamp system used previously most notably for the Rover Chair.
    Throughout the ten following years, Arad continued to use steel widely in his furniture, soldering also remaining a recurring technique, the raw aspect, craftsmanlike, is reinforced by the use of polished or patinated steel, fashioned sometimes with a rubber mallet.
    In 1981 Ron Arad co-founded with Caroline Thorman the design and production studio "One Off" before creating in 1989 the architecture and design agency "Ron Arad Associate". Rolf Fehlbaum, owner of Vitra, asked Arad in 1986 to create a piece for Vitra Edition. Already producers for the Italians Ettore Sottsass and Gaetano Pesce, the Dutch gallerist Ernest Mourmans persuaded Arad, at the end of the eighties, that he could profit from limited production of the series, each of which comprise a maximum of twenty copies.

    Bibliographie :
    Catalogue de l’exposition Sticks & Stones - One Offs & Short Runs : Ron Arad 1980-1990, Vitra Design Museum Editeur, Weil am Rhein, 1990, reproduit et référencé page 83.

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