Primordial: Ross Lovegrove

stanbul – Galerist is pleased to host a captivating design collection by Ross Lovegrove which will be on view from January 24 - February 28, 2009. Lovegrove has distinguished himself in the contemporary art and design world in his search to render pure forms using new materials, processes and technologies. Galerist is proud to present a body of work by one of the most influential and leading designers working today.

The exhibition is composed of designs where aluminium and carbon fibre have been stretched and shaped to their utmost limits. The range also embodies a new piece by Lovegrove, Carbon Fibre motorcycle named “Ridon” will be exhibited for the first time in the world.

‘Primordial’ limited edition book, was prepared and published by the world famous, London based, graphic designer Fernando Gutiérrez. Edition of 220, all signed by Ross Lovegrove.

‘Primordial’ to be held under the sponsorship of VitrA, with the contributions of British Council and Lumina.

Primordial

“The Liquid Tables” series are made by milling huge blocks of aluminium - made possible by data transfer - where no information is lost in translation from the conceptual basis to the physical existence. Each piece represents a rigorous exploration of the properties of his materials both in their solid and liquid states. “Long Liquid Bench” made from hand-polished milled aluminium and “Liquid Carbon Bench” made from carbon fibre are two powerful forms made truly graceful by the sophisticated handling of the materials. The Liquid Tables’ legs seem to have been stretched out of the metal leaving a liquid void in each table’s surface: Liquid Table Trilobal, Liquid Table Bioform and Liquid Table Megabioform. The Gingko Carbon Table speaks directly to Lovegrove’s fascination with living structures created by nature. The table is made by an aerospace company currently fabricating part of the wings for the new Airbus A380. The material has been drawn down from the inlets of three-part Gingko leaf shape to form the stems of the table representing the beautiful and poetic rendering of this symbolic shape made into a functional piece.

About Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove’s work over the last 20 years for some of the biggest companies in the world has set him apart as a designer that has moved beyond design into the quest for consciousness-expanding shapes and forms. His deep research into the structure of nature and organic life has resulted in a number of different works of design and now sculpture in innovative materials that can be seen in art galleries as well as product showrooms. The limited edition series that “Primordial” presents Lovegrove’s passion and quest for experimentation, pushing the boundaries of material, technology and form where design intersects with fields such as biology and art.

“Spurred on by the forces of technology and a unified global perspective, the beginning of the 21st century represents a new dynamic focused increasingly on new forms of living and life. We have entered a new age of possibility and for an artist /designer like me with my lifelong investment in organic entities… a new golden age is unfolding of great enrichment in the physical world around us”.

-Ross Lovegrove

Design Philosophy of Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove is a designer and visionary who’s work is considered to be at the very apex of stimulating a profound change in the physicality of our three dimensional world. Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature his designs possess a trinity between technology, materials science and intelligent organic form, creating what many see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. There is always embedded a deeply human and resourceful approach in his designs, which project an optimism, and innovative vitality in everything he touches from cameras to cars to trains, aviation and architecture. Born 1958 in Cardiff, Wales. Graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial Design in 1980. Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. In the early 80’s worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on projects such as Walkmans for Sony, Computers for Apple Computers, later moved to Paris as a consultant to Knoll International, becoming author of the highly successful Alessandri Office System. Invited to join the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Phillipe Starck consulting to amongst others Cacharel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. Returning to London in 1986 he has completed projects for amongst others Airbus Industries, Kartell, Ceccotti, Cappellini, Idee, Moroso, Luceplan, Driade, Peugeot, Apple Computers, Issey Miyake, Vitra,Motorola,Biomega, LVMH,Yamagiwa Corporation, Tag Heuer, Hackman, Alias, Herman Miller, Japan Airlines and Toyo Ito Architects in Japan. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA), the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris, the Vitra Design Museum Weil Am Rhein, Basel and the Design Museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first Permanent Collection.