Wim Rietveld/Past forges Future

Furniture has always surrounded us. Furniture is not just made up of functional objects. Furniture is an expression of its times. It tells us about something: its use, its worth and its owners, and of its value. A roughly crafted wood-plank chair in a farmer’s kitchen, a fancy dining room chair for formal gatherings, an extroverted Rietveld or a modern architect’s or design aficionado’s cantilever chair. Each object holds layers of stories, cultural and personal, that live inside its shape and on its surface; fissures, chips and other signs of use and wear.

Objekts we surround ourselves are representatives of being, expression of taste. They show what we like,we respect, what we like to have around us and what they mean. Through their presence, I take a stance. These pieces of furniture are the starting point of my work.

Factory produced functional objects are liberated from original meaning, condition and do undergo a transformation that becomes a art object with singular intrinsic value.

I work with carefully curated chairs, different types of furniture, objects that were possibly left unnoticed, unappreciated. I lift them out of mundane existence, try to free them from disregard, careless handling and general state of being overlooked. These are my aspirations !

Wim Rietveld Classic chair contemporized, Porcelain armrests, cut, spray painted and multi-lacquered with 2k varnish

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