Desk 'All hands on desk II' by Johanna Pichlbauer, Clemens Schmidberger 2024

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About the Item

„All Hands On Desk II“ desk with 12 hands, 2024 Johanna Pichlbauer, Clemens Schmidberger Size 1928 x 855 x 746 mm Solid Ash Wood, stained (RAL 6017), mat lacquered 12 Corner Pieces by Johanna Pichlbauer, cast brass metal (cast by Paul Loderer) The desk was commissioned by Becca Hoffman and 74th Arts as a reception desk for the art and design fair „The window and the couch“, which took place in June 2024 in Vienna and proposed a contemporary interior concept for the historical client Sigmund Freud. In an almost neurotic fashion, the desk is designed to have many corners, to showcase Johanna Pichlbauer’s corner hands. She says about these: „Like many adults who share their furniture with a child, I’ve become sensitive to sharp edges and corners at a certain height and developed a reflex to cover them with my hands to avert drama. So here’s my attempt to translate these little acts of care into table accessories.“ Produced in the same workshop as the famous Auböck hands, Johanna Pichlbauer’s hands are humorous eyecatchers on the green desk. The desk, built by Clemens Schmidberger, features a generous drawer with a wooden runner system and curved drawer front to store away documents. ––––––– The Designers: Clemens Schmidberger combines, in his work, the technical and aesthetic qualities of wood-making objects of high-quality craftsmanship. Johanna Pichlbauer explores our emotional relationships with objects, technologies and each other. She produces playful interventions and poetic objects, offering a comic and sensual view of society’s challenges. Curators’ statement on the exhibition: PROJEKT BERGGASSE 19 A contemporary interior concept for a historical client an exhibition by Alice Stori Liechtenstein and Johanna Pichlbauer Conscious of how furniture and interiors reflect a period and a state of mind, we have selected a number of contemporary pieces by Austrian and international designers to inspire a new reading of Freud and his oeuvre. We chose the furniture and decorative objects intuitively, guided by their inherent ambiguity as objects and the diverse narratives they encapsulate. Whether rooted in historical context, echoing Freudian principles, or evoking a subtle resonance with his work, every piece invites a deeper exploration through psychoanalysis. Against the backdrop of Freud's office, steeped in symbolism and meaning, these chosen pieces serve as catalysts for inspiration and critique. Whether one idolises Freud like Hilda Doolittle or sees him, his work, and ultimately his interior choices as a product of his time, they are a fascinating thread in the rich narrative texture of Vienna and thus worth examining through the lens of contemporary art and design. with works by Alma Bektas, Amelie Bachfischer, Anton Defant, Benjamin Nagy, Clemens Schmidberger + Johanna Pichlbauer, David Tavcar, Flora Lechner + Tim Teven, Studio Högl-Borowski, Jonathan Trayte, Klemens Schillinger, Laura Dominici, Lisa Ertel & Jannis Zell, Marco Dessi x Lobmeyr,, Nadja Zerunian, Onka Allmayer-Beck, Soft Baroque, Teresa Berger, Wiener Times. —————————————————- "A thing in a dream means what it recalls to the mind", writes Freud. In his book "Freuds Dinge", Lothar Müller explains how Freud upgrades the objects around him to precious matter for interpretation. A window left open, a vase placed at the centre of a table, a straw hat "of peculiar shape": things charged with symbolism serve as requisites in Freud's work. Similarly, the furniture inhabiting his study and treatment room carries an agenda of its own: the couch invites the patients into a cosy haze that blurs the boundaries of night and day, of sitting and lying; the oriental carpets - fashionable at the time - absorb sound and light, creating a solemn atmosphere in the room; the shelves with countless antiques display Freud's passion for collecting, while also feeding the dreamer's subconscious. It is a world of things reflecting both a period and a school of thought. —————————————————-

Dimensions:
Height: 29.38 in (74.6 cm)Width: 75.91 in (192.8 cm)Depth: 33.67 in (85.5 cm)
Style:
Post-Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Metal,Wood,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Austria
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2024
Condition:
Seller Location:
Wien, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8974240630802

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