Hybrid 'Luciferase' combining Console and Light by Nacho Carbonell - In Stock

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Hybrid 'Luciferase' combining Console and Light by Nacho Carbonell - In Stock

About the Item

This luminous console is a hand-made sculpture part of ‘Luciferase’, a collection blurring the borders of Art and Design, and Nacho Carbonell’s first work incorporating light. “The root of this word is “carrier of light” , explains Nacho Carbonell, and reflects the system used by flora and fauna living in abysses, in the total obscurity found at great depths. Even more than lights, I consider these pieces like light-producing creatures.“ Luciferase, Latin lux fero: photon-producing enzyme, present in the luminous organs of certain plants and animals. At the junction of abyssology, mineralogy, and genetic manipulation, ‘Luciferase’ is above all a set of living organisms capable of surprising us by their colors, textures and demeanor. Their tenderness and poetry is an appeal to our imagination, sensitivity and the ability of each us to dream. The ‘Luciferase’ bioluminiscent creatures maintain the equilibrium of the opposites which animates any work of nature. In this family, the exterior soft and velvety materials – silicone and resin, sometimes mixed with sand, plaster or metal dust – resemble the skin of an unknown species. In contrast, the interior diaphanous and translucent textures bring to the fore thorns, rocaille, tongues, straps and filaments, sometimes even sharpened dentition. Some of them conjuring up the translucent sparkle of fine stones like amethyst, quartz or malachite; some the seductive eye of a predator from the great depths; others the avid mouth of a carnivorous plant. Nacho Carbonell is a graduate with a first class honors degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven (2007) and was named ‘Designer of the Future’ at Design Miami/Basel in June 2009 at age 28. His work is included in the collections of the FNAC-Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (French national contemporary art collection) and in the United States in the MoMA San Francisco, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Mint Museum. The ‘Luciferase’ collection includes 50 uniques pieces of various dimensions and is exclusively produced and sold by Galerie BSL.

Creator:
Nacho Carbonell (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 58.67 in (149 cm)Width: 16.54 in (42 cm)Depth: 40.56 in (103 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Silicone,Steel
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2016
Production Type:
New & Custom(One of a Kind)
Estimated Production Time:
Available Now
Condition:
Seller Location:
Paris, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU98896577913