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Polished Brass Lotus Console Table/Telephone Table/Entryway Table in Gold Color

Name: Polished Brass Lotus Console Table/Telephone Table/Entryway Table in Gold Color
Brand: Zhipeng Tan
Price: 38000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Tan’s practice, since graduating from the China Academy of Art, has been focused on the ancient technique of lost-wax casting. This ancient foundry process has created an intersection between Tan’s interest in heritage casting techniques and organic forms. The forms designed by Tan vary from being environmental (water drops, tree roots) to being figurative (spinal cords, pelvic structures). The Lily collection brings together the botanical and human motifs most explicitly. The tension between the two references cause the works to become abstracted and take on a slightly surreal quality, whilst maintaining functionality.

Creator:

Zhipeng Tan (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 74.81 in (190 cm)Depth: 25.6 in (65 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Polished

Place of Origin:

China

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

2016

Production Type:

New & Custom(Limited Edition)

Estimated Production Time:

3-4 weeks

Condition:

Minor losses. This work is the second edition. As it is one of the artist’s very first works, it has such a specific finish with porosities, which is normal to appear from the making process. The table is already clear-lacquered, so it can avoid oxidation.

Seller Location:

Beverly Hills, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU5588222286252

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Zhipeng Tan creates provocative furniture with metal alloys that merges abstraction and Pop art with forms inspired by the natural world. The contemporary Chinese designer’s chairs and stools are topped with seats that mimic the shapes of flower petals, while the graceful legs of his audacious polished brass side tables and dining tables resemble molten gold.

Tan graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou with a degree in industrial design. Enamored with the organic silhouettes that populate the great outdoors, he grew increasingly interested in sculpture and drew on natural forms in his work, with molded brass as his vehicle for expression. Tan employs the ancient technique of lost-wax casting, which sees metal objects and furnishings cast from wax models. He then trims, welds and polishes the parts to craft tables and seating that are distinctive and unconventional works of art-furniture that are wholly sculptural but serve a functional purpose in one’s living room. In 2015, Tan cofounded the Shanghai-based Mán-Mán Studio with Daishi Luo, a furniture designer and sculptor who studied metal art at Huafan University in Taiwan.

Tan is known for his brass 33 Step chair, which draws heavily on the human anatomy and is named for the 33 vertebrae found in the human spine. Many of his console and coffee tables appear as though the metal table top has reverted to its molten state, with a range of droplet-shaped brass forms at each corner serving as table legs, while smaller elements are “suspended” inches above the floor along the table's underside, creating a striking visual effect.

Many have suggested that Tan’s influences include English sculptor Henry Moore, Catalan artist Joan Miró and Japanese Pop artist Takashi Murakami. Notable firms such as Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Ingrao Inc. and David Scott Interiors have purchased his semi-abstract creations, and Tan’s work can be found in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, the HE Art Museum and the Centre Pompidou.

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