martin szekely: heroic shelves & simple boxes

martin szekely: heroic shelves & simple boxes galerie kreo, paris november 7th to december 19th, 2009

table basse image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

the upcoming show at galerie kreo ‘heroic shelves & simple boxes’, is a collection of furniture by martin szekely. the pieces are tables, cabinets and shelves made from lightweight cork, but their forms have a weight and robustness.

szekely views his work as ‘detached from the expressionism of the drawing…his aim is to achieve an economy in the result which can’t even be defined as minimalist: a commonplace.‘

simple boxes cabinet image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

detail of the cabinet image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

table and bureau image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo

table image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo image © fabrice gousset, courtesy galerie kreo