Candlestick "Object", one of a couple
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DatesMade: Made 2018
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Dimensionsh x w x d: Mått 21 x 18 x 8 cm
Inventory numberNMK 140B/2018
AcqusitionDonated 2018 by Senior lecturer Cilla Robach, Stockholm
Other titlesTitle (sv): Ljusstake "Föremål", en av ett par Title (en): Candlestick "Object", one of a couple
DescriptionDescription: By pushing the boundaries between beautiful and ugly, crafts and mass production, Per B. Sundberg has strived to go “beyond the rules” of the Swedish design tradition. The aluminium dogs with moustaches are inspired by porcelain figurines. With a nod to the modernists, who believed that everything must have a function, Sundberg combines a decorative playfulness and the practical candlestick-function. He has previously made a similar version, in unglazed ceramics. By moving the boundaries between beauty and ugliness, crafts and mass production, Per B. Sundberg has deliberately strived to move “outside the rules” of Swedish design tradition. The moustached aluminium dogs are inspired by porcelain figurines. With a nod at the Modernist requirement that everything must have a function, Sundberg combines decorative playfulness and practical function as a candle holder. Sundberg has previously made a similar version of this model in unglazed ceramics.
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