September 12, 2013

RON ARAD AT IVORYPRESS MADRID




RON ARAD AT IVORYPRESS
September 5, 2013 - November 9, 2013




RON ARAD AT IVORYPRESS
September 5, 2013 - November 9, 2013
From 5 September, Ivorypress will host a solo exhibition of architect and designer Ron Arad (Tel Aviv, 1951). The show—as part of the annual architecture programme celebrated each autumn at Ivorypress to mark the beginning of the season—covers the achievements and the latest work of this label-defying artist who has been based in London since the 1970s.
The exhibition, which will run until 9 November, shows his singular perspective on architecture, design and the artistic object. With his interest in experimentation as a starting point, Ron Arad studies the expressive possibilities of different materials such as steel, aluminium, Corian and polyethylene.
His approach to form and structure turns his designs into pieces of a certain freedom, unlimited by links or borders. ‘The principle is that everything should be based on something that didn’t exist before’, says Arad. In line with this philosophy, the show includes some of his most iconic works along with industrially produced objects and several mock-ups and architectural projects.
Among Arad’s latest experiments that will be on show at Ivorypress Space, the Folly bench (2013) is particularly worthy of mention. Made by rotational moulding, Folly constitutes a large sculptural object composed of soft lines that endow it with great vitality. Movement, whether in his functional creations or in his purely aesthetic pieces, is always the main element of his work.
Also among the objects on show is Blame the Tools (2013), in line with Arad’s early works made of waste materials. Additionally, the selection includes several sculptural bookcases such as Free Standing China (2010)—a single piece of stainless and Corten steel in the shape of the map of China and its provinces— and No Bad Colours (2013), which is the source of another experimental line of inquiry, centred on technological components rather than on plastic or ergonomic value. 
‘Contrary to any form of purism, the work of this creator escapes categorisation’, says journalist and historian Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, who specialises in architecture. Ron Arad is ‘multidisciplinary, incapable of pigeonholing himself as an artist; he uses cutting-edge techniques but continues to be a craftsman nevertheless—significantly more of a designer than he is an architect.’ The exhibition at Ivorypress Space provides the opportunity to observe the diversity of his work and to re-examine his creative production. A decade has passed since Ron Arad’s last solo exhibition in Spain, which took place in Barcelona in 2003
at the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, in Barcelona.
Ron Arad received his training from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, in Jerusalem, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, in London. In 1981 he founded the One Off design and production studio with Caroline Thorman and in 1989 he created the Ron Arad architecture and design studio. He has also been Professor of Design Products at Royal College of Art in London from 1998 to 2009.
Ron Arad has exhibited his work in renowned museums and galleries worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, or Barbican Art Gallery in London. His work can be found in prominent public and private collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, and the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou or the Victoria and Albert Museum.





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RON ARAD
Ron Arad (Tel Aviv, Israel, 1951) is an industrial designer. He received his training from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, in Jerusalem, and the Architectural
Association School of Architecture, in London. Apart from his professional career as architect and designer, he has also pursued a career in teaching as professor of Design Products at Royal College of Art in London from 1998 to 2009 and as guest professor at Vienna’s Hochschule between 1994 and 1997.
In 1981 he cofounded the One Off design and production studio with Caroline Thorman and in 1989 he created the architecture and design studio Ron Arad Associates. Additionally, between 1994 and 1994 he established the Ron Arad Studio, design and production unit in Como, Italy. He was awarded the London Design Week Medal for design excellence in 2011 and in 2013 he was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Art in London.
Some of his most celebrated designs are the Rover chair, created in 1981, and the Bookworm bookshelf, designed in 1994 and which is still produced by the firm Kartell today. He has created designs for companies like Vitra, Swarovski, Kenzo, Moroso, Fiam, Driade, Alessi, Nani Marquina and Flos.
Particularly noteworthy among his architectural projects is the Maserati showroom in Modena, the Selfridges Technology Hall in London, the foyer of The New Israeli Opera and the Bauhaus Museum in Tel Aviv or the living room and family dining room for Sheikh Saud Al-Thani’s villa in Qatar. He has also designed, together with Bruno Asa, the Design Museum Holon, which opened in 2010 as the first design and architecture museum in Israel, at the University of Tel Aviv.
Ron Arad has exhibited his work in museums and galleries including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York and the Vitra Museum in London. His work was exhibited in Spain in 2003 with the exhibition Permetre’s la Llibertat at the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, in Barcelona, and in autumn 2013 the Ivorypress gallery will present his second exhibition in this country, this time in Madrid.
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