RON ARAD WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR
Lot 76
THE WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR, BY RON ARAD 2010, polycarbonate and wing nuts, 31.5 x 31.5 x 39 3/8 " (80 x 80 x 100cm), edition 17/100
Provenance: Purchased Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
In 1986, Ron Arad designed Well Tempered Chair, bolting ...
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Lot 76
RON ARAD WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR
Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000
Result: Not Sold
Lot 76
RON ARAD WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR
Estimate:
€4,000 - €6,000
THE WELL TRANSPARENT CHAIR, BY RON ARAD 2010, polycarbonate and wing nuts, 31.5 x 31.5 x 39 3/8 " (80 x 80 x 100cm), edition 17/100
Provenance: Purchased Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
In 1986, Ron Arad designed Well Tempered Chair, bolting sheets of steel together to form a chair full of tension. Using the archetypal club chair as its model, its design is simple - four pieces of tempered steel form the shape - two for the arms, one for the seat, and one for the back. The engineering of the piece is plain to see and according to Arad 'what you see is what you get - there is no illusion'.
Well Transparent Chair, 2010 is a contemporary re-interpretation of the original. The basic architecture of the chair remains the same, but it has been re-imagined by Arad in transparent polycarbonate, radically altering the personality of the piece.
Both 'tempered' chairs subvert our expectation of how a chair should behave. The chair's apparent immateriality induces an anxiety about its ability to support us - it is, in fact, comfortable and sound - unexpectedly so. This playful duplicity between how a work looks and how it feels is one of the reasons why the original 'Well Tempered Chair' has proved such an enduring work.
This new piece embodies much of what makes Arad such an important figure - for all of its modernity and technical sophistication there is something very human about it.
Provenance: Purchased Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
In 1986, Ron Arad designed Well Tempered Chair, bolting sheets of steel together to form a chair full of tension. Using the archetypal club chair as its model, its design is simple - four pieces of tempered steel form the shape - two for the arms, one for the seat, and one for the back. The engineering of the piece is plain to see and according to Arad 'what you see is what you get - there is no illusion'.
Well Transparent Chair, 2010 is a contemporary re-interpretation of the original. The basic architecture of the chair remains the same, but it has been re-imagined by Arad in transparent polycarbonate, radically altering the personality of the piece.
Both 'tempered' chairs subvert our expectation of how a chair should behave. The chair's apparent immateriality induces an anxiety about its ability to support us - it is, in fact, comfortable and sound - unexpectedly so. This playful duplicity between how a work looks and how it feels is one of the reasons why the original 'Well Tempered Chair' has proved such an enduring work.
This new piece embodies much of what makes Arad such an important figure - for all of its modernity and technical sophistication there is something very human about it.
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