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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"Astronomers" Figurative Floor Lamp Polished Brass Gold by Zhipeng Tan
By Zhipeng Tan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This lovely floor lamp is designed and made by renown artist Zhipeng Tan. Size and color is customizable upon request, lead time is 45-60 days. Since graduating with an Industria...
Brass
Bronze Floor Lamp 'Matta' by french designer Alexandre Logé
By Alexandre Logé
Located in Paris, FR
"Matta" is a Designed large floor lamp in solid bronze, signed with the french artist’s mark of Alexandre logé Limited edition x 25. Numbered 2 / 25. Single LED bulb inside opening a...
Bronze
$14,320Sale Price|20% Off
H 86 in Dm 43 in
Maison Jansen Huge 5 Light Bamboo Bronze & Brass Palm Tree Floor Lamp Paris 1965
By Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
One of a Kind Maison Jansen designed 7ft H bronze, brass and bamboo palm tree floor lamp made in 1965. Provenance: Palace Hotel in La Baule, France. Wired f...
Brass, Bronze
$4,624
H 69 in Dm 0.1 in
Early 1900's Neo Classical Bronze Floor Lamp w Mercury and Nude Girls Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and rare standard floorlamp with bronze sculptures of Mercury and Nude girls sculptures. This impressive and very well made, antique floor lamp dates from about 1910-1920...
Bronze
$18,983 / set
H 35.44 in Dm 6.3 in
Iconic Georges Pelletier Set of 3 TOTEM Floor Lamps in Enameled Ceramic
By Georges Pelletier
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Set of 3 white TOTEM in enamelled ceramic, floor lamps set bringing to your space an amazing light experience when the night falls, and a stunning sculptural presence during the day....
Ceramic
Giacometti Style White Faux Plaster Floor Lamps Firenze by Baker
By Diego Giacometti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of sculptural floor lamps, in the manner of Diego Giacometti, called the Firenze Model, by Baker Furniture, American, circa 2000s. They are constructed of a faux plaster and are...
Metal
$6,400
H 79 in W 47 in D 47 in
Triennale Polished Chrom Floor Lamp Arredoluce, Triennale Angelo Lelli, Italy
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Buffalo, NY
An iconic floor lamp designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, first exhibited at the Triennale Exposition in Milan in 1951. The Triennale is a sculptural lighting design with tighte...
$19,700 / set
H 80 in Dm 36 in
Pair French Modern Neoclassical Wrought Iron Torchiere / Floor Lamps, Giacometti
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Unique, Extraordinary Handmade Pair of French Mid-Century (1940s) Modern Neoclassical floor lamps, standing lamps or sculptures in hand-forged iron in the style of Alberto and Diego ...
Wrought Iron
Stunning Modernist Floor Lamp by TYE of California / Angelo Testa
By Angelo Testa, TYE of California
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning modernist floor lamp by Tye of California / Angelo Testa, Classic midcentury iron tripod base, wonderful large ceramic pottery ball with Angelo T...
Iron
Contemporary Ceramic Floor Lamp Sculpture by Agnès Debizet, 2019
Located in London, GB
Colonne Morille by Agnès Debizet, 2019 Floor lamp Sculpture made of stoneware and porcelain slip, unique piece signed and dated. Dimensions: H 147 x 38 cm The lighting sculpture alludes to a morel...
Porcelain, Stoneware
James de Wulf Brass Floor Lamp
By James de Wulf
Located in Paia, HI
James de Wulf's lighting series offers illuminated sculptures to define spaces. The brass floor lamp stands at 78" tall, is constructed of solid brass sheeting, and holds one standar...
Brass
$9,500
H 74 in W 16 in D 14 in
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
$4,650
H 84.65 in W 17.33 in D 13.39 in
Contemporary Floor Lamp by Atelier Thomas Serruys, Belgium, 2000s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Floor lamp by Thomas Serruys, a striking contemporary design that combines raw industrial elements with organic textures. The lamp features a tall, scul...
Metal