{youtube}gE--nDuPww4?si=K6aEse1Amc-iGxX2{/youtube} On January 24, 2024, Opera Gallery London presented “Three Days in Dakar: A Dialogue with Ron Arad” moderated by Opera Gallery CEO Isabelle de La Bruyère featuring Ron Arad in conversation with Simon de Pury & Rolf Sachs. The panelists discussed Arad’s collaboration with Senegalese artisans–from metal workers to weavers–in Dakar, and how this journey impacted Arad’s creative practice and led him to create reworked versions of iconic pieces (such as his well-known 'The Big Easy’ armchair) using raw materials sourced in Dakar. Arad’s presentation also features a large-scale bookshelf piece titled ‘America Made in Africa’, ‘Salam Sofa’ and ‘Don’t Ya Tell Henri’ – all handcrafted using the metal from oil drums.
Opera Gallery opened their new gallery in the heart of London's historic Mayfair neighbourhood, at 65-66 New Bond Street on November 23, 2023. Ron Arad (British, b. Israel 1951) is acclaimed for his aesthetic and conceptual explorations of form, structure, and technology through the diverse nature of his work’s materiality and categorizations, from industrial design to sculpture to mixed media installations and beyond. The first major retrospective of his work titled ‘No Discipline,’ debuted in 2008 at the Pompidou Centre in Paris followed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2009. In 2013 he was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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On January 24, 2024, Opera Gallery London presented “Three Days in Dakar: A Dialogue with Ron Arad” moderated by Opera Gallery CEO Isabelle de La Bruyère featuring Ron Arad in conversation with Simon de Pury & Rolf Sachs. The panelists discussed Arad’s collaboration with Senegalese artisans–from metal workers to weavers–in Dakar, and how this journey impacted Arad’s creative practice and led him to create reworked versions of iconic pieces (such as his well-known 'The Big Easy’ armchair) using raw materials sourced in Dakar. Arad’s presentation also features a large-scale bookshelf piece titled ‘America Made in Africa’, ‘Salam Sofa’ and ‘Don’t Ya Tell Henri’ – all handcrafted using the metal from oil drums. Opera Gallery opened their new gallery in the heart of London's historic Mayfair neighbourhood, at 65-66 New Bond Street on November 23, 2023. Ron Arad (British, b. Israel 1951) is acclaimed for his aesthetic and conceptual explorations of form, structure, and technology through the diverse nature of his work’s materiality and categorizations, from industrial design to sculpture to mixed media installations and beyond. The first major retrospective of his work titled ‘No Discipline,’ debuted in 2008 at the Pompidou Centre in Paris followed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2009. In 2013 he was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London. OPERA GALLERY 65 - 66 New Bond Street - London W1S 1RW +44 (0)20 7491 2999 Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. |